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Balcony solar: solar panels on balcony of modern office building

Balcony solar is this year’s clean energy superstar in the US

At the start of 2026, only Utah had legalized plug-in solar. Eight other states have followed suit in an effort to help people lower their sky-high energy bills.

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‘Slowing things down’: Trade wars hit global electrification shift

Tariffs on everything from EVs to grid components could slow the energy transition.

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Log landing in Asian rainforest indicative of deforestion in Indonesia

Biomass power surge in Indonesia threatens tropical forests

Expanding deforestation in Indonesia caused by the country’s wood pellet and chip industry is putting further pressure on tropical forests, Key Biodiversity Areas, and Indigenous territories in the archipelago, according to new satellite analysis from Indonesia-based nongovernmental organizations.
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Rusted and abandoned oil pumps with grass growing around it against sunset.

EPA to weaken rules on methane pollution from “stripper wells”

The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
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Coal plant with four smokestacks emitting pollution.

E.P.A. will erase limits on climate pollution from power plants

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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A view of a coal plant on a river

A federal judge just told Trump there's no ‘emergency' to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant open

It's one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s “energy emergency” agenda.
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Solar production panels factory.

A solar industrial complex is turning Republicans into believers

A Georgia solar-panel factory — and the jobs it provides — is making renewable energy fans out of state Republicans.

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More than 70% of new solar is being built in states that voted for Trump

Trump-supporting states are driving the solar boom even as Republican policies complicate its future.
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Solar panel, wind turbines, and cooling towers from a power plant

How California is kicking its natural gas habit

Solar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity.
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Aerial view of barges full of coal anchored at the sea near a coal-fired power station waiting be transported

The Iran War is pushing global coal use to record highs

Five years after virtually every world leader agreed to “phase down” the burning of coal for climate reasons, the fuel is more widely used than ever.

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A view of solar panels with wind turbines in the background

Wisconsin GOP candidate is exploiting the data center backlash to hit solar and wind

Gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany flipped on data centers, outflanked his Democratic rival, and tied the issue to renewable projects he has opposed for years.

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The construction of a warehouse or data center

Former EPA officials warn of health risks from data center pollution

Former federal environmental officials are sounding an alarm in a new report about potential health impacts from data center pollution amidst what they see as a breakdown in oversight. 
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Man checking his phone while waiting for his electric vehicle to charge

Georgia bet big on EV manufacturing. Trump pulled the plug

It's a grim moment for what was a booming industry in the state, but EV makers are still forging ahead.

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Grid-scale white storage battery

Trump emergency order casts uncertainty over grid battery growth

A sweeping yet vaguely worded national emergency declaration targeting Chinese grid tech could put gigawatts of grid battery projects on uncertain legal ground.

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Overheated elderly woman sitting on couch waving green fan.

For many New Yorkers, home is no escape from the heat

Simply owning an air conditioner isn’t enough for residents who can’t afford to use them.
insideclimatenews.org
Overhead shot of mother and calf right whales swimming together against turquoise waters

States sue feds over endangered species rollbacks

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species.

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An aerial view of a green forest with a deforested section running through it

Deforestation is on the ballot in Brazil’s presidential election

Are four years of pro-environment policies about to come to an end?
sentientmedia.org
Aerial shot of flooded neigborhood

Many people aren’t connecting the dots between climate change and extreme weather

Scientific evidence has never been stronger. Why aren’t more people making the link?
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