The man who made TED a household name is moving from ideas to (climate) action. Why he matters: After nearly 25 years at TED, Chris Anderson is stepping back to launch a new initiative seeking to ...

States and localities have filed waves of lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry to make energy companies pay for damages that communities face from climate change. Threatened with potentially huge ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is facing plenty of criticism this week after his state experienced historic winter storms earlier this month. Cruz and his family left the state for a Cancun vacation as power ...

Climate change doesn't just melt ice caps, it also fuels conflict, corruption and division worldwide, explains TED Fellow and journalist Peter Schwartzstein. From droughts in Syria to rising seas in ...