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‘Not based in reality’: Climate groups pan study added to Maryland's major energy bill

The Maryland Utility RELIEF Act cost study draws criticism for bias against wind and solar energy, while supporters say it clarifies costs for ratepayers.

marylandmatters.org
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Climate hopes dim in New York even as Western states join on cap-and-trade

Even as California and Washington state prepare to merge their cap-and-trade climate programs, New York's retreat from creating a similar program has sparked renewed debates about energy costs.
stateline.org
Poster reads "The UN Summit of the Future is the Summit of Our Future

Global climate panel faces strife, potential funding crunch

Major reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are still on track, but procedural gridlock and a looming funding shortage hint at future problems.
insideclimatenews.org
Oil and gas transport vessels awaiting off-loading.

‘Fossil-fuel imperialism’: Trump’s hankering for Iranian oil runs deep

Experts say the US believes it is entitled to resources it desires – a perspective the president has supported for decades.

www.theguardian.com
Monument Valley panorama.

'Drill baby drill': Trump opens wilderness to big energy

America's beloved national parks and public lands face conservation rollbacks and sell-offs as the Trump administration pushes for fossil fuel and timber extraction.
www.dw.com
The oil rig Sevan Louisiana off the Curacao coast in the Caribbean.

Opinion: ‘God Squad’ exempts entire Gulf of Mexico oil industry from endangered species rules

Unprecedented legal dodge means the deaths of turtles, whales, manatees, and other imperiled species will be officially excused.

floridaphoenix.com
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Opinion: Trying times: Keeping the faith as environmental gains are lost

For people who came of age in the 1970s, it is especially painful to witness the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of hard-won environmental progress. But as the assaults on clean air and water, endangered species, and more mount, a noted ecologist finds reasons for hope.
e360.yale.edu
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Solar saved Europe €3 billion in fossil fuel imports in March: Which country is leading the way?

A new analysis found that Europe’s solar capabilities could save the continent €67.5 billion by the end of the year if gas prices remain high.
www.euronews.com
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Iran war Strait of Hormuz crisis: Food, fuel, climate impact globally

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered fuel shortages, food disruptions, and a resurgence of coal use, hitting billions of people, especially in poorer countries.

www.vox.com
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Trump cabinet exempts Gulf drilling from species protections

The unprecedented move from a rarely used Endangered Species Committee granted the broadest exemption in the law’s history.
www.eenews.net
Methane flaring at desert fracking sites

Invisible plumes and ‘terrible pollution’: the reality of the US gas sites rated ‘grade A’

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

www.theguardian.com
Oil and gas facility flaring excess methane at night

EPA’s Aaron Szabo once helped write oil industry argument against methane rules

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.
www.propublica.org
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The emotional contradictions of climate messaging

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."

www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Grain harvesting

The Trump administration’s new biofuels targets threaten carbon-rich rainforests

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.
insideclimatenews.org
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Texas saw a $50 billion future in renewables. Then the political winds shifted

Clean energy brought income to ranchers and to counties buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Federal policy changes threaten that momentum.
grist.org
A water desalination plant in the desert next to a body of water

What Trump's threat against Iran's desalination plants means for Mideast

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including its desalination plants.
apnews.com
Data center in rural countryside

Pennsylvania lawmakers are talking the talk on data center regulations. but will they walk?

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.
insideclimatenews.org
A prison wall with barbed wire and guard towers

Federal trial over insufficient air conditioning in Texas prisons starts

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.
www.texastribune.org
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