Greta Thunberg has arrived at the U.N. climate meeting in Turkey, emphasizing the need to prioritize people and the planet over profits.
Politics
Missed opportunities, industry influence, and political maneuvering are behind the lack of progress in slowing global warming.
From Electric Vehicles and electric buses on the road, heat pumps warming homes, and solar panels powering appliances, the shift to electrifying technology is already in full swing. But what exactly does "electrification" mean?
Outdated power grids are a major hurdle in the transition to renewable energy, since older systems often can’t absorb all the electricity from new, cleaner sources.
Presentations about vital and vulnerable N.C. Highway 12, collapsing homes, the national park, and life on the Outer Banks during the Coastal Resources Commission’s recent meeting in New Bern illustrate a sobering challenge.
New EU rules have put strict conditions on offset-based green claims. Caroline Garland speaks to Dan Morrell, who helped put ‘carbon neutral’ into the dictionary – and he says good riddance – but warns brands not to fall silent
The Senate is moving forward with bipartisan legislation to speed up permitting for data centers and infrastructure projects.
The heat is on Australia as chief negotiator at the COP31 UN climate conference to forge a path away from coal and gas, and to protect Pacific neighbors facing rising sea levels.
As Türkiye prepares to host the UN climate summit, one critic describes the country's climate targets and policies as “critically insufficient”.

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Droughts, floods, and extreme heat are upping the pressure on countries to move beyond pledges and take concrete action.
Although the world is unlikely to achieve some climate goals, electrification and the renewable energy rollout is accelerating.
Some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who is heavily invested in the AI industry, is leading the charge to allow tech companies to build data centers on the public lands he oversees.
The Trump administration is scaling back or stalling investments that help vulnerable places harden themselves to rising flood and fire threats.
While affordability and inflation were top of mind for voters, midterm results will also affect climate policy at virtually every level of government.
With a new majority in the House and Senate, here's what climate experts think Democrats will prioritize.
A look at Meta’s social issues advertising database shows that Shell, Exxon, and Chevron have long outspent environmental groups.
For South Korean ships, navigating off the north coast of Russia dramatically reduces travel time to Europe, but the pro-Ukraine coalition might see it as undermining their efforts to isolate Moscow.
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