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It's three times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump
The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.
Microsoft spends billions on nascent carbon dioxide removal
The tech giant is trying to jump-start an industry that can address climate change by storing greenhouse gas emissions underground.
Court rejects NEPA claims against South Fork wind farm
The judge did allow a nonprofit group and historic property owners to continue a Clean Water Act claim against the South Fork project.
Insurance giant urges court to block climate lawsuit
Chubb faces litigation over its decision to bar a proposal for a study on the shareholder benefits of suing entities responsible for climate change.
NY enviros seethe, business groups applaud Hochul’s proposed climate changes
The governor's pitch to weaken New York’s climate law has support from powerful business interests and labor unions.
House panels set eyes on weather spending, flood insurance
A top NOAA official will brief appropriators on National Weather Service operations.
Historic Hawaii floods leave 2,000 people without power
Gov. Josh Green said the cost of the storm could top $1 billion, including damage to airports, schools, roads, homes and a Maui hospital in Kula.
Vatican launches campaign to encourage mining industry divestment
The effort takes as its inspiration Pope Francis’ 2015 environmental encyclical “Praised Be.”
Australia’s New South Wales state announces ban on future coal mines
The state government will not approve so-called greenfield coal mines, which are developed from scratch, in a move designed to meet its net-zero target.
Carbon removal hubs languish as DOE audits drag on
Two megaprojects that were awarded more than $1 billion in federal subsidies have stalled under President Donald Trump.
Strike on key Iranian gas field is a new phase of the war. Trump blames Israel.
Israel’s targeting of the South Pars gas field is a major escalation in the war that energy watchers feared could turbocharge the economic disruption.
Western heat wave ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, scientists say
March temperatures across the western U.S. are 10.8 degrees warmer than they would have been in a world without global warming.
Trump NEPA overhaul complicates court challenges
One of the most frequently litigated federal environmental statutes is now a weaker tool for green groups in court.
Bipartisan bill would expand Permitting Council
The legislation would make more projects eligible.
Committee narrowly approves Mullin to run Homeland Security
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman provided crucial support Thursday after Chair Rand Paul cast the only Republican "no" vote.
24 states sue over Trump’s climate rollback
The president is “choosing Big Oil profits over our health,” California's attorney general said in a statement.
Meeting surging demand for AI memory chips has a climate cost
Higher volumes, efforts to deliver more resource-intensive products and additional production in nations with fossil fuel-reliant power grids will combine to increase the industry’s pollution profile, according to a research firm.
American Airlines, Google say AI helped airplanes reduce contrails
When airplanes fly through cold and humid areas, ice crystals can form around the soot particles emitted from the engine, creating clouds that trap heat and warm the planet.
Five EU leaders seek urgent solution for drifting Russian tanker
The leaders urged a coordinated EU-level response to mobilize resources quickly, citing the tanker’s damaged condition and hazardous cargo as key concerns.
Chile cools on climate, penguins in risk to its green credits
The moves are part of President José Antonio Kast’s broader pledge to slash red tape, revive growth and narrow the widening budget deficit.
