The Trump administration will soon announce sharply lower vehicle fuel-economy standards, reversing a push by the prior administration to force automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says.
Causes
A data center developer is seeking approval for two private gas-fired power plants near Reno, Nevada, raising concerns that large energy users could sidestep Nevada’s renewable energy requirements.
More than 20 years after passing a landmark clean energy law, the state gets more of its power from burning coal waste than from solar.
A new study highlights the life-saving role of air conditioning. However, scientists warn it also contributes to climate change.
The EPA’s retreat from its role guarding clean air and water will have lasting effects on public health, critics fear.
The data center backlash is still, like a tidal wave, growing.
For half a century, Philip Fearnside has documented how roads, dams, cattle ranching, and other development projects drive Amazon deforestation and impose steep climate and biodiversity costs.
A coalition of solar entrepreneurs and venture capitalists mounted a pugilistic “Revenge Tour” to show candidates eager to hamper their industry that they’ll fight back. So far, it’s working.
Climate change has become a less prominent election-year issue for Democrats as voters say concerns such as affordability are more pressing.
Secretive state begins repairs on aging facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas.
Rising sea temperatures mean reefs don’t have enough time to bounce back between intense heat waves, a new report warns.
Candidates in both parties turn on the industry while a bill redefining coal and gas as “clean” energy moves quietly in the statehouse.
The Trump administration’s latest deal to abandon offshore wind projects and boost investment in fossil fuels is set to deliver a windfall to a private equity firm run by one of the president's major donors.
Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland, New Jersey — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators.
Billionaire-backed space companies like Blue Origin say their goal is to make life better on Earth. Here's what they're not talking about.
Trump canceled a $15M EPA grant for Tampa’s University Area, halting pollution, flood-control, and community projects.

The great American road trip is in peril
27 August
My family set out to see the beauty of America’s national parks. Along the way, we saw how wildfire, flood, heat, and drought are changing them.
A new study finds that burying logging debris, instead of burning it, could store far more carbon and generate billions in revenue for forest-thinning projects.
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