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The Climate Council says coal and gas mines are using a "loophole" to expand operations and add new emissions.

AR7 report was scheduled for 2028 in time for Cop33 summit but some petro-states and major developing countries want to postpone it.

Green banks enabled $12.4 billion in hard-to-finance clean energy and climate projects in 2024 and 2025.

Ahead of a major UN summit, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Brussels demanding greater action to combat climate change.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Friday filed a new lawsuit to try to shut down the Dakota Access oil pipeline, continuing a decade-long battle over the project.

Financiers with short-term incentives can profit big even if the west coast pipeline pushed by Mark Carney and Alberta costs taxpayers billions.

A new report from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention finds air pollution near petroleum storage tanks in South Portland may be increasing the cancer risk for people living nearby.

The Democrats have been accused, fairly, of “climate hushing.” But they’re finding subtle ways to connect environmental issues with voters’ pocketbook concerns.

This expert says Donald Trump’s environmental science cutbacks are the real threat to Lake Ontario and other Great Lakes.

Lee Zeldin announced plans for further cancellations of oil and gas regulations aimed at reducing emissions of climate-warming gasses.

New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out connections between pro-fossil fuel groups working together to influence public opinion.

More examples of the National Cattlemen’s Association’s efforts to downplay and deny the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.

A FortisBC’s plan to further expand its decades-old LNG facility will significantly worsen pollution in neighboring communities.

A local fight in Indiana shows that even streamlined permitting can’t overcome deep community resistance to solar development.

The Interior Department issued a notice exempting wintertime oil and gas exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska from the reviews.

US regulators are illegally withholding records related to the disbanding of a panel set up by the Biden administration to address water pollution from factory farms.

Research shows natural gas pipelines — and the public health risks they carry — are concentrated in low-income and minority areas.

Environmental scientist Debra Roberts encourages people to ask questions and pressure policymakers to take bold climate action.

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