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Weather & Climate

This image provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection shows the wildfire in Jennings Creek, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

New wildfires burn in U.S. Northeast while bigger blazes rage out West

This image provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection shows the wildfire in Jennings Creek, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

November 12, 2024, 11:14am Nation & World

New wildfires burned Tuesday across the Northeast, adding to a series of blazes that have come amid very dry weather and killed at least one person, while much larger fires raged in California and other western states. Read story

Wind turbines are silhouetted against the setting sun at the Spearville Wind Farm, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, near Spearville, Kan.

Trump set to target measures that do most to fight climate change

Wind turbines are silhouetted against the setting sun at the Spearville Wind Farm, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, near Spearville, Kan.

November 12, 2024, 6:00am Politics

The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to climate solutions experts. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Showers continue with chance of thunderstorms, hail

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

November 12, 2024, 5:59am Clark County News

I would say our typical rainy season is well on its way now with a healthy shot of precipitation Sunday and Monday. Showers today before another strong cold front moves in overnight into Wednesday. Expect about an inch of rain before all is done. This also means more snow in… Read story

Climate talks seek a path away from the ‘road to ruin’

November 11, 2024, 1:44pm Nation & World

United Nations annual climate talks stuttered to a start Monday with more than nine hours of backroom bickering over what should be on the agenda for the next two weeks. It then turned to the main issue: money. Read story

A Santa Paula cattle rancher walks away from the carcass of one of his animals that died amid extreme drought conditions in 2014.

Climate change identified as main driver of worsening drought in the Western United States

A Santa Paula cattle rancher walks away from the carcass of one of his animals that died amid extreme drought conditions in 2014.

November 10, 2024, 6:02am Latest News

Humanity’s heating of the planet, driven by the burning of fossil fuels and unchecked emissions of greenhouse gases, has become the main driver of worsening droughts in California and the American West, according to new research. Read story

Private jets sit parked at Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale, Ariz. (Ross D.

Carbon pollution from high-flying rich in private jets soars

Private jets sit parked at Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale, Ariz. (Ross D.

November 9, 2024, 6:04am Business

Carbon pollution from private jets has soared in the past five years, with most of those small planes spewing more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in about two hours of flying than the average person does in about a year, a new study finds. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: This can be a stormy time of year in the Pacific Northwest

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

November 9, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

Let me tell you a little story from long ago. On my way to work the morning of Friday, Nov. 13, 1981, the sky was an eerie red, with high clouds streaming across the skies. A storm was forecast to arrive in the evening with rain and breezy conditions —… Read story

Flames from the Mountain Fire leap along a hillside as horses gallop in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.

Southern California wildfire destroys 132 structures as officials look for fierce winds to subside

Flames from the Mountain Fire leap along a hillside as horses gallop in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.

November 8, 2024, 8:33am Nation & World

Southern California firefighters working to contain a wildfire that has destroyed 132 structures in two days could be assisted by a forecast of fierce wind gusts easing early Friday, officials said. Read story

This photo provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection firefighters respond to a forest fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Evesham, N.J.

At least 4 wildfires are burning in bone-dry New Jersey

This photo provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection firefighters respond to a forest fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Evesham, N.J.

November 8, 2024, 8:32am Nation & World

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters in New Jersey were stretched even thinner on Friday when another wildfire broke out in the state’s bone-dry conditions. Read story

FILE - A volunteer pours water to cool a man off during a hot day in Karachi, Pakistan, May 21, 2024.

European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again

FILE - A volunteer pours water to cool a man off during a hot day in Karachi, Pakistan, May 21, 2024.

November 7, 2024, 8:39am Latest News

For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming compared to the pre-industrial average, the European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday. Read story