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A look at Meta’s social issues advertising database shows that Shell, Exxon, and Chevron have long outspent environmental groups.

While affordability and inflation were top of mind for voters, midterm results will also affect climate policy at virtually every level of government.

The country is expanding solar and wind power, but critics point out its continued reliance on coal.

China secured 23 of the world’s 36 major clean industrial projects financed last year, as emerging economies advanced past both Europe and the US.

Alberta, Canada, invokes ‘agriculture first’ to block wind and solar while putting gas plants on prime land.

Future brightens for U.S. developers in particular after election when voters rejected Trump’s war on clean energy.

The blue wave in the heart of the oil and gas industry came, in part, from public outrage over the state’s buildout of data centers.

Democrats swept Congress and won in the states. Here are the races that matter most for decarbonization, disasters, and data centers.
Changes to agriculture could help reduce emissions and build resilience on farms, but some advocates say it’s better not to talk about it.

Rich countries are falling about $277 billion dollars short of the $305 billion needed each year to help developing nations adapt to climate change, even as extreme weather events become more frequent and severe.

Voters sought action on energy costs, corruption, and data centers in an election environmentalists believe sets the stage for renewed climate policy.

Brazil is ending its year-long presidency of ​the UN climate process with roadmaps aimed at curbing deforestation and accelerating a shift away from fossil fuels to help governments deliver on past ‌climate agreements.

Cop30 host sets out steps to break link with coal, oil, and gas as it aims to move focus from negotiating to implementing.

During his decades-long career, the retiring senator blocked climate action at every opportunity.

Some Southern California beaches are losing sand. This threatens coastal towns’ identity, tourism, and infrastructure — and costs millions to replenish.

Two new reports reveal how federal funding cuts have stripped hundreds of millions of dollars from Indigenous communities, jeopardizing renewable energy projects, climate resilience efforts and tribal sovereignty.

Economist William Nordhaus said putting a price on pollution was the best way to reduce climate change. Then came the fossil fuel lobby and the anti-tax movement.
Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and Greg Brockman are among the Silicon Valley megadonors reportedly linked to a campaign to influence voters in a state at the heart of the data center boom.
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