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EPA invites Supreme Court to upend major climate precedent

Fri, 02/13/2026 - 7:04am
With its repeal of a scientific finding that requires greenhouse gas regulation, the agency has reopened a long-settled legal question over its own authority to act on climate change.

Republicans unmoved by endangerment finding repeal

Fri, 02/13/2026 - 7:03am
GOP lawmakers who engage in climate issues have been relatively quiet about the decision.

Offshore wind project targeted by Trump will begin operating within weeks

Fri, 02/13/2026 - 7:03am
Revolution Wind in New England is nearing completion after overcoming Trump administration efforts to halt the project.

Oil industry slams Hawaii effort to hold it liable for insurance hikes

Fri, 02/13/2026 - 7:02am
The state could become the first to sue fossil fuel companies for emissions that allegedly intensify disasters and lead property insurers to raise premiums.

Draft cap-and-trade rules draw opposition from labor over refineries

Fri, 02/13/2026 - 7:00am
The opposition exposes a fault line in the environmental, labor and business coalition that helped give California Gov. Gavin Newsom a major win on cap and trade last year.

Barclays says diverging global climate policy puts banks in bind

Fri, 02/13/2026 - 6:59am
The upshot is that “financial institutions may need to choose between financing growth and maintaining the pace of reducing financed emissions,” the bank said.

Von der Leyen and Merz clash over future of EU’s core climate law

Fri, 02/13/2026 - 6:59am
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz joined industry in attacking the EU carbon market as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen defended its “clear benefits.”

What if just 1 in 10 people changed how they eat, drive, heat or shop?

Fri, 02/13/2026 - 6:58am
The Associated Press looked at the impact on emissions if 10 percent of Americans changed four everyday behaviors.

Olympic mascots are color-changing critters vulnerable to climate change

Fri, 02/13/2026 - 6:58am
The mascots of these Olympics are stoats, weasel-like animals whose fur changes from brown to white for winter, to blend in with the landscape.

EPA repeals endangerment finding

Thu, 02/12/2026 - 1:36pm
The move discards a scientific determination that empowered the government to limit climate pollution.

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