Claims that dismantling pollution rules will lower energy bills and have little climate impact are far from convincing.
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New Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance released last week confirms that gas extracted from livestock manure qualifies for a federal clean fuel tax credit, paving the way for increased investment in biogas projects.
Legislation the U.S. Senate is considering would make it “essentially impossible” to set new standards, said one advocate.
As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. climate data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Germany.
With help from government incentives, Ukrainian businesses and households are increasingly investing in solar.
The European Union will create a "climate insurance alliance" to increase cover for extreme weather events, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, as they emerge from a summer of drought, wildfires, and heatwaves.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged new measures to prepare Europe for worsening heatwaves and wildfires after a summer she said contributed to 35,000 excess deaths.
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.
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.

How hotter weather is making us poorer
16 September
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.

Kenya: A small village takes on an oil giant
15 September
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.
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