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How climate tech investing is being shaped by Trump’s tariffs, orders

Fri, 04/11/2025 - 6:15am
The tariffs are adding a new barrier for companies that source materials from abroad while threatening to dampen demand for U.S. technology in other countries.

AI chipmaking emissions surged fourfold in 2024, Greenpeace says

Fri, 04/11/2025 - 6:14am
Much of chip manufacturing occurs in Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, where power grids remain deeply reliant on fossil fuels.

A $20 billion gas plant exposes Australia’s energy conundrum

Fri, 04/11/2025 - 6:13am
A ruling on whether to extend the life of Australia’s oldest LNG-export facility will help determine how the country will fuel itself and its growth for decades.

La Niña exits after 3 months, leaving Earth in neutral climate state

Fri, 04/11/2025 - 6:12am
NOAA forecasts the neutral setting to last most, if not all, of 2025.

Assault on climate laws exposes Trump’s hypocrisy on states’ rights, critics say

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 6:16am
But the president’s allies contend the White House should intervene when the rules of one state affect another.

Trump climate order for states ‘doesn't have any force of law’

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 6:15am
Legal experts doubt a new executive order will block state action on climate change. But likely court battles could be costly for states.

Conspiracy theories fuel state efforts to ban geoengineering

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 6:14am
Far-right and anti-vaccine groups are part of a push in dozens of states to prohibit the theoretical climate change fix of blocking the sun's rays.

Why Trump axed the Global Change Research Program

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 6:13am
Dismembering the program was outlined in Project 2025 as a way to elevate the "benefits" of climate change when fighting regulations in court.

White House considers closing FEMA regional offices, senators say

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 6:11am
New England’s 12 senators warned the Trump administration against consolidating the 10 offices.

Canada’s Mark Carney treads a fine line on climate in a tight election

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 6:11am
The prime minister is a prominent climate champion on the international stage. His campaign rival has attacked him as being among the “globalist elites.”

Catastrophe bonds among few asset classes withstanding selloff

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 6:09am
Since President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement, investors in catastrophe bonds have sailed through with hardly a ripple.

Lego says Vietnam factory will make toys with clean power

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 6:08am
The factory is an important factor in the toymaker's quest to stop emitting greenhouse gases by 2050.

Pipeline company filed hundreds of suits against farmers — report

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 6:05am
Eminent domain lawsuits filed by Summit Carbon Solutions spurred the South Dakota governor to sign a bill banning their use for CO2 pipelines.

Trump declares war on state climate laws

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 6:52am
The president signed an executive order late Tuesday that aims to "stop the enforcement" of a broad swath of state climate regulations.

Trump breathes new life into coal-fired power

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 6:49am
The president signed executive orders Tuesday that keep aging coal generators running and undermine efforts to rein in climate pollution.

Don’t be tempted by quick climate fixes, UN report warns

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 6:49am
Strategies such as carbon offsets and geoengineering have the potential to cause more harm than good.

Republicans tap Trump’s love of tariffs in new carbon bill

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 6:48am
Senate Republican legislation would impose a foreign pollution fee targeting the "nexus between climate, national security, economic security and energy policy."

Trump tells countries to scrap maritime decarbonization talks, or else

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 6:47am
The attack on the shipping deal is part of a wider U.S. rejection of policies to fight climate change.

Future of US passenger rail could hinge on rural Republicans, experts say

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 6:47am
GOP lawmakers may have to choose between their support for rail and President Donald Trump's efforts to cut government spending.

Portuguese youth who sued 32 nations over climate narrow their target

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 6:46am
Four young people are joining a lawsuit to press Portugal to cut climate pollution. It came a year after they unsuccessfully targeted dozens of countries.

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