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Africa’s solar boom faces higher costs as China cuts export subsidies

Tue, 03/24/2026 - 6:08am
The changes, expected to take effect April 1 for solar panels and beginning next year for batteries, may complicate efforts to expand renewable energy to close vast electricity gaps across the continent.

It's three times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 6:28am
The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.

Microsoft spends billions on nascent carbon dioxide removal

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 6:28am
The tech giant is trying to jump-start an industry that can address climate change by storing greenhouse gas emissions underground.

Court rejects NEPA claims against South Fork wind farm

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 6:26am
The judge did allow a nonprofit group and historic property owners to continue a Clean Water Act claim against the South Fork project.

Insurance giant urges court to block climate lawsuit

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 6:26am
Chubb faces litigation over its decision to bar a proposal for a study on the shareholder benefits of suing entities responsible for climate change.

NY enviros seethe, business groups applaud Hochul’s proposed climate changes

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 6:25am
The governor's pitch to weaken New York’s climate law has support from powerful business interests and labor unions.

House panels set eyes on weather spending, flood insurance

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 6:24am
A top NOAA official will brief appropriators on National Weather Service operations.

Historic Hawaii floods leave 2,000 people without power

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 6:24am
Gov. Josh Green said the cost of the storm could top $1 billion, including damage to airports, schools, roads, homes and a Maui hospital in Kula.

Vatican launches campaign to encourage mining industry divestment

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 6:23am
The effort takes as its inspiration Pope Francis’ 2015 environmental encyclical “Praised Be.”

Australia’s New South Wales state announces ban on future coal mines

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 6:23am
The state government will not approve so-called greenfield coal mines, which are developed from scratch, in a move designed to meet its net-zero target.

Carbon removal hubs languish as DOE audits drag on

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 6:51am
Two megaprojects that were awarded more than $1 billion in federal subsidies have stalled under President Donald Trump.

Strike on key Iranian gas field is a new phase of the war. Trump blames Israel.

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 6:51am
Israel’s targeting of the South Pars gas field is a major escalation in the war that energy watchers feared could turbocharge the economic disruption.

Western heat wave ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, scientists say

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 6:50am
March temperatures across the western U.S. are 10.8 degrees warmer than they would have been in a world without global warming.

Trump NEPA overhaul complicates court challenges

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 6:50am
One of the most frequently litigated federal environmental statutes is now a weaker tool for green groups in court.

Bipartisan bill would expand Permitting Council

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 6:49am
The legislation would make more projects eligible.

Committee narrowly approves Mullin to run Homeland Security

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 6:48am
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman provided crucial support Thursday after Chair Rand Paul cast the only Republican "no" vote.

24 states sue over Trump’s climate rollback

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 6:47am
The president is “choosing Big Oil profits over our health,” California's attorney general said in a statement.

Meeting surging demand for AI memory chips has a climate cost

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 6:46am
Higher volumes, efforts to deliver more resource-intensive products and additional production in nations with fossil fuel-reliant power grids will combine to increase the industry’s pollution profile, according to a research firm.

American Airlines, Google say AI helped airplanes reduce contrails

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 6:45am
When airplanes fly through cold and humid areas, ice crystals can form around the soot particles emitted from the engine, creating clouds that trap heat and warm the planet.

Five EU leaders seek urgent solution for drifting Russian tanker

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 6:44am
The leaders urged a coordinated EU-level response to mobilize resources quickly, citing the tanker’s damaged condition and hazardous cargo as key concerns.

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