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UN chief urges AI industry to quit fossil fuels
The voluntary initiative was not presented to the industry ahead of time.
Supreme Court rebuffs bid to curb EPA climate authority
In declining to hear the case, the justices sidestepped a broader fight over limits on the power of Congress.
Climate fight before Supreme Court emerges as issue in Colorado AG race
Every Democrat running for attorney general supports a lawsuit that Boulder has filed against the oil and gas industry. Republicans say it could threaten the state’s energy industry.
Power companies are still planning for climate regulation. Sort of.
Utilities are leaning into a regulatory future free of carbon restrictions. But they are mindful of a potential future about-face.
Chevron inks deal to power Microsoft data center in Texas
The oil major said natural gas will fuel a proposed generating plant that would not initially be connected to the grid.
Australians ask UN to curb country's coal exports
The human rights case comes nearly a year after the International Court of Justice found that countries have a legal duty to tackle climate change.
Michigan floods expose lack of info, prep in many rural areas
FEMA hasn't developed floodplain maps in many less-populated areas, including some Michigan counties that recently experienced unprecedented flooding.
Nations’ heat stress days last months longer than 1970s, study says
Extreme feels-like temperatures, heat stress days and tropical nights have all become dramatically more frequent, long and severe over the past six decades, a study finds.
12 countries ask for more money to help poorer EU members decarbonize
The missive was signed by Modernisation Fund recipients Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Heat wave lowers Rhine levels, straining fuel supply chains
The Rhine is one of Europe’s most important trade arteries, with petroleum products accounting for more than a fifth of cargo transported on it in 2024.
US pushes World Bank climate target to the brink
The bank's goal of steering 45 percent of its financing toward climate projects is being attacked by the White House before it expires at the end of June.
Virginia Dems clinch deal to tax data centers
The budget agreement would levy a new, capped tax on the industry's power usage, while preserving its existing tax breaks.
Texas regulators urged to revise oil wastewater plan
A proposal to send treated water from the oil patch to farmland is drawing pushback from multiple sources.
UN summit collides with reality that talking won’t solve climate change
The future of climate negotiations is uncertain as focus shifts from discussing treaties to actually implementing them.
More than 100 countries back UN framework for climate migration
When possible, relocation should happen before crises occur, the principles state, “with access to skills training, fair employment opportunities, and social integration.”
Climate-driven heat in India’s textile factories stifles workers
A lot of the country is witnessing rising day and nighttime temperatures and longer summer months in part due to climate change, and workers say the heat inside factories is unbearable at times.
Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says
The tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.
A win for clean energy or fossil fuels? The Iran war could lead to both.
The conflict is pushing the world into a fractious energy future that could increase the tension between fossil fuels and clean power.
Heat waves and drought imperil data center operations, report says
Many data centers are in areas where power outages and water restrictions could force shutdowns.
Insurance industry critic leads voting in Oklahoma GOP primary
A legal industry-backed candidate won the most votes — but not a majority — in Tuesday's insurance commissioner primary. A GOP runoff is set for August.
