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The Trump administration has proposed a sweeping rollback of federal rules to cut methane emissions from oil and gas operations, but that regulatory broom won’t reach Colorado, which has its own controls on the pollutant.

Environmental Defense Fund analysis shows administration handed out $950m and Clean Air Act exemptions.

Companies are investing in mega gas plants to help power their data centers, putting them on track to be major polluters.

Geothermal energy has achieved rare bipartisan backing — but its embrace of the fast-growing AI industry could expose it to risks.

The country is drawing on its vast wind, solar and battery resources to expand data centers and offer cheaper, more reliable power.
The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.
A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
Climate change has all but disappeared from Democrats' campaign pitches, replaced by promises to lower electricity bills. But what would the party actually do on climate if it wins control of Congress?
Indigenous leaders challenging Brazilian oil projects traveled to Ecuador to learn how the Sarayaku people fought back and helped reshape laws around the globe.

Living on the brutal frontline of climate change, Pacific Islanders are urging the world to take urgent action at the upcoming COP31 summit in Antalya - warning that the consequences otherwise will be catastrophic.

Deb Haaland and Gregg Hull never debated face to face, but when it comes to oilfield enforcement and climate goals, there are clear differences.

Mexico is a showroom for electric cars, with a growing fleet of sleek new vehicles from Chinese brands unknown to Americans.

New analysis suggests around £2.1bn of the funds the UK counted towards its climate target did not come from new spending — without it the UK would have fallen nearly £1bn short of its target.

Across Vermont, repeated floods are leaving residents and towns facing a precarious future.
President Donald Trump says he's “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to reduce planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling.

A technological revolution is colliding with political decisions in the U.S. and Europe to weaken climate regulations on the potent gas.

Trump has taken an axe to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stalling climate research on and response to extreme weather events.

World Health Organization member states are being urged to recognize climate disinformation as a public health threat as vested interests attempt to “sow doubt and confusion”.

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