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Trump refused to send disaster aid to Chicago after 2 devastating storms
The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance.
FEMA to Texas? Disaster agency mulls move to Lone Star State.
The state's top emergency official also is under discussion to lead FEMA. The agency's acting chief resigned Monday after a six-month stint.
China strides into US-sized gap at climate talks
In the Biden era, countries interested in clean energy “were motivated to buy things from the U.S.,” an African official says. But now Beijing has few rivals.
China’s top envoy blasts EU climate goals and Trump’s ‘bad example’
Liu Zhenmin also defended Beijing’s own climate efforts as “very ambitious.”
Diplomats scramble to keep UK rainforest fund hopes alive
British and Brazilian officials hope for a change of heart after this month’s budget.
Chamber urges Supreme Court to block California climate laws
Business groups say the laws violate companies' First Amendment rights.
Think tank flips the script on Trump EPA’s economic analyses
The NYU School of Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity says the costs of deregulation far exceeds the benefits.
DeepMind’s latest AI weather model targets energy traders
AI has fueled a boom in new weather prediction tools, which are starting to replace forecasts that had been generated by supercomputers.
Heavy rain triggers landslides and floods in central Vietnam, killing 7
Earth and rocks collapsed on a bus in Khanh Hoa province Sunday night, killing six and trapping many passengers, state media reported.
Iran starts cloud seeding as water crisis forces rationing
The operation, which involves dispersing chemicals into clouds, takes place as Iran faces its worst drought in decades.
South Korea aims to spur global coal exit as own plants shutter
The nation, a major importer of thermal coal, will join about 60 countries in the Powering Past Coal Alliance.
FEMA to Texas? Disaster agency mulls move to Lone Star State
The state's top emergency official also is under discussion to lead FEMA. The agency's acting chief resigned Monday after a six-month stint.
Acting FEMA chief out after short, troubled tenure
Hours before his resignation became public Monday, David Richardson told POLITICO's E&E News that "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Past promises haunt Brazil’s climate summit
World leaders have vowed to fight rising temperatures for years. Many of those pledges fade when the summits end.
Solar company to open another US factory. It credits Trump.
The incoming South Carolina facility will help First Solar build its unusual kind of solar panels, which utilize thin-film technology.
How Shapiro’s RGGI retreat could shape Democrats’ climate messaging
The Pennsylvania governor's deal to trade climate regulations for a budget agreement could ripple far beyond his state's borders.
Car-centric Texas inches toward mass transit
Texas is writing its first statewide plan for mass transportation as it wrestles with more residents and traffic.
Brazilian lawmakers plan to decimate green laws 1 week after hosting COP30
Changes would damage President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's efforts to cast Brazil as an environmental leader.
A third of German companies aren’t reporting methane emissions
The country’s gas network spans hundreds of thousands of miles and accounts for nearly half of national methane.
South Africa’s global environment clout eroded by political spat
The country has downgraded its participation in a global forum that regulates trade in wildlife after the firing of its environment minister.
