Australia’s forests are burning at a rate unmatched in modern times and scientists say the landscape is being permanently altered as a warming climate brings profound changes to the island continent. Heat waves and drought have fueled bigger and more frequent fires in parts of Australia, so far this season torching some 40,000 square miles (104,000 square kilometers), an area about...

Two U.S. agencies say the decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record. And scientists say there is no doubt at all this is man-made climate change.

Smoke haze and poor air quality caused by wildfires temporarily suspended practice sessions for the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, but qualifying began later in the morning in “very poor” air quality.

Environmental activists are hanging banners across the D.C. area in an effort to bring awareness to a global crisis. This comes at the feet of extreme heat in the East Coast for this time of year. StormTeam4 meteorologist Amelia Draper reports.

Environmental activists are hanging banners across the D.C. area in an effort to bring awareness to a global crisis. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Climate activists say they are hanging banners at overpasses throughout D.C. Monday morning.

Montgomery County is considering a bold new plan to counter climate change. Chris Gordon reports it has declared a climate emergency and wants to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.

Owners of a kangaroo rescue in Australia were forced to flee when fire ripped through the area. They returned not knowing what happened to the kangaroos.

The Australian wildfires continue to wreak havoc with more than two dozen people dead along with hundreds of thousands of animals. Parts of the country have been leveled with at least 12 million acres of land impacted by the fires. The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia estimates approximately half a billion animals have been killed and the fires could change the...

JetBlue is tackling the high environmental impact of flying by aiming to become carbon neutral on all domestic flights by July 2020, according to a press release Monday. The New York-based airline said this will entail offsetting between 15 billion and 17 billion additional pounds of emissions per year, which the company noted is “the annual equivalent of removing more...

The 2020 Golden Globes are going vegan....

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced on Thursday that this year’s meal at...the Golden Globes ceremony...will be entirely plant-based, in an effort to raise awareness about environmental sustainability....

As the statement obtained by E! News reads, “As part of the HFPA’s overall focus on sustainability,...the Golden Globes...will be serving a 100%...

Australia’s unprecedented wildfires are supercharged thanks to climate change, the type of trees catching fire and weather, experts say. And these fires are so extreme that they are triggering their own thunderstorms. Here are a few questions and answers about the science behind the Australian wildfires that so far have burned about 5 million hectares (12.35 million acres), killing at…

A group of Amazon employees say the company has threatened to fire them for speaking out against the company’s environmental policies.

In a statement posted to Twitter on Thursday, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice said that several employees were contacted by legal and HR representatives, who said they were in violation of the company’s external communications policy.

The Golden Globes will serve a plant-based menu for its 77th annual awards show. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Thursday that the awards show known as the “party of the year” will serve a meatless meal at Sunday’s ceremony. The organization wants the initiative to raise environmental awareness about food consumption and waste. HFPA president Lorenzo Soria says the...

This year’s New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will spotlight efforts to combat climate change when high school science teachers and students press the button that begins the famous 60-second ball drop and countdown to next year.

Storm Team4’s Amelia Draper has 4 easy New Year’s resolution that will make a difference to our planet in 2020.

At George Mason University, an associate professor is building a cell phone game to help people navigate debates about Climate Change. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

President Donald Trump has taken historically unprecedented action to roll back a slew of environmental regulations that protect air, water, land and public health from climate change and fossil fuel pollution. The administration has targeted about 85 environmental rules, according to Harvard Law School’s rollback tracker.

Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper shares a few tips on how to have a greener holiday.

Hundreds of people in candy cane-colored suits gathered at the bottom of a mountain in the Angeles National Forest Sunday morning to ride the chairlift together, up to the top. Once there, the throng zoomed down the snowy slope at Mountain High Resorts. One woman bundled up in the familiar getup laughed and trudged back up the mountain with her…