The Trump administration has hired three prominent researchers who over the course of their careers have questioned and even rejected the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change. Each were given positions in the Energy Department, which is led by Secretary Chris Wright, a former oil and gas fracking executive.

Democrats criticize Trump's cuts to the National Weather Service and his approach to climate change after at least 59 people died in major Texas floods that occurred over the July 4th holiday.

The move is part of a broader reorganization that includes the elimination of the Office of Global Change, which handles U.S. climate negotiations.

The U.S. Energy Department has hired two Alabama scientists who are well-known for their skepticism about human-influenced climate change. The New York Times is reporting that John Christy, Alabama’s state climatologist since 2000,

US retreat from climate commitments under the Trump administration will have “significant consequences” for the planet, EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra told Euronews at The Europe Conversation.

The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, supercharging weather and destroying food systems.

The State Department on Friday fired the remaining staff working in the office responsible for international climate policy, including annual U.N. negotiations related to climate treaties, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Trump’s statement echoes a common climate change denial myth that there was a scientific consensus in the 1970s that Earth would cool instead of warm. This is also wrong.

As climate change intensifies, insurance markets are cracking. This video investigates the looming financial crisis, showing how rising climate risks are reshaping coverage, costs, and who gets left behind.