One local expert, Tim Owhiler, put it bluntly: "This year really was one of the worst years that I've seen." Exacerbating ...

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

A newly approved energy package could help nursing homes and assisted-living facilities weather heat waves and cold snaps by ...

New regional climate and health data was released this week through a joint effort between Multnomah, Clackamas and ...

After deadly flooding in central Texas in 1987, some thought they'd proven they could handle Mother Nature's best punch. Then came this month's horrific flash floods, when unfathomable amounts of rain ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After a deadly, record-breaking heat wave blanketed the Pacific Northwest in 2021, researchers at Portland State University have found anomalies when it comes to the ...

Spring is traditionally the most dangerous time of year when it comes to destructive tornadoes and other severe weather outbreaks in much of the southern and central United States. But autumn brings a ...

Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.) aims to introduce legislation this fall that would establish an agency to investigate deadly weather events. Eric Sorensen has felt for years that the country could better ...

The EU has warned it “cannot afford to lower” its climate and sustainability ambitions after revealing the true cost of extreme weather damage. A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) ...