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Trump’s energy chief had threatened to leave the International Energy Agency if it continued to focus on climate.
Can the government simply decide emissions aren’t its problem?
The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to affect communities of color the most.
The civil rights leader, who died earlier this week, linked segregation, pollution, and political power.
The lawsuit challenges the oil major’s expansion plans and could set a significant precedent on climate responsibilities for fossil fuel companies if successful, advocates say.
As the Trump administration cracks down on climate change activism, members of environmental groups like Extinction Rebellion fear they are being targeted.
The Tennessee Valley Authority once prided itself on political independence. Data center demand and political pressure have it changing course from clean energy.
A rancher in the middle of oil country struck gold with plant-based foods before anyone else. Can he survive the fake-meat slump?
Widely anticipated legal challenges question the agency’s reversal of the 2009 endangerment finding. The decision is “reckless, illogical and ignores the vast majority of public comments,” plaintiffs say.
Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter.

The president called Lee Zeldin his “secret weapon” as the Environmental Protection Agency boss's profile rises in Trump world.

State attorneys have also petitioned the administrative court, asking that federal land managers be given the chance to fix a "discrete error" in planning documents.

President Trump signed an executive order last week, requiring military installations to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants – some of which were slated to be retired.

Donald Trump’s energy chief Chris Wright told other ministers in Paris that a net zero world was fantasy, officials familiar with the discussions told POLITICO.
Without snow in the mountains, the places that depend on the West’s rivers will hurt for water.

The Congo River basin is one of the planet’s most biodiverse ecosystems. But it is also home to a growing population and relentless trade in timber and charcoal.

In the Lost Science series, scientists whose jobs or funding have been cut by the Trump administration tell their stories.
A small clutch of Democratic legislators once again sinks a plan to dramatically reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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