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The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to support strong action to prevent climate change despite recent diplomatic efforts by the United States to have the measure withdrawn.

As the oil crisis deepens across the globe, households and industries are reducing fossil fuel use — maybe permanently.

Young Americans are suing the president for violating rights with executive orders that fuel the climate crisis.

While China's push to modernize sparked a surge in burning coal, India is turning to increasingly cheap solar to meet its booming energy needs.

As Bangladesh grapples with fuel shortages, power plant outages, and rising energy import costs, the country’s small but growing solar sector is helping cushion the grid against widespread blackouts.

An alternative emissions-calculating methodology underpins revised, less ambitious methane-reduction targets.
The small project is underway at Central Campus, with room for expansion. Its energy usage could complicate the university’s climate goals.
The fiscal 2027 legislation’s cuts are smaller than the White House proposed. The bill also blesses the Wildland Fire Service.

Cuts to climate science risk halting or reversing decades of progress in global change research, just as rising seas demand better data, more informed decision-making, and faster action.

Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures are forecast to exceed 40C by 2050.

Houses on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in recent years almost routinely fall into the ocean. What can be done to fix it?
A handful of sensationally large developments are underway around the world, testing just how big solar can get.
The lawsuit challenges Alabama Power’s plans to leave more than 21 million tons of coal ash in an unlined pond at the head of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, an area sometimes called “America’s Amazon” for its rich biodiversity.
A proposed rule would give auto manufacturers until 2029 to meet smog and particulate matter emissions standards while the agency reconsiders the requirements altogether.
The Trump administration likes to cast renewables as a socialist scam, but solar has soared in the competitive markets of the Lone Star State.
After years of trying to stop offshore wind projects, the Trump administration is now pausing routine federal permits for 165 land-based projects, including dozens in Texas.
A U.N. panel on climate change seems poised to retire RCP 8.5, a scenario in which the world does nothing to curb planet-warming emissions, in its projections.
NextEra’s blockbuster deal with Dominion means the largest electricity company stands to benefit even more from AI growth. But what does it mean for ratepayers?
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