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Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate

Nearly 17 years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten the public’s health and welfare, the agency on Thursday rescinded the landmark legal opinion underpinning a wave of federal policies aimed at climate change.

www.washingtonpost.com
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum U.S. Secretary of the Interior speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

Burgum calls energy transition a ‘fantasy’ as EPA guts climate regulations

The Interior secretary cast doubt on widely accepted climate science and touted plans to build out the nation’s reserves of critical minerals.
www.eenews.net
Solar panels & wind turbines against setting sun

China could reach peak greenhouse gas emissions sooner than Beijing planned, new report suggests

Falling emissions from the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter could mean a global turning point.
insideclimatenews.org
Fishing boat with offshore wind turbines in background

Offshore wind showed up big during the East Coast’s brutal cold

America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.
www.canarymedia.com
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Banks decline to finance LNG project in Papua New Guinea

Twenty-nine global banks reject financing a Papua New Guinea LNG project led by TotalEnergies, citing climate, environmental and human rights concerns.
news.mongabay.com
Katrina hurricane destruction, dead, dying, barren forest, still visible two years later.

30,000 trees planted to restore Katrina-ravaged barrier

In the wetlands of coastal southeast Louisiana, conservation groups are wrapping up a four-year project to plant 30,000 trees.
apnews.com
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The energy boom is coming for Great Lakes water

Delve into the relationship between Great Lakes water and energy, and its implications for the region's future.
www.circleofblue.org
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Snowpack has not improved in Nevada or the West

Snowpacks continue to look grim across Nevada and most of the western United States, as high temperatures and dry weather hamper snow accumulation.

nevadacurrent.com
A small girl holding a model of an airplane

Researchers find a way to make airplanes fly on landfill gas

Specially designed efficient catalysts are at the heart of a reactor that makes sustainable aviation fuels from methane-rich gases created when waste decomposes.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org
A large plume of smoke billowing behind a building

Growing evidence points to link between autism and wildfire smoke

Two new studies have identified an alarming connection between exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy and autism in young children.
grist.org
Industrial complex with polluting smoke rising from stacks.

As the Trump EPA prepares to revoke key legal finding on climate change, what happens next?

By revoking its 17-year-old scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will demolish the legal underpinning of its authority to act on climate change under the Clean Air Act.

insideclimatenews.org
Factory smokestacks emitting smoke against sunset sky.

European chemical giants plot to weaken EU’s flagship climate policy

The ultra-polluting sector says the EU’s carbon price is putting it out of business.
www.politico.eu
Vector illustration of large rechargeable lithium-ion battery energy storage stationary for renewable electric power station generation.

Stuck with an empty factory, Ford seeks a new market

The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
www.nytimes.com
A view of the Salton Sea with mountains in the background

The clean energy transition at the Salton Sea

California holds vast stores of lithium, but mining projects stir debate over environmental costs and economic benefits.

undark.org
Apocolyptic illustration depicting flood aftermath: damaged infrastructure, destroyed vehicles, angry, overcast sky

Planning for disaster? Consider Haida wisdom

A BC climate risk report highlights the connectedness of all things and sounds an alarm.
thetyee.ca
plastic trash bobbing in a river

Floods are sending far more plastic to the ocean than we thought

A new study shows that most plastic pollution from rivers is transported to the ocean during short, intense flood events.
www.earth.com
Battle ships heading into the sunset

Water, power, and the future of conflict

Explore the rise of water as a geopolitical weapon influencing global security, economics, and environmental stability in 2026.
www.circleofblue.org
A worker at a steel plant

Indonesia’s steel expansion risks a surge in greenhouse gas emissions

Indonesia’s steel industry is becoming one of the country’s fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions, even as it receives far less public attention than other carbon-intensive sectors.

news.mongabay.com
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