The nation’s main office for protecting Americans from harmful chemicals is welcoming its fourth prominent industry insider since President Trump took office, adding to an administration full of former lobbyists and corporate executives who are making environmental policy.
American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.
In Northwest Alaska, Inupiaq villagers already struggling with vanishing caribou, declining salmon and record floods are split over a 211-mile mining road that promises jobs and minerals for the energy transition, but could further damage a fragile, rapidly warming landscape.
A review of Mexico’s 2026 fiscal budget shows that large portions of funding labeled as climate or renewable energy spending are actually being funneled into oil, gas, and unrelated infrastructure projects.
The U.S.-based Heartland Institute, a leading force in climate science denial, has spent the past year cultivating ties with right-wing parties across the UK and Europe in an effort to weaken climate regulations and promote fossil fuel interests.
The first climate migrants to leave the remote Pacific island nation of Tuvalu have arrived in Australia, hoping to preserve links to their sinking island home, foreign affairs officials said.
A surge of planned data centers in western Pennsylvania is driving proposals for massive new gas-fired power plants, raising alarms among residents and scientists who warn that expanded fracking will worsen air and water pollution and threaten public health.
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