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The Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “climate alarmism.”

David Jones Jr. and his wife live a few hundred feet away from a large coal terminal where dust from mountainous, uncovered coal piles has blown over the community day after day for decades.

An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show.

Diplomats told E.U. officials that the bloc’s law on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would hurt American oil and gas companies.
A growth engine for the economy is becoming a political albatross. Can messaging change that?

Region struggling with drought now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some residents are fighting back.

What does the intended resurgence of America as a petrostate look like from the Golden State, which is politically blue and a green-energy giant?

Donald Trump is pushing gas guzzlers over EVs — in spite of climate and cost concerns. China is now set to race further ahead into an electrified automotive future.
Environmental lawyers say some rollbacks may lean too hard on the Supreme Court ruling that ended the legal doctrine.
These AI campuses consume more power than major U.S. cities. Their footprints are measured in miles, not feet.
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?

A documentary by Las Cruces filmmaker Annie Ersinghaus examines how a decade of oil and gas development in the Permian and San Juan basins has affected the health, environment and rights of nearby New Mexico communities.

U.S. freight railroads are a major source of pollution, chuffing out more nitrogen oxide than all the nation’s coal-fired power plants combined.

The president’s order to limit states’ ability to regulate the spread of artificial intelligence is poised to set off political and legal fireworks that mirror his efforts to curb climate action.

While the U.S. sits in self-imposed isolation, the rest of the world, led by China, raced to build renewables and commit to climate action.

As climate impacts accelerate faster than expected, philanthropist Kelly Erhart joins The Great Simplification to discuss cutting-edge climate science, looming tipping points, and experimental interventions that could help stabilize Earth’s systems.

Despite billions in investment, carbon capture and storage technology ‘should be in no way treated as a climate solution’, critics say.

Lower electricity bills could help two Cokeville cattlemen compete and pass their businesses on to their kids, they say, but lawmakers won’t let ranch-scale solar projects feed power to the grid.
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