Iowa Environmental Council’s 2026 report on Iowa’s electric generation shows a “reversal” in progress toward renewable sources.
Causes
Brown University researchers found that a small amount of testimony from fossil fuel lobbyists opposing polluter pay laws has had greater power than massive public support.
Crop-residue burning contributes substantially to black carbon levels in North India, especially during the post-monsoon season.
Data centers have emerged as a central battleground in the 2026 midterm elections. As they have, a Columbus man has spent many months traveling the country learning what the fuss is about.
The world’s second-largest oil consumer cut its use by 9 percent as the Iran war crimped supply. The drop could accelerate China’s pivot away from the fossil fuel.
Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis.
Spanish scientists and researchers from Europe and the U.S. compiled data from 46 oceanographic campaigns carried out between 1976 and 2018 to study changes in the Mediterranean and the impact of climate change.
At issue is a Clean Water Act provision that has long given states a role in decision-making on infrastructure that would affect streams and wetlands.
A federal judge has struck down New York’s attempt to make fossil fuel-producing industries pay into a $75 billion fund to repair damage wrought by climate change.
The United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.

The Amazon’s defenders declare a state of emergency
02 September
As governments push oil and mining expansion, thousands of Indigenous leaders and activists gathered in Ecuador to chart another path.
A data center developer is seeking approval for two private gas-fired power plants near Reno, Nevada, raising concerns that large energy users could sidestep Nevada’s renewable energy requirements.
The Trump administration will soon announce sharply lower vehicle fuel-economy standards, reversing a push by the prior administration to force automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says.
Here's how the fabric went from a "miracle" fiber to TikTok slang for fake.
More than 20 years after passing a landmark clean energy law, the state gets more of its power from burning coal waste than from solar.
A new study highlights the life-saving role of air conditioning. However, scientists warn it also contributes to climate change.
The EPA’s retreat from its role guarding clean air and water will have lasting effects on public health, critics fear.
The data center backlash is still, like a tidal wave, growing.
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