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Clean energy transition will persist under Trump, analyses say

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 6:29am
The president's efforts to dismantle climate policies won't stop renewables from rising or fossil fuels from slowing, according to outlooks from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and BloombergNEF.

Judge orders Trump admin to take ‘immediate steps’ to resume climate funding

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 6:27am
A Rhode Island judge found the administration lacked authority to freeze funding that Congress appropriated. Agencies must report compliance Wednesday.

Trump’s fossil fuel fundamentalism is heading for the UK

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 6:27am
The United Kingdom wants to use an energy security summit next week to showcase its net-zero push. President Donald Trump just wants to sell fossil fuels.

Australia emitters rely on credits to meet new climate goals

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 6:26am
Carbon credits worth 8.5 million tons of CO2e were surrendered to meet compliance obligations.

Bank climate group says strategy pivot wins ‘overwhelming support’

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 6:18am
The vote of confidence in the Net-Zero Banking Alliance follows a tumultuous few months for the group.

Amendment to Peruvian law raises fears of rainforest destruction

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 6:17am
The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land to other uses.

Spring drought threatens Europe’s farms and rivers

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 6:16am
Central and Eastern European countries are missing April showers, creating possible trouble for supply chains and farmers.

Official dubbed Trump’s ‘eyes and ears’ is back at NOAA

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 7:15am
Erik Noble, who played a key role at the agency during the president's first term, has returned as NOAA braces for staff and spending cuts.

Republicans wanted a bombshell report on offshore wind. They got something else.

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 7:12am
The industry poses only a limited risk to whales, says the Government Accountability Office — a finding that undermines a Republican talking point.

‘Handcuffed’: NSF travel freeze threatens to drive out talent

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 7:09am
Agency "rotators" — known for driving federal innovation — may be reconsidering the job.

Electric trucks face a rough road with Trump

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 7:08am
Tariffs, regulation rollbacks and funding freezes may slow down the industry's growth. But cleaner-running trucks are still gaining ground — albeit in a slower gear.

CO2-based fuel successfully powers military vehicles, planes

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 7:05am
Air Co. says its "e-fuel" could help the military reduce or eliminate its reliance on strategically vulnerable refueling supply lines.

Judge dismisses Trump effort to keep FEMA freeze in place

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 7:04am
Justice Department attorneys argued that a Supreme Court ruling supported their position, but a federal judge says it doesn’t apply to the FEMA aid dispute.

German coalition deal backs EU’s 90% climate target — with caveats

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 7:04am
The incoming government wants the EU to let countries count emissions cuts paid for abroad toward domestic climate goals.

Could Trump’s tariffs slow emissions? Sure, experts say, but at a cost.

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 7:03am
Carbon dioxide emissions dropped during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and during the global financial crisis in 2009, then rebounded within a year.

Adelaide to host climate talks if Australia’s COP31 bid succeeds

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 7:01am
A decision on the venue for next year’s summit will be made at this year's event in Brazil.

Gold bars and an FBI probe: Inside Trump’s effort to pry back $20B from Biden’s climate spending

Mon, 04/14/2025 - 6:47am
The Biden EPA handed out billions of dollars to bring clean energy technologies to lower-income communities. The Trump administration is trying to take it back.

Disaster experts are MIA due to Trump travel crackdown

Mon, 04/14/2025 - 6:45am
FEMA and NOAA officials are being forced to skip major hurricane and flood conferences ahead of disaster season.

Q&A: Bloom Energy CEO on scaling faster than solar

Mon, 04/14/2025 - 6:45am
The company's co-founder, KR Sridhar, said Bloom's fuel cells are meeting data center power demand with less climate pollution, and lower costs, than gas plants.

Activists seek to revive Greta Thunberg’s rejected climate lawsuit

Mon, 04/14/2025 - 6:42am
A youth group says it plans to try a different approach to advance the case in the Swedish legal system.

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