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Alito’s recusal from climate case: Too little, too late?

Justice Samuel Alito decided Monday to sit out one of the most consequential climate change cases to reach the Supreme Court, but legal experts expected continuing ramifications due to his ownership of individual corporate stocks, including in the fossil fuel industry.

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The coal industry asked for a rescue. Trump obliged

In a previously-unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.

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A coal mine in the midst of a beautiful environment

Colorado coal mine leaks nearly four times the limit

Colorado's West Elk coal mine is violating methane leak caps, the state says, and environmental groups want strict enforcement.
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

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Opinion: Before we put more plastic under our kids, we need to stop and think

As our climate becomes hotter and extreme heat becomes more common, the surface beneath our children matters. And the consequences of getting that decision wrong could last for decades.

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Trump administration plans to gut clean car rules

New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
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‘Love letter’: California Attorney General takes aim at Trump’s links to Big Oil

Democrat Rob Bonta is preparing to fight the president’s rollback of a regulatory keystone on climate.

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China keeps its overseas coal promise, but the demand continues

It has been five years since China promised the United Nations to stop funding overseas coal projects.
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Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call

Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after "bargain" between president and major polluters.

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Illustrative example of AI cube as data transport and an also an intrusive entity being "plunked down" on a circuit board representative of a cityscape

AI’s meet-cute with climate denial

Just in time for Climate Week NYC, President Trump calls concerns over global warming and artificial intelligence a “hoax.”
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Newsom counters Trump's stance on climate issues while in New York

California Governor Gavin Newsom met with world and business leaders to advance climate action and clean energy in New York.

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Black and white cows with manure digester for production of biogas in background.

Manure digesters worsen ammonia air emissions from hog farms, study finds

Ammonia emissions, which can harm a person’s ability to breathe, are more than three times higher when emitted from manure that has been through a digester compared to manure that is directed  into storage lagoons or sprayed on fields, according to a new study. 
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Manitoba’s orphan wells, explained

The province has far fewer orphan wells than other western provinces. Is that the result of successful regulators — or a lack of robust oversight?
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Al Gore and Kevin Wall at a press conference to announce the Global Climate Crisis Campaign Concert "Save Our Selves". California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA. 01-15-07

Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight

The former U.S. vice president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary.

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Import/export shipping terminal intersected by a rail line stacked with railroad tanker cars for liquid transport

Diesel export fight strains GOP ties with Big Oil

Farm-state Republicans and MAGA populists are backing a diesel export ban, putting them at odds with an industry that has long been a GOP ally.

www.politico.com
A view of the United Nations building in New York City

United Nations chief says power has polarized the world

Will the world continue on its path to fragmentation or cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence, and intensifying inequalities?

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A view of the entrance to the United Nations building with rows of world flags lined along a green lawn

Competing climate visions clash at UN General Assembly

While President Donald Trump pushed against cutting emissions and regulating technology, environmentalists called for world leaders to reject conflict and build a stable future with clean energy.
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Computer generated 3D illustration with oil pumps, solar panels and wind turbines

US utilities get failing grade on clean energy transition

Too many utilities are keeping coal plants open, planning new gas plants, and building less renewable energy, the Sierra Club’s latest “Dirty Truth Report” finds.

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