The annual gathering of top business leaders and policymakers used to be a center of the global climate movement. Things are much more complicated now.

WASHINGTON (WPRI) — Rhode Island U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is making national headlines this week for hitting a milestone in his efforts to urge more action by Congress to address climate change.

Climate protesters have grown more confrontational in recent years, experts say, including publicly cataloging energy sector leaders and conservatives as "climate criminals," staging disruptive ...

Yesterday, US President Donald Trump took the podium at the United Nations General Assembly and spoke for nearly an hour, lecturing world leaders about a variety of topics. Among the most contentious ...

The climate hawk’s floor address will focus on the fossil fuel industry’s influence on Congress. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will deliver his 300th speech on climate change on the Senate floor Wednesday, ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump argued Tuesday that policies meant to mitigate the effect of climate change are all just a bunch of hot air, calling them “the greatest con job ever perpetrated” in ...