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A view of a valley with mountains in the background with melting snow on their banks

Scientists define a new category of heat wave: ‘Snow eaters’

Unseasonably warm weather that rapidly melts snowpack is becoming more widespread in the U.S. West and happening earlier in the year.
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Pennsylvania coal industry positions itself for a future in energy and new tech

Some see this moment of rapidly growing energy demand and desire for reliable, domestic energy as an opportunity to revitalize coal’s image.
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Warning for heat and drought-hit UK: It gets worse without climate action

Climate Change Committee’s Baroness Brown said the ‘evidence is screaming at us’ of the need to act on climate change.
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Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9M from oil and gas assets since joining Supreme Court, analysis shows

Critics argue U.S. high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case.

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They're making record profits, but oil companies still won't 'drill, baby, drill'

The war in the Middle East has sent Big Oil’s profits soaring; companies are pocketing the money rather than expanding drilling.

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These Colorado ranchers want fossil fuel companies held accountable

A group of Colorado ranchers filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a climate change lawsuit against fossil fuel companies.
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Trump administration ends support for flagship Arctic climate reports

The Trump administration is ending federal support for the flagship annual report on the state of the Arctic and how the region is changing due to climate pollution.

Supporters of President Donald Trump parade in cars and trucks in Miami, Florida

Trump waged war on EVs. Now he’s helping them out

The Trump administration’s mineral agenda will bolster defense technologies and data centers. It’ll also provide a big boost for EV companies.
Helicopter flying over a coastal wildfire as flames erupt skyward

California officials scrambled as spring wildfire neared former nuclear reactor site, emails show

As the Sandy Fire approached the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in May, state and local officials had to move quickly to assess how safe the air was amid radiation concerns as the fire burned a quarter mile from the contaminated area.
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Brazil's Supreme Court to decide on Amazon and Indigenous rights

Brazil's Supreme Court is set to decide cases that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest and Indigenous communities.
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Neighbors live in fear after pipeline leak in ‘Unleashing American Energy’ era

As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow clean-up of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.

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