Even for homeowners outside of California, worsening extreme weather means higher insurance rates. In part because of ...

Climate change-fueled natural disasters like the L.A. fires could destabilize the entire U.S. economy, economist Gary W. Yohe wrote.

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and ...

While studying the volcanic landscape of the Cascade Range north of the California border, Oregon scientists recently discovered something they did not expect: an aquifer containing much more water ...

A former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has linked the devastating California wildfires to ...

Several Gulf states experienced a major snowstorm this week. Changes in global climate patterns can be connected to weird ...

Among President Donald Trump's flurry of Jan. 20 executive orders was one promising to withdraw the US from the Paris ...

Widespread shifts in home building and insurance coverage are coming.

It’s time to require these companies to compensate communities, homeowners, businesses and even insurers for the losses.

Reconstructing fire-ravaged neighborhoods in their former image could make residents sitting ducks for future blazes, experts ...

The flames ripping through parts of Los Angeles and neighboring counties have been an unprecedented disaster, and persistent Santa Ana winds threaten to keep the smoke and horror going. At least 24 ...

When the Los Angeles wildfires erupted, reducing thousands of homes to ash and leaving countless families displaced, a ...