Houston has its own Climate Action Plan to meet Paris Agreement targets, set in motion when Trump announced his first withdrawal from the UN treaty in 2017.
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Trump has attacked renewable power from every angle, but energy justice scholar Sanya Carley envisions an affordable green future.
To keep the lights on, states like New York and Massachusetts will need to build projects that are currently “impossible.”
The U.S. Forest Service announced revisions to its oil and gas leasing rules today that the agency promises “modernizes and streamlines” the permitting process to drill for fossil fuels in the nation’s forests and grasslands.
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot.
Companies are adding factory capacity across the whole supply chain, even as new tariffs and national security concerns loom on the horizon.
A group of senior advertising executives has released an anonymous memo warning that “a vacuum of responsible leadership” means the ad industry is morally failing itself and society.
Tech companies are turning to green concrete to help reduce the massive environmental footprint of building out data centers.
Regulators mull the first big utility plan to provide electricity to data centers flocking to the state, igniting disputes over consumer protection and clean energy.
With rising concerns over where data centers are able to be built, one bill looks to keep them in industrial areas.
Following a Times investigation, a state lawmaker is proposing the first health-based standards for assessing smoke contamination after wildfires.
Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based.
Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, according to a new study that links rising risks directly to the manufacture of new plastics.
Scientists warn that climate change intensifies coastal hazards — stronger storms, erosion and wildfires — making future closures more likely along California’s iconic, 650-mile highway.
Experts have urged European supermarkets to transition towards plant-rich foods to cut emissions and lower costs.
Major emitter the US has officially left the Paris Agreement and global emissions keep rising a decade on from the deal. Yet renewables' growth shows climate action can work. Here's what's been done and what's missing.
A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel across the eastern half of the U.S. could be the first real test of the second Trump administration’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.
A new wave of takedown orders from Trump officials targets signs about climate and Native Americans at several national parks, including Grand Canyon, Big Bend and Glacier.
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