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Voters tend to worry about global warming while worrying more about other issues; Democrats have noticed and changed how they discuss the environment.

Workforce programs try to ride out the legal, administrative and economic headwinds of the Trump administration.

Will the world continue on its path to fragmentation or cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence and intensifying inequalities?

African countries are now crafting the first continent-wide framework to tackle how climate disasters can worsen hunger, displacement, and conflict.

While President Donald Trump pushed against cutting emissions and regulating technology, environmentalists called for world leaders to reject conflict and build a stable future with clean energy.

Too many utilities are keeping coal plants open, planning new gas plants, and building less renewable energy, the Sierra Club’s latest “Dirty Truth Report” finds.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is pitching a future of fossil fuel abundance. It’s not always an easy sell while war drags on and oil prices surge.
Advocates in Georgia warn a Trump administration rollback on climate standards for power plants will increase greenhouse gas emissions. 

New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US — and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis.

Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence and data centers, which consume a lot of energy, and higher fossil fuel prices due to wars in Iran, Venezuela and Ukraine are changing the conversation.

Emissions are reportedly 3.5 times the level requiring correction. Chevron will be given a set time period to fix it.
Researchers are learning more about the long-term public health effects of living through extreme weather, especially in more isolated communities.

The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid ongoing pollution and habitat destruction, according to a key yet grim annual update by scientists.

Rhode Island District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy ruled federal administrators broke the law when they canceled a $7 billion solar energy grant program after awards had already been given to recipients nationwide.

Showing up at local government hearings to support a proposed wind, solar, or battery project could be the most effective climate action you ever take.

From London's ULEZ to Sofia's clean air zone, European cities are proving that cleaner air is achievable — but there's still a lot of work to do.

World and business leaders gathering in New York face mounting pressure to address climate change as extreme weather, high fossil fuel prices, and rapidly-growing electricity demand from AI reshape the global energy debate.

By allowing state laws to override local ordinances, actions like Senate Bill 180 are making Florida "less free," one advocate says.

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