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A chain of islands uninhabited in Tha Atoll Maldives. Green islands against turqoise sea.

US takes aim at UN climate proposal

The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take action.

apnews.com
An old oil well pump jack in a field.

The oil industry's latest disaster: Trillions of gallons of buried toxic wastewater

Industry and regulators knew decades ago that injecting drilling’s toxic liquid leftovers underground wasn’t safe.
www.desmog.com
Pigs at a commercial hog farm are eating and sniffing in pens.

California pays farms to make biogas from hog waste in North Carolina, where locals say it’s fueling pollution

Last year, six hog farms in the state were the first to get funding from California’s program to offset its emissions from transportation fuels. The operations’ permits already have civil rights complaints against them for the pollution from the process.
insideclimatenews.org
Smoggy Los Angeles skyline with skyscrapers in distance.

Democratic senators launch inquiry into EPA’s repeal of key air pollution enforcement measure

Senators said repeal was ‘particularly troubling’ and was counter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's mandate to protect human health.

www.theguardian.com
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Notoriously hazardous South L.A. oil wells finally plugged after decades of community pressure

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that state oil and gas regulators have permanently closed one of the most infamous drill sites in Los Angeles, bringing an end to a decades-long community campaign to prevent dangerous gas leaks and spills from rundown extraction equipment.

www.latimes.com
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Arizona officials consider lawsuit over EPA's greenhouse gas regulation rollback

Arizona officials consider lawsuit over EPA's greenhouse gas regulation rollback as advocates warn of impact on heat-plagued state.

azmirror.com
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Michigan sues fossil fuel companies while Alberta protects them

While Michigan lawmakers are taking fossil fuel companies to court for delaying the green transition, the Alberta government is hampering clean energy.
www.desmog.com
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Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouting clean air regulations

Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship data centers.
floodlightnews.org
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Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate

Nearly 17 years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten the public’s health and welfare, the agency on Thursday rescinded the landmark legal opinion underpinning a wave of federal policies aimed at climate change.

www.washingtonpost.com
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum U.S. Secretary of the Interior speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

Burgum calls energy transition a ‘fantasy’ as EPA guts climate regulations

The Interior secretary cast doubt on widely accepted climate science and touted plans to build out the nation’s reserves of critical minerals.
www.eenews.net
Solar panels & wind turbines against setting sun

China could reach peak greenhouse gas emissions sooner than Beijing planned, new report suggests

Falling emissions from the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter could mean a global turning point.
insideclimatenews.org
Fishing boat with offshore wind turbines in background

Offshore wind showed up big during the East Coast’s brutal cold

America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.
www.canarymedia.com
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The energy boom is coming for Great Lakes water

Delve into the relationship between Great Lakes water and energy, and its implications for the region's future.
www.circleofblue.org
Industrial complex with polluting smoke rising from stacks.

As the Trump EPA prepares to revoke key legal finding on climate change, what happens next?

By revoking its 17-year-old scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will demolish the legal underpinning of its authority to act on climate change under the Clean Air Act.

insideclimatenews.org
Factory smokestacks emitting smoke against sunset sky.

European chemical giants plot to weaken EU’s flagship climate policy

The ultra-polluting sector says the EU’s carbon price is putting it out of business.
www.politico.eu
Vector illustration of large rechargeable lithium-ion battery energy storage stationary for renewable electric power station generation.

Stuck with an empty factory, Ford seeks a new market

The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
www.nytimes.com
Battle ships heading into the sunset

Water, power, and the future of conflict

Explore the rise of water as a geopolitical weapon influencing global security, economics, and environmental stability in 2026.
www.circleofblue.org
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Their water was undrinkable. Oklahoma's oil regulators failed to help

State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
www.propublica.org
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