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The unprecedented move from a rarely used Endangered Species Committee granted the broadest exemption in the law’s history.

Guardian investigation into reliability of methane certification issued by MiQ reveals the weakness of voluntary model.

Before becoming a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency, Aaron Szabo was a lobbyist for the oil and gas industry. Metadata shows he helped draft a trade group’s 2022 letter to the EPA objecting to controls on methane emissions.

Two new analyses of media and social posts reveal some unexpected twists — climate advocates warn of crisis while offering optimism, and skeptics lean on "science."

The U.S. doesn’t have enough bio-based diesel to meet the administration’s new mandate, so blenders will have to import yet more foreign crop-based oils.
Clean energy brought income to ranchers and to counties buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Federal policy changes threaten that momentum.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including its desalination plants.
As public opposition to AI data center development ratchets up in Pennsylvania, politicians are promising to protect local communities. Whether the state’s fractious politics can deliver is another question.
The plaintiffs are asking for the entire Texas prison system to be air-conditioned by the end of 2029 in a trial that is expected to last two weeks.

The law would make fuel companies help pay for damages caused by climate change. The Trump nadministration argues it’s unconstitutional.

A rare spot of global climate agreement could prevent up to half a degree of warming this century.
The conference is one of the largest aimed at preparing for hurricane season, which begins June 1. A task force report on potential reforms to the agency also remains on hold.
Talen Energy wanted 800 acres of Pennsylvania farmland rezoned to develop the center with Amazon. The community fought it.

Offshore wind is out. Geothermal power is in. And many climate technology startups are looking for ways to carry on without federal backing.

Words considered "woke" are vanishing from National Science Foundation proposals. Grist tracked the changes.

The world’s cheapest power source is scaling at warp speed, pushing coal, gas, and nuclear aside.

Tech companies set ambitious climate goals at the start of the decade, promising to slash emissions that contribute to global warming.

Massive drone attacks this week on the major Baltic terminals of Primorsk and Ust-Luga have left Russia with few remaining routes for exporting oil, increasing reliance on the Kola Peninsula. In Norway, concerns are growing over the ecological risks posed by ageing “shadow fleet” tankers operating along the coast.
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