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NOAA says it’s ready for hurricane season. Scientists are worried.

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 6:23am
Thousands of experts have raised concerns about budget cuts and staffing shortages at the climate and weather agency.

New EV fees won’t fix highway funding problems — and could ding transit

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 6:22am
The Republicans’ budget reconciliation package includes new fees on electric vehicles and hybrids.

California says it’ll sue feds over electric vehicle rule reversal

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 6:20am
Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said the suit, once filed, would be his 23rd against the Trump administration.

US carbon tariffs wouldn’t cut global emissions, report says.

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 6:19am
Legislation proposed by two Republican senators would increase U.S. manufacturing by imposing tariffs on high-emissions imports.

New York plastics bill runs into caucus cost concerns

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 6:18am
A sweeping measure to reduce packaging and plastic waste faces challenges as an influential caucus sees affordability issues.

Who’s winning the climate war? Australia.

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 6:17am
Climate doesn’t usually win elections — but it can lose them. Australia is breaking the political logjam.

Penguin poop could limit climate impacts on Antarctica

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 6:16am
Penguin excrement emits ammonia, which contributes to cloud formation that's likely generating a cooling effect.

Scientists: Clownfish shrink their bodies to survive ocean heat waves

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 6:15am
Heat waves are becoming more common and intense underwater due to climate change, which can bleach sea anemones that clownfish call home.

Trump, who called FEMA ‘very slow,’ has failed to act on 17 disaster requests

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:17am
Officials from states and cities struck by deadly tornadoes and floods are begging the Trump administration for disaster aid.

How former NATO chief helped save Empire Wind

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:16am
Jens Stoltenberg — now Norway's finance minister — urged the Trump administration to lift a stop-work order on the New York offshore wind project.

China was striking climate deals as Trump toured oil kingdoms

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:15am
Images of the U.S. president pitching oil and gas agreements in the Middle East last week contrasted with China's effort to expand its clean energy commitments with Brazil.

Dems and Zeldin square off in fiery debate over EPA grants

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:15am
Senate Democrats gave the EPA administrator an earful over Trump administration efforts to cancel spending.

Maryland governor signs sprawling energy plan, vetoes climate studies

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:13am
Democrat Wes Moore cited the state's budget woes in vetoing a top priority of climate hawks.

Wildfires push tropical forest destruction to 20-year high

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:12am
The record comes as the EU has decided to delay anti-deforestation rules and pull back other environmental protections in a bid to boost economic competitiveness.

Record pace of snowmelt in US West threatens another drought

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:11am
The quick melt caused much of the snow to change to vapor, which has robbed rivers, streams and reservoirs of runoff needed to replenish water supplies.

Conservationists step up efforts to protect amphibian habitat

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:10am
The U.S. Gelogical Survey calls amphibian declines "a global phenomenon" — one that's been underway in the U.S. since at least the 1960s.

Ghana e-bike maker approved to sell CO2 credits to Switzerland

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:10am
The deal marks one of the earliest under the Paris Agreement to trade a carbon credit known as ITMOs — internationally transferred mitigation outcomes.

Trump spared a New York wind project. What did he get in return?

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 6:32am
The adminstration's abrupt decision allowing Empire Wind 1 to proceed has officials wondering if New York Gov. Kathy Hochul cut a deal with the president.

California carbon prices are stuck. Here's why.

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 6:31am
Prices are expected to remain low for the state auction Wednesday, giving the state less money to cut pollution and address climate change.

Electric trucks need more places to refuel. California may have a solution.

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 6:30am
A gradual build-out of charging stations can reduce the initial load on the electric grid and provide a haven for early adopters of green trucks.

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