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A windstorm hit. Then her kidney treatment center closed for months.

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 6:17am
Dialysis centers need electricity and clean water, which makes the medical treatment uniquely vulnerable to natural disasters.

After deadly flood, Texas looks to improve its weather forecasts

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 6:12am
Experts urged the state at a special hearing to spend money augmenting its forecasting system. “Texas is wealthy enough,” a lawmaker said.

Court upholds EPA cap-and-trade rule for HFCs

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 6:10am
Industry challengers asserted that the agency had used erroneous market share data to determine their allowances under the program. The court disagreed.

California EV market share continues decline on back of Tesla slump

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 6:10am
State officials said the decline in electric vehicle sales is “no surprise” given the Trump administration’s attacks.

Kamala Harris leaves an opening for a California climate champion

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 6:09am
Climate wasn’t on the front burner of the governor's race before Harris’ exit, and it still isn’t — at least for now.

Vatican to become world’s first carbon-neutral state

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 6:08am
A 1,000-acre field north of Rome will be turned into a vast solar farm that the Holy See hopes will generate enough electricity to meet its needs.

Climate change looms large in German model-train museum

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 6:08am
An Argentine business is partnering with the museum that houses the world's largest model train to develop exhibits depicting parts of South America.

FEMA chief has 2 jobs, raising concern in heart of hurricane season

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:23am
Acting Administrator David Richardson also oversees the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office.

Samuel L. Jackson gives CO2 the finger in offshore wind ad

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:22am
The irreverent video marks one of the first efforts by a clean energy company to push back against President Donald Trump's attacks on clean energy.

Texas lawmakers rip into local response at field hearing

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:21am
County and local officials argued that they reacted as quickly as possible, but state lawmakers picked apart timelines and questioned local decision-making.

California incorporates climate modeling into property insurance

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:20am
A new policy lets insurers account for climate change in determining risk and setting premiums. "A big step forward," one researcher said.

Vineyard Wind critics appeal approval to Interior

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:19am
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is representing fishing groups that are challenging the offshore wind project.

Europe learned to love American LNG. This is how Trump wrecks it.

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:18am
Backroom deals, embassy contacts and brown liquor built a booming export trade. Now, the lobbyist who saw it all says the U.S. president’s dalliances with Vladimir Putin are an incoming "asteroid" for the industry.

Consumer groups sue California to recoup compensation for fire insurance work

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:17am
The clash escalates a long-running feud between Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the consumer groups amid a spiraling property insurance crisis in California.

Newsom allows LA officials to restrict development in burn zones

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:16am
The move marks a shift from his previous efforts to ease permitting for building in the areas devastated by January’s firestorm.

Pakistan, US reach a trade agreement to develop oil reserves

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:15am
Officials didn't specify where the exploration would occur, but most reserves are believed to be in the insurgency-hit southwestern province, Balochistan.

Ethiopia’s tree campaign underway, aims to plant 700M seedlings

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:14am
Authorities say some 40 billion tree seedlings have been planted since 2019. The target for 2025 is 7.5 billion trees.

E&E News reporters discuss Trump’s influence on independent agencies

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:13am
The White House is getting more involved in Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission operations.

EPA used an unexpected argument to kill the endangerment finding

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 6:31am
The agency’s effort to roll back a landmark climate finding is pinned on divorcing local carbon emissions from global ones — and the dangers they pose.

DOE reframes climate consensus as a debate

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 6:30am
Energy Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers to write a report that assaults what he called the "cancel culture Orwellian squelching of science."

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