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Computer-generated 3D illustration with oil pumps, solar panels and wind turbines

Super PAC targeting conservatives against clean energy touts fifth Republican primary win

A coalition of solar entrepreneurs and venture capitalists mounted a pugilistic “Revenge Tour” to show candidates eager to hamper their industry that they’ll fight back. So far, it’s working.

insideclimatenews.org
A car being filled with gas

The climate isn't a hot topic for Democrats in this year's campaigns

Climate change has become a less prominent election-year issue for Democrats as voters say concerns such as affordability are more pressing.
apnews.com
Five oil and gas wells burning off methane in a desert (Middle East) environment.

‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks

Secretive state begins repairs on aging facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas.

www.theguardian.com
Coral reef in the Sipadamn Islands of Malaysia

Coral reefs are running out of time to recover, research finds

Rising sea temperatures mean reefs don’t have enough time to bounce back between intense heat waves, a new report warns.
www.nytimes.com
An aerial view of large warehouse type buildings

Candidates run against data centers, but Ohio legislature didn’t get the memo

Candidates in both parties turn on the industry while a bill redefining coal and gas as “clean” energy moves quietly in the statehouse.
capitalandmain.com
Offshore wind turbines against a setting sun

$900M from a canceled wind deal will benefit a Trump donor

The Trump administration’s latest deal to abandon offshore wind projects and boost investment in fossil fuels is set to deliver a windfall to a private equity firm run by one of the president's major donors.

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

One of the East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law'

Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland, New Jersey — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators.

floodlightnews.org
A horizontal view of the motors at the bottom of a rocket

'Starwashing': The new space race has an environmental problem

Billionaire-backed space companies like Blue Origin say their goal is to make life better on Earth. Here's what they're not talking about.
grist.org
A view of a pond with many leaves floating on the surface

A Florida community aimed to address a legacy of pollution. The Trump administration canceled its funding

Trump canceled a $15M EPA grant for Tampa’s University Area, halting pollution, flood-control, and community projects.

insideclimatenews.org
A view of the interior of a car with three laughing people, one of whom is looking at a map

The great American road trip is in peril

My family set out to see the beauty of America’s national parks. Along the way, we saw how wildfire, flood, heat, and drought are changing them.
grist.org
A rusty barrel with burning items in it, smoke billowing from the top

Bury, don't burn: The billion-dollar wildfire-climate fix

A new study finds that burying logging debris, instead of burning it, could store far more carbon and generate billions in revenue for forest-thinning projects.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Coal-fired power plant generation

MAHA moms take on coal

Some leaders of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement are challenging a pillar of the U.S. president’s energy agenda.

www.nytimes.com
A person gesturing at another person with a court gavel in front of them

It just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change

For years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise.
www.motherjones.com
Large refinery outside of Houston, Texas.

The biggest carbon polluters are to blame for half of U.S. western water lost, ‘groundbreaking’ paper says

Some of the most impactful changes from climate change have come in the stressed Colorado River basin.

insideclimatenews.org
A bulldozer moving garbage on a landfill waste site as a garbage truck offloads more

Cost to fix deteriorating landfill falls on Virginia taxpayers

Shoosmith Landfill, just 12 miles south of Richmond, has a documented history of neglect and permit violations.

www.bayjournal.com
Illustration of judges gavel poised to strike planet model

Boulder, Colorado and Big Oil prepare for high-stakes clash in the U.S. Supreme Court

The case, which the justices will hear in early October, could be consequential for more than two dozen climate liability lawsuits pending against the fossil fuel industry.
insideclimatenews.org
Two renewable energy engineers working on a wind turbine.

Against the wind: despite Trump’s attacks, unions are fighting for good U.S. clean energy jobs

Since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a growing labor movement has addressed the climate crisis and economic inequality.

www.theguardian.com
Sun setting over oilfield - drilling rigs and pumpjacks silhouetted against sunset sky.

The BLM may stop notifying landowners about drilling under private land. Wyoming ranchers are alarmed

Western cattlemen are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property.
wyofile.com
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