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Wildfire scorched 900 buildings. A state calls the fire risk "moderate."
Washington state will impose a fire-resistant building code in high-risk areas. Wildfire-prone areas are being excluded, some say.
How $600B of Biden’s clean energy funding escaped Trump’s cuts
A POLITICO analysis finds that while the administration wiped out hundreds of billions in clean-energy tax breaks, spending has been harder to unwind.
Key Democrat calls for investigation into Trump disaster denials
New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone said President Donald Trump's rejection of aid for his state is a "betrayal."
25 groups urging Supreme Court to kill climate case have ties to oil companies, report says
It looks at industry links by groups filing friend of the court briefs in the climate battle royale.
Power crunch puts West Texas at risk of rolling blackouts, says grid official
Skyrocketing demand for electricity could put too much stress on the system unless more transmission lines are built.
Newsom admin details wildfire liability proposal in letter to LA supervisor
The push to reshape the utility liability system has become a keystone issue of Newsom’s final legislative session.
Trump ally offered Zeldin dirt on EPA staff
Agency employees have feared blowback from the president after their emails were sought by right-leaning operatives since he last left the White House.
The warming climate is forcing marathons to consider changes
To improve the chances of having a race in cooler weather, organizers are shifting race dates, starting earlier and even giving options for participants to cut their runs short.
Heat, humidity grip much of US as students start a new school year
Roughly 97 million people from the central Plains to the Southeast face heat advisories.
Peru steps up fight against illegal mining as activity enters reserve
Mining has stripped away vast areas of rainforest, leaving behind a scarred landscape of contaminated pools and altered rivers.
Trump administration fights Republican effort to lower flood insurance costs
Justice Department lawyers are defending a FEMA program that environmentalists support.
EVs drive down China's oil demand as Iran war slogs on
Drivers are buying more electric cars and using less gasoline in plug-in hybrids, the International Energy Agency said.
West Virginia seeks to blunt data center opposition with new plan
A strategy outlined this week by Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey highlights a state law that would steer half the sector’s tax revenue toward reducing and possibly eliminating statewide income taxes.
Punishing European drought shrivels crops from potatoes to corn
A Dutch bank published an analysis that estimated heat waves and drought could reduce gross domestic product across the European Union by 1 percent for 2026.
Stingray lashings up as heat wave off Calif. draws more to shore
Bolsa Chica and Huntington state beaches reported more than 3,100 incidents so far this year, twice the number for all of 2025.
Snowmaking equipment may be put to work fighting summer forest fires
Dozens of miles of underground water pipes could prove useful beyond the winter months as the risk of wildfires grows.
Scorching summer will cost France $11B to $17B, environment minister estimates
The initial figures are based on an extrapolation of costs compiled by France’s official statistics agency.
Insurers attacked for siding with fossil-fuel industry in Supreme Court case
Property insurers show “where their loyalties lie” in urging court to block climate lawsuits against oil and gas industry, environmentalists say.
Climate case over killer Puerto Rico storm was filed too late, oil companies argue
Exxon and other fossil fuel producers told a court Tuesday that a lawsuit by the island's towns should have been filed within four years of Hurricane Maria.
Xavier Becerra says California can still meet 2035 gas car sales goal
The Democratic front-runner in the governor’s race has raised doubts about the state’s ambitious climate goals.
