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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.

An oil crisis and shifting permafrost: they’re challenges now, and they were challenges in 1947, when the first pipeline was built across the Canadian North.

Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.
Analyzing lessons learned over decades of fighting back the ocean is critical as the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel wraps up its ongoing study of the effects of permanent beach erosion control structures such as seawalls and jetties.

The era of corporate climate denial is over but in courts around the world the big names have shifted strategy.

Offshore wind and legal experts question whether Interior has the authority to reimburse the oil giant for canceled leases, especially if it taps taxpayer dollars.

The president is discovering the high stakes of an escalation that damages energy facilities.

When the world map of literal power changes, the political hierarchy shifts, too.

Despite being a renewables superpower, China continues to permit and build new coal-fired power plants at a rapid pace. Analysts say the nation’s new five-year plan will ensure further coal plant expansion and jeopardize China’s ability to deliver on its climate promises.
A renewed federal order is keeping two aging Indiana coal plants running months after their planned retirement.
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