The House Judiciary Committee will consider the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act as the Trump administration moves to roll back federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
Politics
The Trump Administration has rolled back a major climate rule, falsely claiming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants do not impact the climate or human health.
Despite a moratorium Governor Jeff Landry issued last October in response to fierce backlash from his own rural constituents, carbon sequestration in Southwest Louisiana continues.
Heat waves, wildfires, and floods have cascading economic impacts, causing incomes to decline and the price of basic goods to rise. The trend will escalate as temperatures continue to increase.
More than 50 years after oil drilling was carried out, Kenya's Kargi community is suing BP, alleging contaminated water contributed to cancers and livestock deaths.
The Trump administration on Monday gutted the rules governing the nation’s climate regulations for power plants. Here’s what you should know about the final rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, is named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings.
Small towns in the Permian Basin have become a petri dish for the perils of living amid the United States' largest oil fields.

Jet fuel in the water
15 September
This week, co-host Jake Bolster and reporters Marianne Lavelle and Liza Gross discuss the polluting power of fossil fuels and how they are harming two communities in very different ways.

New England affirms faith in wind energy’s future
15 September
Maine just picked winning projects in a regional bid for new generation and transmission. Here’s what we know so far, and what comes next.
As global temperature increase shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius, the vulnerable countries that fought for that Paris Agreement target face a brutal new reality.
The people who grow houseplants aren't often thought of as agricultural workers, but they face many of the same hardships — especially in extreme heat.
An analysis finds the cancellation of $1 billion in annual funding weakened protections around the world and undermined U.S. interests.
The move could undercut the legal theory the administration is relying on to block climate lawsuits from advancing in state courts.
Erin Brockovich’s work in helping win a $333m environmental lawsuit in the 1990s spawned a hit film starring Julia Roberts – now, Brockovich tells David Callaway, her attention has turned to the burgeoning issue of data centers.
‘Devastating’ UK forest fires show urgent action is needed by 2030 to save the planet, he says
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.
Tariffs on everything from electric vehicles to grid components could slow the energy transition.
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