The Latest Breaking News on Heat waves

Indigenous leaders in Western Australia's north have welcomed a decision to install air conditioning in all cells at Roebourne Regional Prison, but say prisoners can't wait another summer for heat relief.

The Warm Home Prescription pilot, which aims to cover the cost of heating for patients who suffer from medical conditions that worsen in the cold, has already benefitted 28 low-income patients.

The boilers have been down since Friday and there's still another several days to go

Most pressing issue was missing in action in the 2022 midterm elections

A small trial is now being expanded to more patients

Texas officials claimed that no prisoners have been killed by heat. A new report shows they're wrong

Gas imports in 2021 could have been cut by a fifth, according to researchers.

(This Nov. 13 story has been corrected to show sea is overall 1.2C warmer than 30 years ago, not 0.4C, in 18th paragraph)

If nothing is done, heatwaves could lead to the deaths of 90,000 Europeans each year by the end of the century, the European Environment Agency said. "Without adaptation measures, and under a scenario of 3 degrees Celsius global warming by 2100, 90,000 Europeans could die from extreme heat annually," it…