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The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of New York State. The Trump administration had ordered work to stop in December.
The White House announced “Project Vault” as officials from at least 40 countries head to Washington to discuss a minerals market to counter Beijing.
Mexico is already the world's single largest buyer of U.S. natural gas. But it's building infrastructure that will bring in even more.

The site of a planned $2 billion renewable energy project is used for ceremonies as well as treaty-reserved fishing and root gathering for the Yakama Nation.

In the letter, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Jonathan Morrison said the administration would propose to roll back the standards, which were tightened under the Biden administration.

Omaha Public Power District leaders cited a health study to claim their North Omaha, Nebraska coal plant poses no significant risk, but public health and environmental experts say the assessment was narrowly focused and mischaracterized.

A bill that would set up a framework for siting solar projects that localities could follow and that prohibits the premature rejection of solar infrastructure development has passed the Virginia Senate.

The head of a body representing global airlines says shortages of efficient new aircraft and alternative fuels are pushing up profits for suppliers and putting at risk the industry's flagship emissions goal.

A startup dogged by conspiracy theories is trying to change the way Washington views technologies that coax snowflakes from the clouds, one Metro station at a time.

As seawater becomes steadily more acidic, complex branching corals die off and are replaced with hard boulder corals and algae.

The fight over control of the Federal Reserve has revolved around interest rates and inflation, but President Donald Trump’s choice to be the bank’s next chair could sway how the agency assesses climate risks, too.

The researchers produced a report that was central in a Trump administration effort to stop regulating climate pollution.
The Trump administration’s hands-off approach to the fight over the Colorado River has left states careening towards a crisis — and it's not clear that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum can turn them around.

Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could also force ultra-rich to pay global wealth tax.

Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.
States and consumers accuse insurance giants of using technology to slow payouts and drop homeowners.
Solar power is expanding rapidly across Africa, with some countries now generating a significant share of electricity from the sun, but energy poverty, battery risks and rising costs threaten future growth.
Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten flowers to endangered crops.
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