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Oil industry’s Supreme Court win spills into climate lawsuits
The justices sided with fossil fuel companies facing coastal erosion lawsuits in Louisiana. The ruling could complicate their fight against financial responsibility for climate change.
Power plant repeal: Coming soon, in two parts
EPA plans to repeal its 2024 power plant standards by citing doubts about two benchmark technologies, according to utility industry insiders.
Marine heat wave could fuel more extreme weather in the West
Scientists warn that record-breaking heat in the Pacific Ocean could mean a summer of severe storms and humid heat.
Pro-renewables Republicans file bill to revive credits
The GOP last year moved to phase out a host of energy tax incentives. Some want them back.
Georgia blaze shows climate change spurring more Eastern wildfires
Researchers blame a number of factors including rising temperatures causing fuel to dry out and be more flammable.
Camp Mystic warned of safety plan problems as it seeks to reopen
The move to reopen comes less than a year after 27 children and counselors were killed in a flood.
Britain’s finance institution sets up $1.5B Asia energy strategy
“The climate battle will really be won by whether we succeed in Asia,” the unit's CEO said.
Fail on climate action and miss out on promotion, China warns
Starting this year, provinces will be graded on efforts to ensure China’s carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030.
The world is searching for oil. This summit is looking to get rid of it.
The gathering in Colombia marks a breakaway effort to accelerate climate action after years of plodding progress under the United Nations.
US official: No hope for global carbon tax
A U.S. negotiator warned other countries in a closed-door meeting that efforts to rein in climate pollution from ships has "no prospect" of success.
Judge weighs future of Massachusetts offshore wind farm
The Trump admin wants to walk back a key permit for the project but asked the court for more time to analyze a separate order rebuking the government's anti-renewable policies.
NextEra sees boom in renewable orders as it plans gas build-out
The energy giant is planning to build enormous amounts of power generation as data centers reshape the U.S. electric grid.
Cassidy attacks Letlow over trip to climate conference
Republican Rep. Julia Letlow is running to unseat Sen. Bill Cassidy.
California Senate committee rejects climate liability, wildfire insurance proposals
The state Senate Insurance Committee refused to advance two major bills that would have recouped rising property insurance costs from oil and gas companies and required insurance companies to cover homes in fire-prone areas under certain conditions.
Under fire in California governor’s race, Tom Steyer leans into climate
The candidate is using his climate record to pitch himself as a progressive in a narrowing Democratic field.
Environmental groups raise concerns about amendments to California landfill rule
State regulators passed the nation’s strictest rules for controlling methane leaks from landfills in November. Now, those may be changing.
How Microsoft spooked the global carbon removal market
What the company decides to do with the projects matters because of its juggernaut status in bankrolling technologies for capturing carbon — meaning its withdrawal would send shock waves through the market.
Coffee giants will map world’s farms to fight deforestation
The initiative will help the sector comply with an EU regulation designed to tackle the felling of trees associated with the bloc’s imports of key commodities.
New bridge helps cement African mountain kingdom as water lifeline
The bridge is part of a network of constructions that will help the landlocked nation nearly double its water exports to South Africa to power one of Africa's biggest industrial and economic hubs.
Trump appointee raised alarm about FEMA’s ‘increased operational risk’
In internal memos earlier this year, a senior official at the agency urged immediate action to alleviate "workforce strain" and other problems.
