The House Judiciary Committee will consider the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act as the Trump administration moves to roll back federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Trump Administration has rolled back a major climate rule, falsely claiming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants do not impact the climate or human health.
Holcim will deploy two batteries from the startup Electrified Thermal Solutions to cut down on fossil fuels, which often supply the intense heat in cement-making.
More than 50 years after oil drilling was carried out, Kenya's Kargi community is suing BP, alleging contaminated water contributed to cancers and livestock deaths.
The Trump administration on Monday gutted the rules governing the nation’s climate regulations for power plants. Here’s what you should know about the final rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, is named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings.
Small towns in the Permian Basin have become a petri dish for the perils of living amid the United States' largest oil fields.

Jet fuel in the water
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This week, co-host Jake Bolster and reporters Marianne Lavelle and Liza Gross discuss the polluting power of fossil fuels and how they are harming two communities in very different ways.
As global temperature increase shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius, the vulnerable countries that fought for that Paris Agreement target face a brutal new reality.
An analysis finds the cancellation of $1 billion in annual funding weakened protections around the world and undermined U.S. interests.
The move could undercut the legal theory the administration is relying on to block climate lawsuits from advancing in state courts.
Erin Brockovich’s work in helping win a $333m environmental lawsuit in the 1990s spawned a hit film starring Julia Roberts – now, Brockovich tells David Callaway, her attention has turned to the burgeoning issue of data centers.
Expanding deforestation in Indonesia caused by the country’s wood pellet and chip industry is putting further pressure on tropical forests, Key Biodiversity Areas, and Indigenous territories in the archipelago.
Tariffs on everything from electric vehicles to grid components could slow the energy transition.
The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that will drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained, and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
It's one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s “energy emergency” agenda.
These climate feedback loops, where climate change triggers more greenhouse gas emissions that in turn feed into even more climate change, could add 20 to 30 percent more warming over current estimates for this century.
Expanding deforestation in Indonesia caused by the country’s wood pellet and chip industry is putting further pressure on tropical forests, Key Biodiversity Areas, and Indigenous territories in the archipelago, according to a new satellite analysis.
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