The remnants of typhoon Halong floated homes off their foundations and washed debris across the Western Alaska village of Kwigillingok on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Residents lost boats, four-wheelers and snowmobiles/snowmachines — some of which scattered miles away from the community. Nat Herz/KYUK hide caption
Volunteers hand out yard signs in June against a data center complex in West Virginia. Ulysse Bellier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A gas pipeline construction crew in Wyncote, Pa., replaces older pipes that are prone to leaking climate-heating methane. Projects like this are increasing gas customers' bills, even as wholesale gas prices are relatively low. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption
Wind turbines stand next to the Neurath coal-fired power plant on April 15, 2024, in Ingendorf, Germany. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images hide caption
When the power went out in Spain this spring, many theories about the blackout centered around renewable energy. A new expert panel report contradicts the narrative that too much solar and wind was to blame. Cristina Quicler/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
"The whole objective with renewables is to try to steer away from some of what's creating climate change," Nuvangyaoma says. The late afternoon sun shines over the village of Shongopovi. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
Energy costs are climbing at double the pace of inflation since the pandemic. sarayut Thaneerat/Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright listens during a press conference this spring at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP/AP hide caption
This summer, the "Flonduran" corals were planted on reefs off Miami. Researchers are eager to see how they fared during the hottest months when other corals were bleaching. University of Miami Rosenstiel School hide caption
Wind turbines in Goldendale, Wash. Employees at the Energy Department office that funds clean energy technology were told to avoid using terms including "climate change" and "green," according to an email obtained by NPR. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption
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A rainfall forecast for Tropical Storm Imelda. National Weather Service hide caption
This animated map shows fall leaf color projections from SmokyMountains.com. Red indicates peak color. SmokyMountains.com hide caption
The sun sets in Tangier Island, Va., where climate change and rising sea levels threaten the inhabitants of the slowly sinking island. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
On the outskirts of Dhanbad, in India's Jharkhand state, heaps of coal are loaded onto a train car in August. India is the world's third-largest greenhouse gas polluter and relies heavily on coal for electricity generation. VISHAL KUMAR SINGH/AFP hide caption
The Fortunatos' Green Idea House in Hermosa Beach, Calif., has a flat roof with a 5-foot overhang that shields the sun and cools the home. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption
A firefighter battles the Canyon Fire in August in Hasley Canyon, Calif. As temperatures rise with human-caused climate change, wildfire risk is getting worse. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
People take pictures at a vista point with the San Francisco skyline obscured by smoke from wildfires during a spate of smoke during 2020, one of the worst wildfire smoke years on record. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
The kākāpō is the world's only flightless parrot. It's come back from the brink of extinction, but its future in New Zealand depends on creating habitat without invasive predators. Yang Liu/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Mila McKenzie inspects an animal trap in a park in Dunedin, New Zealand. Her student-led group plants trees and traps invasive animals that are killing native birds. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
The Rhône Glacier in Switzerland is the source of the Rhône River, which flows through Switzerland and France. Swiss glaciers like this one are melting quickly, reduced by nearly two-thirds of their ice over the past century. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House in September. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption