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White House to withdraw controversial nominee to head Council on Environmental Quality -

Kathleen Hartnett White has long questioned the established science of climate change, once describing carbon dioxide as “the gas of life on this planet.”
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Data centers are straining the grid. Can they be forced to pay for it?

As backlash grows, a nationwide search is underway for solutions to the AI energy crunch.
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Facing a hotter climate and drying Great Salt Lake, some families plan to leave Utah

Some Utahns are leaving Utah to get away from the drying Great Salt Lake and dust containing heavy metals from its exposed lakebed.
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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.
Chinese electric car manufactured by BYD on display in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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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. 
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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.
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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.
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Florida communities with highest climate change risk face new Tallahassee hurdles

A bill that passed Florida’s Legislature would prevent local governments from capping greenhouse gas emissions.
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Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”

Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro speaks with the state flag and American flag behind him.

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

A new report assesses the administration’s progress and makes new recommendations

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”

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New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.

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