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California’s first commercial carbon-burial project is underway, even though the state has yet to adopt rules required by law.
The hearing exposed wounds around the legacy of uranium mining on Navajo communities, as well as fresh concerns about in situ recovery.
Utilities serving thousands of Texans exceed legal limits for radium.

A Canadian oil and gas company wants to continue operating its Michigan pipeline for 99 more years; tribes and climate groups are pushing back.

Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust. Now, U.S. workers mourn the well-paying careers they don’t see coming back.

The cost of installing solar panels will rise. But now the U.S. has a large and fast-growing solar manufacturing industry to take advantage of the trade protections.

The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
The review comes after President Donald Trump threatened funding for the National Academies over educational material about climate change.
In Nebraska, Blackshirt Feeders LP is building the country’s largest feedlot for 200,000 beef cattle on a square-mile slab of concrete.
A 20-year study of diets in 149 countries finds that teenagers have the heaviest individual carbon footprints from food, even as aging populations drive the largest overall increase in emissions.
Since April, the Defense Department has halted all military reviews for wind projects, stalling dozens of projects nationwide.

Agreement with RWE is the fifth deal Trump team has made with energy companies, offering payouts to give up projects.

A pro-renewable energy political action committee was behind Representative Andy Ogles' primary loss Thursday.

Renewables make up 70 percent of the state’s future electricity generation, outcompeting fossil fuels in the marketplace.

The anger and frustration expressed over the destruction caused by wildfires and other climate disasters are legitimate, yet these emotions should be directed at the lack of sufficient collective action, not used to rewrite what happened.

The Department of Transportation diverts millions from the federal government intended to help EV drivers, instead spending it on something that doesn’t exist.

A federal appeals court finds the U.S. EPA acted improperly in terminating grants to boost clean energy projects. The Trump administration may appeal to the Supreme Court.

Suncor v. Boulder could determine the fate of dozens of lawsuits filed by cities, counties, and states against oil and gas companies.

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