Big Ag is sabotaging progress on climate change

Opinion: Grim as the UN’s latest climate report is, it doesn’t confront the dangerous, government-hijacking power of agribusiness.

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Federal energy lab reduces workforce, cutting 134 jobs

A federal research lab formerly known as the National Renewable Energy Lab laid off more than 100 people this week.

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Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate

Nearly 17 years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten the public’s health and welfare, the agency on Thursday rescinded the landmark legal opinion underpinning a wave of federal policies aimed at climate change.

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Burgum calls energy transition a ‘fantasy’ as EPA guts climate regulations

The Interior secretary cast doubt on widely accepted climate science and touted plans to build out the nation’s reserves of critical minerals.

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China could reach peak greenhouse gas emissions sooner than Beijing planned, new report suggests

Falling emissions from the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter could mean a global turning point.

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Offshore wind showed up big during the East Coast’s brutal cold

America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.

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Banks decline to finance LNG project in Papua New Guinea

Twenty-nine global banks reject financing a Papua New Guinea LNG project led by TotalEnergies, citing climate, environmental and human rights concerns.

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