Climate Change

In 2019, the Phoenix Fire Department created a community risk reduction plan that’s drawing extra interest following January’s destructive wildfires in southern California.

The average temperature for the month of February was 66 degrees. That’s about six degrees above normal and it ties a record going all the way back to 1991.

Democratic lawmakers introduced several bills this session aimed at protecting Arizonans from extreme heat. A bill to keep construction workers safer is advancing, but others have stalled.

A University of Arizona researcher co-authored the study that found the rate in which glaciers are melting and contributing to sea-level rise.

Climate change has driven a major increase in wildfires in recent decades. But a new study shows North American forests still aren’t burning as often as they did historically, and that’s a problem.

Student groups in Mesa can now apply for funding for projects to tackle issues related to climate change.

The Phoenix area is in for a cooldown and maybe even some rain this week.

As climate change drives more extreme heat, more Americans are falling behind on summer utility bills, and a new report says Arizona Public Service customers are among those struggling to keep up.

February is off to an unseasonably warm start in Phoenix. As of Tuesday, the city has now had three days in a row of record-breaking heat.

A new kind of roof coating developed by an ASU spinoff company is having some success in cooling the buildings it’s on. The firm, called EnKoat, is testing its product at the university’s Polytechnic campus.