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As the war in Iran upends global fuel markets, two new reports confirm that 2025 was a banner year for renewable energy.

More than 50 countries will gather in Colombia to try to develop real-world timetables to phase out oil and gas amid global energy shocks and petrostate stalling.
A "carbon-intelligent computing" tool has come in handy as the tech giant negotiates with utilities to connect data centers to the grid.
Across the U.S., critics are pressuring public officials to stop or stall new solar projects, often citing unfounded health concerns.
The new federal office will undo a change made after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Critics say it could reduce environmental oversight.

The climate emergency threatens all of humanity, and although the world has started to make some progress on it, our global response is still extremely lacking.

A new "working-class climate agenda" seeks to provide economic relief and tackle global warming at the same time.

A new, AI-powered model beats the International Energy Agency's forecasts — and it says 2°C is still on the table.

The wide-ranging order said opponents of the administration’s actions are likely to succeed in legal challenges.
Record growth in solar, especially in China and India, was a driving factor for clean energy sources surpassing the world’s strong demand for electricity in 2025.

Climate leaders say Democrats need to promote clean energy as a way to cut costs for Americans as war roils oil markets.

Tandem PV has built an automated factory line in California to produce glass coated with materials that it says can improve solar panel efficiency by one-third.

Renewables have been touted as the silver bullet to tackling climate change, but can they withstand our warming planet?
Opponents of the project, known as Kaskida, say an accident could be even worse than the Deepwater Horizon spill. The company says it’s learned from the past.
Yuvelis Morales Blanco, 24, helped halt fracking along Colombia’s largest river and one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. She’s faced death threats and exile for her advocacy.
Countries are navigating between the desire to speed up the green transition and worries over Beijing’s clean-tech dominance.

SunZia has quietly begun sending enormous amounts of wind power to California as President Donald Trump works to thwart the wind industry.

The Trump administration’s fuel blockade against Cuba has resulted in widespread power outages and gas shortages, but also a surge in solar installations.

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