President Biden signs the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, part of Biden's climate plans, in November on the South Lawn at the White House. Kenny Holston/Getty Images hide caption
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan is reflected in an electronic vehicle as it charges as he speaks during an event to announce a final rule for federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks on Monday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
The Build Back Better legislation included billions to accelerate clean energy like rooftop solar, but with the bill now stalled in Congress, cutting U.S. emissions will be tougher. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Wind turbines silhouetted against the sky at dawn near Spearville, Kan. in January. Senator Joe Manchin's rejection of a sweeping spending bill effectively kills President Biden's ambitious climate plan to transform the nation's heavily fossil-fuel powered economy into a clean-burning one. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
Vice President Harris charges an electric vehicle during a tour of the Brandywine Maintenance Facility in Prince George's County, Md. There, she highlighted electric vehicle investments. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Indonesian villagers stand with Mount Semeru in the background on Saturday. Indonesian authorities raised the alert level for the highest volcano on Java island, saying it could blow up again after a sudden eruption earlier this month that killed dozens of people and left thousands homeless in villages that were buried in layers of mud. Hendra Permana/AP hide caption
Birds fly past as a fire consumes an area next to the Trans-Pantanal highway in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on Sept. 11, 2020. Andre Penner/AP hide caption
After an unprecedented year in natural disasters, cities like Hoboken and New York City, pictured here after Hurricane Ida, say better weather forecast can save lives. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images hide caption
After a year of deadly weather, cities look to private forecasters to save lives
In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a rescuer assists a girl as they wade through flooding caused by Typhoon Rai in Cagayan de Oro City, southern Philippines. AP hide caption
Climate activists from the #GasFreeNYC coalition and elected officials rally and hold a news conference outside City Hall ahead of the vote on legislation that would ban natural gas hookups in newly constructed buildings. Brittainy Newman/AP hide caption
Dayton Hall, left, and Jackson Mountjoy use calipers to measure a baby oyster at the school's oyster garden in Bay St. Louis, Miss. The school is among more than 50 locations in Mississippi and more than 1,000 nationwide where people raise oysters to help build reefs off their states' coasts. Janet McConnaughey/AP hide caption
Men repair their truck in smoke from a forest fire on a road near Magaras, in the republic of Sakha, Siberia, in July. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Mayfield, Ky., is among the places hit by devastating tornadoes over the weekend. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
On the front lines of global warming, evacuees from Lytton, a western Canadian village destroyed by wildfires in June, are detached and bitter about the September 20 snap elections. Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Audio recorders in treetops are powered with solar panels. One aspect of the SAFE Acoustics Project is to monitor ecosystem health through sound. SAFE Acoustics hide caption
Coral grow in a lab at the University of Hawaii's Institute of Marine Biology. Scientists are trying to speed up coral's evolutionary clock to build reefs that can better withstand global warming. Caleb Jones/AP hide caption
A pedestrian tries to cross a flooded Queen Street, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, in Honolulu. Marco Garcia/AP hide caption
Activists protesting "greenwashing," in which a company or government appears to do more for the environment than it is, gather outside the JP Morgan premises near the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit. Alastair Grant/AP hide caption
Carbon trading gets a green light from the U.N., and Brazil hopes to earn billions
Homes and businesses are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, La., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
A snow-free Denver, pictured on Friday. The previous record for the city's latest ever first snowfall was Nov. 21, recorded in 1934. Thomas Peipert/AP hide caption
A remote-controlled RC surfer riding a king tide wave during the astronomical event last year, in Huntington Beach, Calif. The National Weather Service says the California coast will see unusually high and low tides over the weekend. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Jane Goodall Says There's Hope For Our Planet. Act Now, Despair Later!
Sixteen-year-old Sofia (left) and 13-year-old André Oliveira stand in Parque da Paz in Lisbon. The siblings are two of six young people in Portugal who are suing the governments of Europe's most polluting countries, including their own, to force them to cut emissions. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption