Climate Change

The judge denied the coal plant owner’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from the Sierra Club.

A heat advisory is in effect until Tuesday evening.

Heat kills more people every year than any other climate-driven disaster. But experts say hot temperatures are likely causing even more deaths than official numbers show.

Amid a federal push to expand nuclear to combat climate change, Missouri and Illinois are weighing the possibilities of new technology and aging plants.

The funding from the EPA is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Federal Buy Clean Initiative, which promotes the use of low-carbon construction materials.

Warmer temperatures are leading to more extreme precipitation, dry periods and dangerously humid heat waves all at once. But in a complicated system, some things aren’t changing as expected.

The federal government says new safety standards and building materials mean home buyers priced out of site-built houses have viable options. As storms become stronger and more frequent, experts are tempering expectations.

Local scientists have some theories about why parts of the St. Louis region are swarming with cicadas while others are eerily silent.

The rules will affect new residential construction projects funded by the federal Housing and Rural Development agency. Now, lawmakers are pushing the agency that oversees the nation’s two largest mortgage backers to adopt similar measures.

There have been 184 tornado warnings in Missouri in 2024, which is the third-highest number on record.