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Rich countries are falling about $277 billion US short of the $305 billion needed each year to help developing nations adapt to climate change, even as extreme weather events become more frequent and severe.

Alberta, Canada, invokes ‘agriculture first’ to block wind and solar while putting gas plants on prime land.

Democrats swept Congress and won in the states. Here are the races that matter most for decarbonization, disasters, and data centers.

Voters sought action on energy costs, corruption, and data centers in an election environmentalists believe sets the stage for renewed climate policy.

Brazil is ending its year-long presidency of ​the UN climate process with roadmaps aimed at curbing deforestation and accelerating a shift away from fossil fuels to help governments deliver on past ‌climate agreements.

Cop30 host sets out steps to break link with coal, oil, and gas as it aims to move focus from negotiating to implementing.

During his decades-long career, the retiring senator blocked climate action at every opportunity.

Some Southern California beaches are losing sand. This threatens coastal towns’ identity, tourism, and infrastructure — and costs millions to replenish.

Two new reports reveal how federal funding cuts have stripped hundreds of millions of dollars from Indigenous communities, jeopardizing renewable energy projects, climate resilience efforts and tribal sovereignty.

Economist William Nordhaus said putting a price on pollution was the best way to reduce climate change. Then came the fossil fuel lobby and the anti-tax movement.
Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and Greg Brockman are among the Silicon Valley megadonors reportedly linked to a campaign to influence voters in a state at the heart of the data center boom.
A constitutional right to natural gas, a permitting revamp, and more are on the ballot in states and cities this Election Day.
The agency says it will suspend efforts, in the works for more than 20 years, to develop measures that would allow the agency to enforce bedrock clean air laws at factory farms.

The Trump administration has proposed a sweeping rollback of federal rules to cut methane emissions from oil and gas operations, but that regulatory broom won’t reach Colorado, which has its own controls on the pollutant.

Environmental Defense Fund analysis shows administration handed out $950m and Clean Air Act exemptions.

Companies are investing in mega gas plants to help power their data centers, putting them on track to be major polluters.

Geothermal energy has achieved rare bipartisan backing — but its embrace of the fast-growing AI industry could expose it to risks.

The country is drawing on its vast wind, solar and battery resources to expand data centers and offer cheaper, more reliable power.
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