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After surviving a California wildfire, one family saw premiums quadruple — as states consider laws to force fossil fuel companies to pay for the soaring costs of climate catastrophes they helped create.

The decision represents a setback to other local governments around the U.S. that have sued oil companies to recoup the mounting costs of climate change.

California argues the Trump administration invented an energy emergency to justify forcing the restart of a shuttered offshore oil operation.

Across the U.S. and around the world, coastal cities are grappling with rising seas and worsening floods.

TerraPower recently became the first company to secure a permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct a full, commercial advanced nuclear reactor.

A sweeping plan to build 21 gigawatts of solar plus batteries on 136,000 acres could be a lifeline for Central Valley farmers facing devastating water shortages.

The Middle East war is scrambling markets and threatening to remake the energy industry.
Trump’s Energy Secretary says he's canceled billions of dollars in clean energy loans. A Biden official says the number is “fake.”
Flood “fixes” are erasing Black homes and fueling a new wave of climate gentrification in Atlanta.

A proposed data center in Imperial County has triggered fierce community opposition, with residents fearing impacts on air quality and rising utility bills.

The announcement marks the latest blow by the administration against the U.S. offshore wind industry.
Special report: As beach erosion alarms sound up and down the North Carolina coast and Outer Banks houses continue to fall into the ocean, policymakers are once again eyeing the science behind the state's longstanding hardened structures ban.

Lee Zeldin, the EPA agency administrator, will address a Heartland Institute forum in April. The organization says speakers will challenge the climate crisis “narrative.”

The world's oceans have broken heat records for nine straight years, glaciers are retreating and extreme weather is killing thousands. The only way to avoid the worst is to urgently ditch fossil fuels.
Two megaprojects that were awarded more than $1 billion in federal subsidies have stalled under President Donald Trump.
Trump officials are heralding a potential new coal plant in Alaska, but the project faces mounting opposition and tricky data center politics.
Residents reported headaches, eye and skin irritation and breathing difficulties as Israeli bombings blanketed Tehran with pollutants
Conservationists are warning that the Trump administration is working state by state to undo decades of progress in clearing skies over the country's beloved national parks.
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