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EU’s 2040 climate target to come this week, commission official says
A formal proposal to amend overarching climate law will accompany the Clean Industrial Deal.
Document: EU legislation delays carbon border tax fees
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is currently set to go into full effect in 2026.
Europe’s top fossil fuel lobbyist eyes Trump-style climate rule bonfire
Europe will have to show it’s loyal to American gas if it wants to avoid a trade war, François-Régis Mouton told POLITICO.
The IPCC meets amid Trump’s climate attacks. What to watch for.
The U.S. is skipping the global meeting, raising concerns about delaying a sweeping science assessment on the current state of climate change.
Ramaswamy’s anti-climate stance shapes Ohio governor’s race
The former DOGE co-leader takes a starkly different position on energy than term-limited Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.
Oregon shows how to create a carbon market: Evade the Legislature
"A really great model for other states," an advocate said after Gov. Tina Kotek (D) used regulation to create the nation's newest carbon market.
The end of Germany’s climate crusade
One of the world’s most climate-ambitious governments is about to fall, replaced by a chancellor who says green policy went too far.
Why derechos sometimes can hit harder than hurricanes
A powerful derecho last year caused more damage to Houston’s tallest buildings than Hurricane Beryl. Scientists wanted to know why.
Missouri school district to get electric buses after Trump EPA unfreezes funds
It's still unclear what's going to happen to the broader clean bus program, which was launched during the Biden administration.
Bill to make polluters pay for climate damages is back in California
The bill failed last year amid opposition from the oil industry and labor.
The Tories set the UK net-zero target. Now they are dumping it.
The 2050 goal “leaves us economically worse off,” Conservative energy chief Andrew Bowie said.
Encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania’s homes, history
As the world's climate gets hotter and drier, sandstorms are more frequently depositing inches and feet of dunes onto area streets and in people’s homes.
Study: Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever
Glaciers lost ice at the rate of about 255 billion tons annually from 2000 to 2011, but that pace quickened over about the next decade, according to the report.
USAID document: Climate programs are being shut down
A spreadsheet obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News offers a glimpse into the Trump administration’s moves to shutter the agency.
OSHA purged ‘diversity’ documents. But they weren’t about DEI.
The removed webpages had no relation to gender or racial diversity.
EPA declines to publicly release endangerment finding recommendation
The agency said it has briefed the White House on the legality of abandoning a 2009 scientific finding that underpins all greenhouse gas rules.
House Republicans launch drive to undo Biden rules
Among the targets is EPA’s approval of a California rule that would encourage the adoption of electric vehicles.
Trump taps fossil fuel insider to run DOE’s renewable office
Audrey Robertson sits on the board of Liberty Energy, the fracking services company founded by Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
EPA places director of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund on leave
It's the Trump administration's latest escalation against the climate fund created by the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act.
Europe likely to miss most green targets for 2030
Goals on boosting carbon sequestration, the circular economy, organic farming and reducing the EU’s consumption footprint are most at risk.