The law would make fuel companies help pay for damages caused by climate change. The Trump nadministration argues it’s unconstitutional.
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A California power provider shows homes can ditch fossil-fueled appliances without pricey electrical service upgrades after all.
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.
Roughly 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential public health threat to millions of Americans.
Western communities face a dangerously dry summer as record heat melts snow, threatening drinking water and increasing wildfire risk.
Human-caused climate change has fueled extreme weather events in West Africa, causing cocoa production to plummet.
“I had to decide if this was really a career I wanted to dedicate my life to. The obvious and unavoidable answer was no.”
Unseasonably warm temperatures and record-low snowfall across the U.S. West are forcing ski resorts to close early, bulldoze snow onto runs, and contend with dwindling visitors.
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.

Solar is winning the energy race
30 March
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.
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