Just weeks before he goes before voters seeking re-election, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott edged away from a long-held stance minimizing climate change.

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaigns

CBS News moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan pegged their question to Helene and pointed to research showing that climate change makes hurricanes “larger, stronger, and more deadly,” as well as polling showing that 7 in 10 Americans favor taking steps to address climate change.

Nations will press forward without the United States if they must, according to climate negotiators who gathered in New York last week during the United Nations General Assembly. But the first Trump presidency was a setback in the climate fight, and a repeat would slow things down at a critical point when scientists say efforts need to speed up.

After a decade of failed attempts to charge polluters for emitting carbon dioxide, Washington state’s landmark cap-and-trade program finally started up last year, raising billions of dollars for electric school buses,

Hurricane Helene has destroyed parts of inland cities in the eastern U.S. Now will climate change be an issue in the presidential campaign?

Vice presidential candidates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance clashed on the reality of climate change after Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Helene’s devastation is shining a spotlight on former President Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) skepticism of well-established climate science. Trump this week claimed that the planet has “actually gotten a little bit cooler lately.

Vance dismissed climate change as " weird science ," skeptically characterizing the scientific consensus about burning fossil fuels as "this idea that carbon emissions drive all the climate change." Top climate scientists were unimpressed with Vance's posturing.

The economy is delivering VP KAMALA HARRIS a strong hand as the presidential election enters the most frenzied stretch with Election Day nearly a month out. But whether she can play her cards right could prove to be the question that dominates the final days of the race.

In the deadly aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the Republican ticket's approach to the climate crisis appears to be veering into open denialism.