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Oil industry’s Supreme Court win spills into climate lawsuits

5 hours 34 min ago
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

5 hours 36 min ago
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

5 hours 37 min ago
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

5 hours 39 min ago
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

5 hours 39 min ago
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

5 hours 41 min ago
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

5 hours 42 min ago
“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

5 hours 42 min ago
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.

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:47am
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

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:46am
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

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:46am
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

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:45am
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

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:45am
Republican Rep. Julia Letlow is running to unseat Sen. Bill Cassidy.

California Senate committee rejects climate liability, wildfire insurance proposals

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:44am
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

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:44am
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

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:43am
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

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:43am
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

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:42am
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

Fri, 04/24/2026 - 6:42am
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’

Thu, 04/23/2026 - 6:48am
In internal memos earlier this year, a senior official at the agency urged immediate action to alleviate "workforce strain" and other problems.

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