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Refugees wading through floodwaters

‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster

Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30.

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Flags of various nations fly on building

As U.S. and E.U. retreat on climate, China takes the leadership role

As U.N. talks get underway, China is emerging as a key leader in international climate efforts. It is empowering the global energy transition, and along with India and Brazil, is becoming the driving force in climate diplomacy and filling a vacuum left by the world’s rich nations. 
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaking at CPAC

One year after Trump’s election, this group is celebrating their sway over U.S. energy policy

At the America First Policy Institute’s Global Energy Summit, speakers derided climate action and heralded their efforts to reverse key environmental initiatives.
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An illustration of a healthy earth on the left and a warming earth on the right

Governments and billionaires retreat ahead of COP30 climate talks

With the U.S. under Trump reversing clean-energy efforts and Brazil allowing new oil exploration, the sense of urgency around a warming planet has given way to weary resignation.

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visualization of big data digital data streams in a data center

Inside the data-center energy race with Google and Microsoft

Hyperscalers are investing in new clean-energy tech and rethinking how they run data centers.

www.canarymedia.com
Offshore drilling platform off foggy California coast

Trump officials consider opening California to offshore oil drilling

A draft five-year plan for offshore oil development proposes selling leases on the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
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Fracking well pad in Marcellus shale formation rural Pennsylvania

Pipeline project breaks through in once-resistant Northeast

A gas pipeline championed by President Donald Trump cleared permitting hurdles in New York and New Jersey, reflecting a political shift.
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Lagos Nigeria waterfront and oil storage and shipping terminal

Ogonis wary of more oil drilling in Niger Delta

Whispers of renewed oil drilling in the Niger Delta may promise prospects for much-needed infrastructure and job creation. But oil extraction is also blamed for impoverishing the area through environmental devastation.
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Empty chairs in rows inside a capitol building.

Feds flustered by shutdown compromise

The deal was “a total capitulation and slap in the face to federal workers,” said one EPA employee.
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A home on stilts on the edge of an encroaching ocean

Are we all living in Florida now? The rise of 'don't say climate' politics

With the return of Trump-era climate denial and Democrats avoiding the term altogether, the U.S. is quietly adapting to a warming planet without naming the cause.

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Statsminister Jonas Gahr: Speaker at COP30

COP30: 'Climate conference of truth' in Brazil?

At COP30, the international community again will try to agree on targets to limit catastrophic global temperature rise. But many barriers remain before steep greenhouse gas cuts are realized.
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Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director,

Why everyone wants to meet the ‘world’s most boring man’

Politicians, oil giants and climate activists hang on his every word. The Trump administration has blasted him. How did Fatih Birol get so big?
www.nytimes.com
21st session of the UN Conference on Climate Change Paris 2015

In 10 years since Paris climate agreement, progress on warming but not nearly enough

The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the 2015 accord.
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A smokestack spews pollution as a plane flies by in the distance across a cityscape and late day sun.

How Trump officials have transformed the EPA to weaken enforcement

An analysis of environmental enforcement cases, together with targeted furloughs during the federal shutdown, shows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's shift towards deregulation.

www.washingtonpost.com
World Health Organization: United Nations logo at the UN headquarter in New York City

World Health Organization leader isn’t giving up on US

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells POLITICO President Donald Trump should reconsider quitting the UN’s health arm.
www.politico.com
An aerial view of wind turbines sited on green hills

2025 Elections: How rising energy costs are shaking up American politics

Across state races in New Jersey, Virginia, and Georgia, Democrats turned voter frustration over rising electricity prices into victories — reframing climate and energy policy as an issue of affordability.

www.vox.com
A bobblehead of President Donald Trump on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives

‘Trump is against humankind’: World leaders at climate summit take swipes at absent president

Some of Thursday's speeches reflected anger and dismay at U.S. policies but could not hide the ambivalence that many countries feel about this year's climate talks.
www.politico.com
Large crowd gathered at the Place de la République, Paris, France for climate protest

10 years after the Paris Climate Agreement, here's where we are

Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
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