Misti Leon alleges that the death of her mother, Juliana, was a “direct and foreseeable consequence” of burning fossil fuels.

But what was once an extreme heat wave is increasingly becoming something more: normal life. As fossil fuel burning drives up average temperatures, the heat waves that have struck around the globe in ...

A Washington state woman is suing seven oil and gas companies, saying they contributed to an extraordinarily hot day that led to her mother’s fatal hyperthermia in one of the nation’s first ...

The growth in fossil fuels drove a 2.1% increase in energy-related emissions last year, pushing them above 40 billion metric tons for the first time, according to the report published Thursday by ...