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Alito’s absence could give oil companies a tougher path in Supreme Court term opener

Oil and gas companies want the justices to save them from lawsuits over their alleged role in accelerating damage from global warming.
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Who’s who in Monday’s US Supreme Court climate showdown

The ruling could define the reach of state law nationwide and determine whether local governments can put oil companies on the hook for climate costs.

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21 states sue the US Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate climate pollution rules for power plants

Democrat-led states and cities argue that the rollback harms public health and the environment.
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Clarence Thomas is in the hot seat for US Supreme Court’s biggest climate case in years

When it comes to perhaps the most significant climate change-related case to reach the high court in nearly two decades, environmentalists aren’t yet writing Thomas off, even though he has consistently sided against them.

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Diesel prices are rising worldwide. So are electric truck sales

Sales of medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks hit a high in the first half of 2026, mostly thanks to China. Diesel prices are set to keep the momentum going.

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‘Wait for the clock to run out’: Louisiana offshore wind energy leaders look beyond Trump

Trump’s crackdown brought offshore wind development to a near standstill. Louisiana companies are trying to keep the industry alive until the political winds change.
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Mixed start for pre-Cop31 as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation to climate summit

Anthony Albanese joins about 4,000 people in Fiji for preparatory meeting for year-ending Cop31 United Nations climate summit.

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Razor-thin race puts Brazil’s gains against Amazon deforestation at stake

Brazil’s upcoming presidential election could reshape the Amazon's future.

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A Chevron gas pump showing a sale of $128.36 for 18.606 gallons

The true cost of Trump's fuel economy rollbacks

Weakened US fuel-efficiency rules and promises of cheaper cars could yet see drivers pay higher running costs while increasing planet-heating emissions.
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Montana officials praise repeal of power plant emission regulations, watchdog groups pan decision

The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back greenhouse gas emission requirements for U.S. power plants, which the agency said will save $310 billion, in a press release earlier this month. 
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Rural landscape showing farm with solar photo voltaic panels system on a barn roof.

The USDA just made it way harder for farmers to get grants for solar

Even farmers who were already promised funds from the REAP program may never get them under the Trump admin’s new restrictions. Some are suing.
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Black and white cows with manure digester for production of biogas in background.

California illegally spurred “gold rush in cow manure,” lawsuit alleges

California regulators broke state environmental laws by allowing polluters to buy clean fuel credits from large farms that are extracting gas from manure, a policy that harms poor communities and perverts the state’s clean air program, four advocacy groups allege in a lawsuit.
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Australia’s climate chief promises harder line on misinformation

Senior public servant says bureaucrats will speak up about misinformation that risks policy progress.

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Thermometer with 100 degree reading superimposed against a scorching sunshiney sky

El Nino: A deadly 'postcard from the future'

The current El Nino could cause 451,000 excess heat deaths. Researchers warn it offers a glimpse of temperatures that may become normal within 20 years.
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Unidentified poor people near their houses at slums in Tripureshwor district, Kathmandu.

After another natural disaster, can Nepal sue wealthy countries for climate change destruction?

Just days after a plea for global climate action, Nepal faces yet another disaster.
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Drone aerial view of new Microsoft data centers

When data centers cluster together, how dirty are they? One county wants answers

An unusual study aims to estimate the pollution and health costs from a cluster of proposed data centers, instead of considering each one separately.
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Hoover dam on the Colorado River showing the "bathtub ring" indicative of low water levels

The Colorado River nears a worrisome threshold. These farmers are worried

Experts expect flows to soon drop to a level that could upend the byzantine “Law of the River” that has governed the river for more than a century.
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Flooded neighborhood. Multiple homes with floodwaters halfway up the first story.

Those who need flood insurance the most, often don't have it

As climate change increases the risk of flooding across many parts of the United States, fewer people are buying flood insurance.
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