As facilities to power AI grow larger and are built in clusters, they are spreading hot air beyond their property lines

Care about climate change? Then vote for Nithya Raman.

An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.

Hotter summers are wreaking havoc across transportation infrastructure. One solution: Paint everything white.

Those commies at ASHRAE set 78° at the high end of "comfortable." Now, a nation at war can't make the smallest sacrifice to reduce demand or help stabilize the grid.

Fossil fuel combustion has made dangerous heat waves ever more frequent. The short term answer — for those who have it — is to turn on the air conditioner. But air conditioning makes the the problem e...

Cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Toronto will see more days like this — but the effects of chronic not-so-extreme heat also build up.

The long-term climate impacts of the climate pollution from cars and trucks are well documented, but the daily short-term effects of the wasted heat energy radiating from engine blocks and exhaust pip...

Why did Los Angeles design a street repaving plan that prioritizes Bel Air over Boyle Heights? Not for the reasons you might think.

The ICE contractor has hired Hakeem Jeffries' former chief of staff and a former Democratic senator as it builds out a Democratic lobbying operation on Capitol Hill.

A national heatwave plan has been activated to help people stay cool during the Netherlands’ increasingly hot summers

Even a strong mayor can't overcome a weak city.

In the near future, the city could easily face two months of dangerous heat, every year. Extreme heat is becoming an annual fact of life in New York.

FIFA’s new hydration breaks midway through each half were implemented to help players stay cool in the summer heat of Mexico, Canada and the United States, which some experts have warned could be the ...

In the near future, the city could easily face two months of dangerous heat, every year. Extreme heat is becoming an annual fact of life in New York.

A new analysis finds climate change is increasing the odds of dangerous heat during many 2026 World Cup matches, putting players, fans, and workers at greater risk.

Heat pollution from data centers can boost air temperatures in downwind neighborhoods by as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit, researchers at Arizona State University report in a new study conducted in the...

In an apparent attempt to avoid complying with accessibility and multimodal requirements, L.A. City is now repaving streets in well-off suburban neighborhoods. Many of these streets are already in goo...

OPINION: Shade shares the same environmental classification as toxic soil under California law. That was always absurd, but especially so in the age of climate change, Allison Arieff writes.

David Moore on the capitulation of Brown University

Sisi's regime has securitized public spaces and built mass surveillance into urban planning in a quest to turn Egypt into the “perfect military camp.”

Extra spending on petrol and diesel exceeds cost of repairing country’s bridges or rebooting air traffic control

On Cleveland’s rejection, Cuba’s energy crisis, and U.S. LNG exports

A surprising pattern has emerged as a team of researchers monitors trees in the Eaton and Palisades fire burn zones to understand a new era of urban fires.

Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.

The authors use a physiological approach, finding recent extreme heat events had deadly heat stress conditions, particularly for fully exposed older people. Conditions were well below wet-bulb tempera...

As urban housebuilding strategies around the world increasingly push families out, the ‘sidewalk ballet’ — and heart — of community life is under threat