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How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself.

Plug-in solar provides the opportunity for more people to invest in the clean energy transition, experts say.
With federal incentives gone and local resistance rising, some industry players want a checkoff-style fund to promote renewable energy.
Electric utilities across the Pacific Northwest are fuming that their customers might be saddled with the costs of a coal-burning power plant that isn’t producing any power.The messy dispute stems from the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to sustain the American coal industry.
Spain leads EU energy crisis spending, but Greenpeace says blanket fuel subsidies are propping up fossil fuels at the planet's expense.
The banks of the Guadalupe River were an idyllic spot to park an RV. Then, last summer, it started to rain harder and faster than anyone could imagine.

Emerging research suggests data centers create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C.

Stony Brook's new Office of Health Equity and Climate Medicine Research brings together groups to better understand how the environment shapes health outcomes.
As extreme heat reshapes air quality, the network of 227 monitors is expected to help identify localized pollution hot spots.
Chris Wright, a former oil and gas executive, urged the UK to embrace fossil fuels at right-wing Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London.
Abelardo de la Espriella, set to be Colombia’s president, has intensified debate over the future of the Amazon.
Stubbornly unrealistic assessments of the region’s reservoir system turned this year’s drought conditions into an emergency.
Damaged wetlands and streams, spills of drilling mud and a federal stop-work order have plagued the Ridgeline Expansion Project in Tennessee.
As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem.

Fired U.S. federal workers have revived a defunct climate website — pushing back as the Trump administration escalates cuts to publicly funded science and research.

Tesla, Sunrun, and Renew Home plan to tap solar panels, batteries, thermostats, and other devices installed in millions of homes to meet the energy demands of artificial intelligence.

A House panel will vote on the bipartisan legislation Wednesday, but major developers and top lawmakers are stopping short of a full endorsement.
While media outlets cut environmental reporters, the impact of these losses on news coverage is real.
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