Politics
Donald Trump speaking & pointing finger at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C.

Authoritarianism is climate policy

The Trump administration’s imperialist, repressive rampage is a classic response to an escalating crisis.

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Coal burning power plant spewing emissions

Trump wants to halt almost all coal plant shutdowns. It could get messy.

Even as administration officials vowed this week to head off scheduled retirements, some aging plants are now breaking, and costs could run to the billions.
www.nytimes.com
Aerial photo of coal-fired power plant

Trump admin redirects carbon capture funds to prop up old coal plants

The Energy Department says it’s legally sound to shift more than half a billion dollars to help revive old and closed coal plants.

www.eenews.net
Illustration depicting pumpjacks vs solar panels & wind turbines

Talking about energy dominance? Solar would like to have a word.

We are in the solar-powered century, although some are taking their time to figure this out.
insideclimatenews.org
off shore wind farm against setting sun

Judge allows New York offshore wind project to resume construction

A federal judge has cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction. It’s a victory for the developer who said a Trump administration order to pause it would likely kill the project in a matter of days.
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An oil tower flaring gas into the sky

BC made small gains on emissions — but the province is scrapping policies

A new report shows some limited progress on reducing carbon pollution in 2023 — the latest year for which data is available. But experts worry the trend may reverse after recent clawbacks of several climate measures.
www.nationalobserver.com
View of Tehran from a hillside with smog in the background

Water shortages, blackouts and air pollution: How environmental damage fuelled Iran's protests

Iran’s protests are often framed as economic, political or ideological. Yet a deeper ecological crisis is eroding the fabric of society.
www.euronews.com
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Milo Werner and Chris Barnard speaking with attendees at the Energy Freedom Tour stop at MIT

18 Trump energy, enviro officials to watch in 2026

Meet the behind-the-scenes officials driving the president's "energy dominance" agenda.
www.eenews.net
an oil rig in the middle of the ocean.

Opinion: Trump’s five-year plan for offshore oil could be disastrous. Just ask Louisiana

The same industry that will benefit from Trump’s plan already turned the Louisiana coast into a dumping ground, leaving infrastructure behind to decay.  
lailluminator.com
A red sailboat in the water near icebergs

Why Greenland matters for a warming world

The fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate warms, Greenland is losing ice. That has consequences.
www.nytimes.com
Sand sifting slowly through clenched hand.

Iran’s regime has survived war, sanctions and uprising. Environmental crises may bring it down

Decades of water depletion, dam building and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling protests rocking the country.
insideclimatenews.org
Planet earth on pile of coins - Concept of relationship between money, economic growth and planet earth

The climate question that economists cannot answer

Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.
www.theatlantic.com
white NOAA research ship travelling during daytime.

Congress moves to preserve NOAA funding for fisheries and climate research

The 2026 funding bill rejects the Trump administration’s request to cut about $1.5 billion from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget.

civileats.com
a gas station lit up at night time.

Climate activist shareholder group pushes BP, Shell on plans for declining oil demand

Climate activist shareholder group Follow This and more than 20 other investors have filed resolutions calling on BP and Shell to disclose how they will create value if global demand for oil and gas declines, the group said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
Manure digester for producing methane biogas

Groups petition USDA to block factory farm manure digesters from clean energy funds

More than 30 food, health and environmental organizations are urging the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to disqualify digesters that turn animal waste into gas from a federal renewable energy grant program, alleging that such funding causes pollution and benefits large factory farms. 
www.thenewlede.org
An offshore oil drilling platform near Rio de Janeiro.

Legal tests await Trump’s offshore energy agenda in 2026

Federal courts are grappling with the administration's power to curtail wind development and bolster oil and gas drilling off U.S. coasts.
www.eenews.net
Gas and oil pipes attached to dollar sign and planet earth.

Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry

If enacted, Utah and Oklahoma measures would restrict litigation against oil companies over role in climate crisis.

www.theguardian.com
Aerial view of Marcellus Shale fracking well in Pennsylvania

What a fracking-waste dispute says about Ohio’s energy double standard

Ohio is letting the oil and gas industry put more toxic waste underground despite community concerns — even as the state defers to local opponents of clean energy.

www.canarymedia.com
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