“The next time your community is hit by a heatwave or flash flood, lay some blame with Big Oil. This report is yet another sign that we need to break away from this dangerous, polluting industry,” one scientist said.

Climate lawsuits seeking massive damages from fossil fuel companies increasingly hinge on the question: how reliably can scientists pin specific extreme weather to human-caused…

As deadly heatwaves claim thousands of lives and forest fires cloud the air and threaten health, authoritative scientific assessment deals an existential blow to Big Oil’s…