Pain at the pump has charged debates in California, New York and elsewhere over whether climate action is affordable.

The state could prove to be a testing ground for a carrot-and-stick approach to preventing the collapse of insurance markets.

More than a third of the global population resides in regions where heat severely affects daily life.

While disclosing a home's risk may lower its sale price, buyers are generally willing to pay more for safer properties.

The structure is the tallest ever subjected to simulated earthquakes on the world's largest high-performance 'shake table.'