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22 December 2025

One word sums up climate politics in 2025: Greenlash

In a year shaped by Trump's return to the White House, the new administration touted "energy dominance" and protesters threw eggs at "swasticars."

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Will feds step in if Saskatchewan breaks law on phasing out coal?

The Canadian government requires provinces to shutter coal-fired power plants by 2030, but the Prairie province is refurbishing its fossil fuel fleet.

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The real economic impact of clean energy

US energy chief Chris Wright claims that renewable energy is dragging down Europe's economy. Is that true?

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Breadcrumbs (literally) lay path away from fossil fuels

Researchers have developed a carbon-negative method for hydrogenation that uses bacteria fed on waste bread to generate hydrogen for chemical reactions.

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Trump's climate silence at the longest-ever State of the Union

The president’s far-reaching speech ignored climate change but not its impacts.

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Colorado's oil and gas industry is vastly underestimating methane emissions

Watching from the sky, researchers find planet-warming pollutants leaking into the atmosphere are undercounted by at least two times.

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Bureau of Land Management sign for the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah.

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Former New Mexico congressman Pearce faces questions about public lands views as he seeks federal post

Democratic senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee keyed in on Steve Pearce's previous statements about public land selloffs.

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Florida House to consider ban on local ‘net-zero’ policies

The work that more than a dozen local governments have undertaken over the past 15 years to combat climate change could be eliminated if legislation making its way to the floor of the Florida House gets passed into law later this year.

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