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Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah are joining forces to accelerate deployment of clean, around-the-clock geothermal energy in the region.
A draft proposal would allow for drilling off the California and Florida coasts, including two of the largest areas used for ocean-based military training.

Surging demand, low reserves and reduced Middle East exports are predicted to cause a global energy crunch by August.

The Heartland Institute used the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2025 annual meeting to spread climate disinformation and tout coal to power AI.
Ohio lawmakers are redefining clean energy to include natural gas to support data center growth, effectively banning solar and wind.
Experts says New Orleans must relocate. That's hard when your economy revolves around seafood.
Since the Eaton Fire, Altadena residents have found hazardous substances such as lead and asbestos on their properties, fueling fear, conflict and a patchwork of emerging research.
The president postponed requirements forcing grocery stores to buy climate-friendly refrigeration, a nod to rising costs for families.
The country’s most valuable utility didn’t like offshore wind. But a proposed merger with Dominion would include a $11.4 billion project in Coastal Virginia.
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strong action to prevent climate change despite recent diplomatic efforts by the United States to have the measure withdrawn.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.

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