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NOAA says it’s ready for hurricane season. Scientists are worried.
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
The Republicans’ budget reconciliation package includes new fees on electric vehicles and hybrids.
California says it’ll sue feds over electric vehicle rule reversal
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Senate Democrats gave the EPA administrator an earful over Trump administration efforts to cancel spending.
Maryland governor signs sprawling energy plan, vetoes climate studies
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
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
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
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
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?
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.
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.
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.