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The end of Germany’s climate crusade
One of the world’s most climate-ambitious governments is about to fall, replaced by a chancellor who says green policy went too far.
Why derechos sometimes can hit harder than hurricanes
A powerful derecho last year caused more damage to Houston’s tallest buildings than Hurricane Beryl. Scientists wanted to know why.
Missouri school district to get electric buses after Trump EPA unfreezes funds
It's still unclear what's going to happen to the broader clean bus program, which was launched during the Biden administration.
Bill to make polluters pay for climate damages is back in California
The bill failed last year amid opposition from the oil industry and labor.
The Tories set the UK net-zero target. Now they are dumping it.
The 2050 goal “leaves us economically worse off,” Conservative energy chief Andrew Bowie said.
Encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania’s homes, history
As the world's climate gets hotter and drier, sandstorms are more frequently depositing inches and feet of dunes onto area streets and in people’s homes.
Study: Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever
Glaciers lost ice at the rate of about 255 billion tons annually from 2000 to 2011, but that pace quickened over about the next decade, according to the report.
USAID document: Climate programs are being shut down
A spreadsheet obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News offers a glimpse into the Trump administration’s moves to shutter the agency.
OSHA purged ‘diversity’ documents. But they weren’t about DEI.
The removed webpages had no relation to gender or racial diversity.
EPA declines to publicly release endangerment finding recommendation
The agency said it has briefed the White House on the legality of abandoning a 2009 scientific finding that underpins all greenhouse gas rules.
House Republicans launch drive to undo Biden rules
Among the targets is EPA’s approval of a California rule that would encourage the adoption of electric vehicles.
Trump taps fossil fuel insider to run DOE’s renewable office
Audrey Robertson sits on the board of Liberty Energy, the fracking services company founded by Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
EPA places director of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund on leave
It's the Trump administration's latest escalation against the climate fund created by the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act.
Europe likely to miss most green targets for 2030
Goals on boosting carbon sequestration, the circular economy, organic farming and reducing the EU’s consumption footprint are most at risk.
EU to force restaurants, fashion brands to slash their waste
The new rules mean clothing companies and manufacturers will have to pay a fee to cover the costs of collection and treatment of textile waste.
Brazil’s net-zero transition will cost $6T by 2050, BNEF says
An assessment says the country's biggest decarbonization challenge will be electrifying transportation.
New UK-based climate group emerges as international banks retreat
The group's goal is to rally the city of London, companies and policymakers to scale funding for decarbonization efforts at home and abroad.
How Trump gutted climate policy in 30 days
President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures.
EPA ‘green bank’ recipients lose access to Citibank accounts
The Trump administration’s efforts to force the bank to freeze $20 billion in climate grants prompted a top federal prosecutor to resign Tuesday.
Scientists seek approval for geoengineering project in Gulf of Maine
If approved, the effort would test the possibility of using the ocean to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.