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Man's hands holding coal against a background of black coal

Pennsylvania coal industry positions itself for a future in energy and new tech

Some see this moment of rapidly growing energy demand and desire for reliable, domestic energy as an opportunity to revitalize coal’s image.
www.wesanews.org
Miner working a jackhammer in a coal mine.

India fuels worldwide jump in planned coal production

Rise in new mine proposals, mainly in the states of Odisha and Jharkhand, comes despite a plateau in global demand.

www.theguardian.com
A solar panel with wind turbines and an energy plant in the background

Amid renewable energy backlash, some Nebraska communities are making millions

Power generation is essential for economic growth, according to business leaders, but some Nebraskans remain steadfast in their opposition to wind and solar.

flatwaterfreepress.org
Man wiping the sweat off of his forehead with a shirt while sitting outside in a park

Warning for heat and drought-hit UK: It gets worse without climate action

The Climate Change Committee’s Baroness Brown said the ‘evidence is screaming at us’ of the need to act on climate change.

www.the-independent.com
Rustic wooden boards in a trail into the woods indicating four paths to follow.

Video: A bicycle journey across Brazil to find a vanishing savanna

In “Here There Was Cerrado” — the second place winner of the 2026 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — Natascha Otoya shows how industrial farms are plowing up the Brazilian savanna, changing the flow of water, and skewing human memory of the landscape.

e360.yale.edu
Wooden court gavel overlaying and surrounded by hundred-dollar bills

Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9M from oil and gas assets since joining Supreme Court, analysis shows

Critics argue U.S. high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case.

www.theguardian.com
An offshore drilling platform with the setting sun in thedistance

They're making record profits, but oil companies still won't 'drill, baby, drill'

The war in the Middle East has sent Big Oil’s profits soaring; companies are pocketing the money rather than expanding drilling.

grist.org
Supporters of President Donald Trump parade in cars and trucks in Miami, Florida

Trump waged war on EVs. Now he’s helping them out

The Trump administration’s mineral agenda will bolster defense technologies and data centers. It’ll also provide a big boost for EV companies.
www.eenews.net
Indigenous Amazonian clothed in traditional dress, carrying traditional implements & weapons

Brazil's Supreme Court to decide on Amazon and Indigenous rights

Brazil's Supreme Court is set to decide cases that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest and Indigenous communities.
apnews.com
Scientists gathering water samples at a creek

Neighbors live in fear after pipeline leak in ‘Unleashing American Energy’ era

As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow clean-up of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.
insideclimatenews.org
Image of nine mosquitoes against an orange background

Experts worry as parts of the U.S. see a huge drop in mosquitoes

Mosquito levels are down 50% across some Western and Midwestern states, but the West Nile virus caseload has hit a 22-year high.

www.independent.co.uk
A view of energy lines with a small oil pump jack in a sandy field

California’s carbon storage began before rules were written

California’s first commercial carbon-burial project is underway, even though the state has yet to adopt rules required by law.
calmatters.org
Two field workers in protective garb, sample water near a mining site adjacent to a sign reading Toxic Danger

Anti-uranium advocates wrest control of public hearing on proposed mine near Navajo Nation

The hearing exposed wounds around the legacy of uranium mining on Navajo communities, as well as fresh concerns about in situ recovery.
sourcenm.com
Pumpjacks extract oil from an oilfield in Kern County, CA, using hydraulic fracturing

Permian Basin community seeks fix for radium in its drinking water

Utilities serving thousands of Texans exceed legal limits for radium.
insideclimatenews.org
A view of a bridge stretching across a river

‘The Earth itself was screaming out’

A Canadian oil and gas company wants to continue operating its Michigan pipeline for 99 more years; tribes and climate groups are pushing back.

yaleclimateconnections.org
Wind turbine towers awaiting assembly

As U.S. offshore wind disappears, a generation of workers is left behind

Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust. Now, U.S. workers mourn the well-paying careers they don’t see coming back.

insideclimatenews.org
A person with cordless driver installing solar panels

Trump launched big new solar tariffs. Here’s what that means

The cost of installing solar panels will rise. But now the U.S. has a large and fast-growing solar manufacturing industry to take advantage of the trade protections.

www.canarymedia.com
Drone aerial view of new Microsoft data centers.

New Amazon data center stokes worry it would be the most polluting power plant in the U.S.

The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
www.nytimes.com
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