Donald Trump's election victory puts a climate change denier back in the White House, poised to dismantle his predecessor's green policies and jeopardize global efforts to curb human-caused warming.

The 78-year-old, who has called the climate crisis "one of the great scams", has pledged to ramp-up fossil fuel production, pare back outgoing President Joe Biden's emissions-limiting regulations and pull the country out of the Paris climate accord — again.

A Donald Trump presidential election victory would have huge implications for U.S. trade policy, climate change, the war in Ukraine, electric vehicles, Americans' taxes and illegal immigration. While some of his proposals would require congressional approval,

Hurricanes, wildfires and other climate-fueled disasters can decrease voter turnout on Election Day, research shows.

The presidential race features unusually sharp contrasts by the candidates on whether to address rising temperatures.

“We still have votes to count, we still have states that have not been called yet,” Cedric Richmond, co-chair of Harris’ campaign, told supporters Wednesday morning, promising the Democratic nominee would address “the nation” at some point later that day.

The upcoming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan, which begins Nov. 11, will focus on perhaps the thorniest topic in the history of such talks: money. Why it matters: Getting countries to provide the funds required to meet the challenge head-on will be a stretch,

In this week's Current Climate newsletter, the election's climate choice, Elon Musk's Tesla embrace tarnishes Tesla, and climate scientist Michael Mann on what's at stake with the election

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British police arrested two men after environmental activists sprayed orange paint on a section of the U.S. embassy building in south London on Wednesday to protest against Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election.

French oil major TotalEnergies does not anticipate that Donald Trump would pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change or undo Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) legislation if he became U.S.

The 2024 presidential contest and other major political races are coming to a climax; North Carolina sits among the most contested of battleground states as the final votes are cast.