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Houston plans to hit UN climate targets despite Paris Agreement exit

Houston has its own Climate Action Plan to meet Paris Agreement targets, set in motion when Trump announced his first withdrawal from the UN treaty in 2017.
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The one big beautiful prediction: The energy transition is still alive

Trump has attacked renewable power from every angle, but energy justice scholar Sanya Carley envisions an affordable green future.
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Trump destroyed offshore wind. The Northeast can’t live without it

To keep the lights on, states like New York and Massachusetts will need to build projects that are currently “impossible.”
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OK state senator seeks to rein in oil companies’ groundwater pollution

An investigation found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — near homes and farms and into drinking water sources.

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'Doomsday Clock' advances to 85 seconds till midnight

A science-oriented advocacy group moved its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight, saying the Earth is closer than ever to destruction.
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Whistleblowers warn that ad industry is fueling online hatred and climate crisis

A group of senior advertising executives has released an anonymous memo warning that “a vacuum of responsible leadership” means the ad industry is morally failing itself and society.

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The US data center buildout has a hidden source of carbon emissions

Tech companies are turning to green concrete to help reduce the massive environmental footprint of building out data centers.
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Wisconsin debates how to pay for the power-hungry AI boom

Regulators mull the first big utility plan to provide electricity to data centers flocking to the state, igniting disputes over consumer protection and clean energy.

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Virginia state senator seeks to keep future data centers away from residential areas

With rising concerns over where data centers are able to be built, one bill looks to keep them in industrial areas.
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Who decides when a home is safe? A California bill says science, not insurers

Following a Times investigation, a state lawmaker is proposing the first health-based standards for assessing smoke contamination after wildfires.
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Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging

Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based.

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