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Solar panels, wind turbines, and large battery containers for energy storage

Trump dismantles programs designed to cut electricity demand

Federal energy efficiency programs that once enjoyed bipartisan support are disappearing as data centers ramp up power consumption.
www.eenews.net
Marina Silva speaking with reporters

Opinion: ‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30

Exclusive: Brazil’s environment minister talks about climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves and the planet.

www.theguardian.com
A pair of old gas pumps—one white, one red—juxtaposed side-by-side

Trump expected to significantly weaken fuel economy rules

Executives from top automakers were invited to attend the announcement at the White House on Wednesday.
www.nytimes.com
A row of gas meters mounted on outside of building

Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for its gas utilities

Resisting industry pressure, regulators ordered a 41% emissions reduction by 2035 — a move that supports Colorado’s climate goals and could guide other states.

www.canarymedia.com
Women riding on back of rescue worker in flooded street outside home

Kerr County was among dozens of Texas communities to turn down state flood money, saying it wasn’t enough

Texas earmarked $1.4 billion to help fund flood prevention projects. But after learning that so many communities turned down the money, two lawmakers who approved the program acknowledged it was flawed.
www.texastribune.org
Person in yellow shirt starts controlled forest fire

The U.S. Forest Service is falling further behind on wildfire prevention

President Donald Trump and his top Cabinet officials have repeatedly blamed catastrophic wildfires on poor forest management. His administration, however, appears to be lagging on that very work.

www.notus.org
A row of solar panels stretching across a green landscape

Portugal’s proposed Sophia solar park sparks backlash over environmental and community impacts

A massive solar park planned for the Beira Baixa region of Portugal has drawn intense opposition from municipalities and environmental groups, who warn the project’s scale could irreversibly damage landscapes, habitats and local livelihoods despite the developer’s assurances of mitigation measures.

www.euronews.com
The capitol building in Harrisburg PA

Pennsylvania bailed on a carbon market to appease Republicans

Governor Josh Shapiro pulled of the the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in exchange for a budget. Critics say he “got rolled.”
grist.org
arroyo in the arid Southwest canyon country with water running through it

WOTUS ‘wet season’ test would further shrink US regulatory reach

The Trump administration proposal offers an option for regulating only perennial waters, excluding a vast network of freshwater streams.
www.eenews.net
A fracking tower flaring flames into the sky

Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show

The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Canada's main oil-producing province bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil production increased.

www.reuters.com
Canada's former culture minister Steven Guilbeault at lectern COP26 UN climate change conference 2021

Alberta energy deal was 'the last straw,' says Guilbeault after cabinet resignation

In his first interview since resigning from cabinet last week, former culture minister Steven Guilbeault says recent decisions by Prime Minister Mark Carney's government will make it impossible for Canada to meet its climate change targets.
www.cbc.ca
A dry river bed during a hot summer at Big Bend National Park in Texas.

What the Rio Grande’s more frequent dry-outs mean for the region’s animals and ecosystems

The stretch of the river through Albuquerque has run dry twice since 2022, after not doing so for decades, impacting all forms of life that depend on its flows.
insideclimatenews.org
Filipinos navigating flooded street on motorcycle

The Philippines spent big on flood control, but the water keeps rising

Many Filipinos say floods are worse than ever — and now, the government has admitted that vast sums were embezzled from a program meant to fight the problem.
www.nytimes.com
Aerial photo of coal-fired power plant

Can the war on coal still be won?

Ten years ago, the U.S. was on track to phase out coal by 2030, thanks to the Sierra Club. Now Trump and AI are delaying the fuel’s decline.
www.canarymedia.com
A warehouse or data center sited in the middle of green fields.

Litigators build toolkit to fight AI data centers

The Trump administration’s plans to advance data centers and the energy to support them are sparking a legal backlash.
www.eenews.net
Woman holding sign that says There is no Planet B

How the UN’s language around climate change risks is ‘eroding’ public trust in science

Researchers warn that current climate change language can make it easier for misinformation to spread.
www.euronews.com
Former President of the United States Joe Biden with American flag backdrop

The quick and shameful death of Biden’s biggest policy

It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?
newrepublic.com
Vintage photo of Appalachian coal miner

‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival

Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away.

www.theguardian.com
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