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Brazil to push for global coalition of countries with carbon fees

Mon, 10/20/2025 - 6:02am
South America's largest nation named a respected figure to run its carbon market as it prepares to host international climate talks in November.

Greens pressure Maryland governor to bolster clean heat rules

Mon, 10/20/2025 - 6:01am
A new coalition is spending $200,000 on ads in support of stronger regulations for furnaces, boilers and heating fuels.

EU nations to push for delay to controversial new carbon market

Mon, 10/20/2025 - 6:00am
Cyprus and a group of predominantly central and eastern EU member states will request a three-year delay.

Majority of carbon credits from tarnished project deemed bogus

Mon, 10/20/2025 - 6:00am
A two-year probe by Verra found that about two-thirds of the stated climate benefits were fictitious for a massive forest-protection project in Zimbabwe.

India draft plan reveals $21T net-zero investment need

Mon, 10/20/2025 - 5:59am
The new plan shows India will seek to achieve climate and economic development goals simultaneously in its push to reach net-zero emissions by 2070.

UN says poor nations will get hotter faster than rich ones

Mon, 10/20/2025 - 5:58am
About 80 percent of the 1.1 billion people around the world living in poverty face harsher conditions because of at least one of four “climate hazards” — high heat, drought, floods and air pollution.

Chinese EV sales are booming worldwide. Can the US catch up?

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 6:15am
"Never in a hundred years has the auto industry witnessed such explosive growth in exports from a single country,” one analyst said.

Why did State Farm hike rates in a state with no huge disasters?

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 6:14am
The insurer blames inflation and intense storms. Illinois officials say the company exploited lax regulations to raise prices 27 percent.

Trump says US won’t comply with carbon ship fee

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 6:12am
The president urged other countries to vote against a proposed worldwide fee on greenhouse gas emissions on the shipping industry on Friday.

Maryland offshore wind developer asks court to block Trump attacks

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 6:11am
The Trump administration has said it plans to revoke US Wind’s permit for the project, which aims to power more than 718,000 homes.

2 scientists use ‘last-ditch’ gamble to stop coal rule rollback

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 6:10am
The former government health specialists urged Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “intercede” in EPA’s effort to weaken regulations that reduce mercury and arsenic.

What Trump’s victory taught Democrats about climate change

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 6:09am
Climate change is out. Energy affordability is in.

Greens urge New Hampshire Republicans to kill crypto bill

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 6:08am
State legislation would shield the crypto sector from regulations and establish a special judicial docket.

Bike sharing is key to decarbonizing the EU. Are the bloc’s cities ready?

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 6:08am
Funding gaps and infrastructure limits risk stalling cities’ ambitions when it comes to expanding bike services.

Colombia warms to fossil fuels as climate agenda fizzles

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 6:07am
During a recent event in Bogotá, five presidential candidates held up “YES” signs when asked if they would authorize fracking in Colombia.

Earth might see 57 more superhot days a year — but it could have been worse

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 6:06am
A new report found that without the efforts to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases that started 10 years ago with the Paris Agreement, Earth would instead be adding 114 superhot days a year by the end of the century.

Trump officials go all out to block carbon tax on shipping

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 6:17am
The U.S. tried to strong-arm nations into rejecting the measure. Now, the administration is pushing to make adoption harder.

Why some clean energy companies may not survive Trump’s term

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 6:16am
His administration has stifled a green energy boom — but so have higher interest rates and supply chain bottlenecks.

Global CO2 hits record highs

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 6:15am
Pollution from vehicles, power plants and wildfires soared last year, marking a global acceleration of carbon emissions, a U.N. report says.

Chevron falsely attacked lawyer in $51B climate case, Oregon county says

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 6:13am
Multnomah County attorneys defended their lead counsel after Chevron accused him of hiding his role in climate research papers.

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