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You can bet on climate disasters. Business is booming
Traders are placing wagers on the likelihood of disasters, activists being jailed and oil depots exploding.
DOJ declines to appeal injunction favoring Revolution Wind
An appeal would have jeopardized permitting reform negotiations on Capitol Hill.
Data center tax breaks divide Virginia Dems, stalling budget
The fight demonstrates the data center industry's enduring political power, even as much of the public sours on the energy-hungry facilities.
It’s not just oil. Here comes Hormuz inflation.
Garden supplies, birthday balloons and semiconductors could get hit by price inflation or shortages.
DOJ: Trump climate rollback won’t derail lawsuits against states
Environmental groups have argued that EPA's endangerment finding repeal undercuts federal lawsuits against state action on climate change.
FEMA questions likely during Homeland Security confirmation hearing
President Donald Trump picked Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace Kristi Noem as secretary.
Hochul touts new figures on New York climate program costs
The Democratic governor said she’d been pushing a recently dated memo about the potential costs of her own proposed carbon pricing program “for years.”
AI ‘scientists’ help human ones answer urgent climate questions
This technology “is offering some pretty exciting opportunities to tackle questions we’ve been stuck on for a while,” said a professor who specializes in environmental data science.
China’s new law signals Xi won’t curb environmental ambitions
The endorsed Ecological and Environmental Code consolidates a raft of previous legislation, including on air quality, low-carbon development and penalties for corporate polluters.
All but 2 of Austria’s 96 glaciers have retreated over last 2 years
The retreat of glaciers in Europe has vast implications for drinking water, power generation, agriculture, infrastructure, recreational activities and more.
2 large wind farms finish construction on East Coast
Vineyard Wind and Revolution Wind, the nation's largest wind projects, are generating power off the New England coast.
Why the Iran war hurts Trump’s plans to expand LNG
The conflict threatens to deflate global confidence in natural gas as President Donald Trump hopes to expand U.S. exports.
US should lead on planet-cooling technology for national security, report says
A former Trump energy adviser is urging the administration to study and regulate solar geoengineering before an adversary weaponizes it.
States urge Trump admin to defund scientific groups over judicial education
Republican state attorneys general say two of the nation’s leading scientific bodies helped develop educational materials that favor climate activists.
‘Constant contradictions’ as Republicans embrace FEMA funding
Republican lawmakers are rushing to defend an agency that has been under administration scrutiny.
DOJ sues California over electric vehicle ‘mandate’
The lawsuit is the Trump administration's latest challenge to state action on climate change.
Judge dismisses lawsuit over feds’ climate data erasure
Environmental and scientific groups can still access the underlying data and haven't shown an injury to sue over, the judge ruled.
BMW lambastes European vehicle emissions regs shift
The automotive package limits technological neutrality, while the Industrial Accelerator Act will hinder exports, CEO Oliver Zipse argues.
Green cement startup slashes staff after Trump cuts support
It's unclear if Sublime Systems can fulfill a deal with Microsoft to supply as much as 622,500 metric tons of cement over five to eight years.
Planet-warming El Niño to form by September, US forecasters say
The phenomenon is poised to add extra warmth to a planet that’s rapidly heating due to human-caused climate change.
