The department targeted 16 blue states when canceling financial awards for 223 energy projects. But both parties will feel the impact.
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Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences.
The state repealed the utility’s 2030 emissions target in July. Duke’s response? A plan to slash solar and wind, double down on gas — and burn more coal.
Your EV battery is often an underutilized resource that could be part of a network that acts like a power plant for your region.
A new study shows that the world's most damaging wildfires are happening four times more often now compared to the 1980s.
A major scientific update to one of the most influential food and planetary health reports of the last decade is in the crosshairs of a pro-meat misinformation campaign.
President Gustavo Petro is rushing to make Colombia green. But his energy agenda highlights the messy trade-offs called for when fossil fuels remain key to the economy.
New research shows the Sierra Nevada’s glaciers, which have endured since the last Ice Age, are shrinking rapidly and could disappear within decades. Scientists warn their loss will mark the first time in human history that Yosemite’s granite peaks stand without ice.
What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
California’s fast-growing data center industry is straining the state’s power grid and fueling reliance on natural gas, undermining climate targets as utilities push for higher fossil fuel emissions allowances.
"Our democracy is badly broken when a president can illegally suspend projects for Blue states in order to punish his political enemies," Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wrote on X.
Weeks after an oil facility explosion coated Roseland, Louisiana, in soot and chemicals, Black residents remain exposed to contamination as the EPA struggles with funding shortfalls, threats to workers, and political pressure slowing the cleanup.
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
US hydropower is at a make-or-break moment
02 October
Gigawatts of clean energy are at stake as aging hydropower plants approach deadlines for relicensing — a yearslong, often extremely expensive process.
The Trump administration could look for ways to keep energy permitting up and running if much of the federal government shuts down.
The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world leaders dismissive of climate change.
Electric vehicle sales jumped after the U.S. announced it would end a tax credit. Without the incentive, sales may dip, although automakers may offer discounts to lure buyers.
Clean energy employment in Kentucky continued to expand in 2024, adding thousands of jobs in renewable power, EVs, and energy storage, but a new report warns that recent federal rollbacks on tax credits and clean energy incentives could stall that momentum.
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