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The facade of the Environmental Protection Agency

These two laws give US EPA the authority to regulate CO2 — if it wants to

Administrator Lee Zeldin says his agency can't regulate greenhouse gases without congressional approval. Some legal experts disagree.
www.eenews.net
Abandoned derelict rowboat beached on the shore of the Salton Sea

The California lake billed as the ‘Saudi Arabia of lithium’

Residents of Imperial County, Calif., are in dire need of an economic boost. Experts say the answer lies beneath the Salton Sea, where a lithium trove sits.
www.nytimes.com
A man in a green hardhat looking at a solar panel

Trump shuns solar, but some prominent MAGA figures disagree

Several prominent conservatives say Republicans should embrace solar energy, despite President Donald Trump working to elevate fossil fuels over renewables.
www.csmonitor.com
Chinese electric car manufactured by BYD on display in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

War-driven energy crisis gives China a boost for its renewable exports

Sales of Chinese electric vehicles and solar panels have surged since the start of the Iran war, companies say. 
www.washingtonpost.com
Six coal miners. Chinese mine workers began working in Turkey on April 5, 2014 in Bartin,Turkey.

China's coal capital plots a future that doesn't count on mining

As China runs away from the rest of the world in developing renewable energy, its coal mining industry is facing the prospect of major change.
apnews.com
Village of Stowe, Vermont

As Vermont defends its law to make fossil fuel firms pay for climate adaptation, the bill is already coming due

The courts will decide if the first “climate superfund” law in the nation survives, a likely years-long battle. Vermont towns, meanwhile, must figure out how to pay for infrastructure that extreme weather won’t destroy.
insideclimatenews.org
Sea cliffs, Tasman National Park, Tasmania, Australia

Tasmania's 50-year air record reveals true scale of humanity's impact on planet

Perched on Tasmania's wild north-west coast, Cape Grim has been quietly tracking the world's cleanest air for 50 years. Its data tell an interesting story about how our world has changed over half a century, including rare success stories.
www.abc.net.au
A person with a sign saying 'You will die of old age; we will die of climate change'

The common ground of the climate and ‘ICE Out’ movements

Youth-led environmental groups are increasingly aligning with immigration rights activists, arguing that combating authoritarianism is essential to addressing the climate crisis.

capitalandmain.com
Downed powerlines from storm damage

Trump axed nearly $1B in funding for solar in Puerto Rico

The money is being redirected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a government-owned utility with a checkered past.
grist.org
Two steel/iron foundry workers pouring molten material

Green steel is the way forward for Indiana, former steelworkers say

Advocates warn that what’s left of the industry could be lost if companies choose to invest in dirty blast furnaces instead of modernizing with cleaner steelmaking.

www.canarymedia.com
A view of an oil refinery at sunset

Climate hopes dim in New York even as Western states join on cap-and-trade

Even as California and Washington state prepare to merge their cap-and-trade climate programs, New York's retreat from creating a similar program has sparked renewed debates about energy costs.
stateline.org
Poster reads "The UN Summit of the Future is the Summit of Our Future

Global climate panel faces strife, potential funding crunch

Major reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are still on track, but procedural gridlock and a looming funding shortage hint at future problems.
insideclimatenews.org
NASA photo of planet Earth with North America front and center

Opinion: Trying times: Keeping the faith as environmental gains are lost

For people who came of age in the 1970s, it is especially painful to witness the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of hard-won environmental progress. But as the assaults on clean air and water, endangered species, and more mount, a noted ecologist finds reasons for hope.
e360.yale.edu
Solar panels on a cloudy day

Solar saved Europe €3 billion in fossil fuel imports in March: Which country is leading the way?

A new analysis found that Europe’s solar capabilities could save the continent €67.5 billion by the end of the year if gas prices remain high.
www.euronews.com
A various headshots of a woman in varying states of emotion

The emotional contradictions of climate messaging

Two new analyses of media and social posts reveal some unexpected twists — climate advocates warn of crisis while offering optimism, and skeptics lean on "science."

www.anthropocenemagazine.org
A small rooftop solar panel on a tiled roof

Iran war sparks renewables boom as Europeans rush to buy solar, heat pumps, and EVs

The war on Iran has become a catalyst for green technology, as Europeans scramble to find less volatile alternatives to oil and gas.
www.euronews.com
A row of wind turbines against a blue sky

Texas saw a $50 billion future in renewables. Then the political winds shifted

Clean energy brought income to ranchers and to counties buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Federal policy changes threaten that momentum.
grist.org
Two fishermen deploying nets from a small boat

In New England, catching climate data along with fish

Commercial vessels are deploying high-tech sensors to map a shifting sea, providing critical data for scientists and some help for the industry.
www.nytimes.com
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