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Trump seeks record-high FEMA funding after vowing to cut agency

Tue, 06/03/2025 - 6:17am
The president’s request for an additional $4 billion in disaster aid indicates that he might not carry through with his threats to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Labor Department ready to roll back climate investing rule

Tue, 06/03/2025 - 6:16am
The administration intends to issue new guidelines after a Trump-appointed judge twice upheld a Biden-era rule that lets investors consider climate costs.

Relaxing tailpipe rules would hurt climate and consumers, critics say

Tue, 06/03/2025 - 6:16am
The Trump team is looking to roll back fuel economy standards put in place by the Biden administration.

EU science advisers slam Brussels’ weakened 2040 climate plans

Tue, 06/03/2025 - 6:15am
Using international carbon credits in place of domestic action undermines climate efforts, the scientific advisory board says.

EU climate chief lobbied Germany to back weakened 2040 goal

Tue, 06/03/2025 - 6:13am
Wopke Hoekstra successfully pushed the incoming coalition to back foreign carbon credits, helping shift the EU-level 2040 talks.

States roll out red carpets for data centers. But some lawmakers push back.

Tue, 06/03/2025 - 6:12am
The fights revolve around the things that tech companies and data center developers seem to most want: large tracts of land, tax breaks and huge volumes of electricity and water.

River dammed by huge Swiss landslide flows once again

Tue, 06/03/2025 - 6:12am
Authorities are still leaving open the possibility of evacuations farther downstream if required, though the risk to other villages appears very low.

Chaos at FEMA, NOAA as hurricane season starts

Mon, 06/02/2025 - 6:11am
Faltering forecasts, fired experts and whipsawing policy changes are raising questions about how the Trump administration will respond to disasters this summer.

Florida insurers turn a profit after losing billions

Mon, 06/02/2025 - 6:10am
A new analysis credits the "pivotal transition" to substantial rate hikes and a state law restricting policyholder lawsuits against insurers.

Meet the youth challenging Trump on climate

Mon, 06/02/2025 - 6:08am
Young people are suing the president over energy policies that could accelerate climate change.

EDF backs Apple in carbon credit lawsuit

Mon, 06/02/2025 - 6:07am
The environmental group vouched for the tech giant — and carbon markets — in a greenwashing case involving the Apple Watch.

California carbon permit prices plummet in latest auction

Mon, 06/02/2025 - 6:06am
The Newsom administration was counting on high revenues from the program to backfill a state deficit.

Democratic NY lawmakers are targeting transportation emissions

Mon, 06/02/2025 - 6:06am
With the federal government moving to dismantle clean car sales mandates, New York lawmakers are mulling a standard to transition the transportation sector away from fossil fuels.

China steps up cloud seeding to boost rain in dry wheat regions

Mon, 06/02/2025 - 6:05am
The country claims to run the world's largest weather modification program and has increased investments as climate change heightens food security risks.

Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change

Mon, 06/02/2025 - 6:05am
How glaciers collapse around the world can differ, scientists say. But in almost every instance, climate change is playing a role.

Inside EPA’s backdoor bid to stop regulating climate pollution

Fri, 05/30/2025 - 6:24am
The agency’s expected justification for overturning the power plant rule could also absolve it from regulating other industries’ planet-warming emissions.

Red tape, staff cuts threaten NOAA operations

Fri, 05/30/2025 - 6:21am
Trump administration policies have squeezed NOAA's ability to forecast the weather and maintain fisheries, say current and former staffers.

Judge in climate case calls Trump EO a ‘piece of evidence’

Fri, 05/30/2025 - 6:20am
The case brought against the oil industry by Charleston, South Carolina, seemed to tilt in favor of fossil fuel producers, which are trying to dismiss it.

Woman sues oil companies after her mother’s death in a heat wave

Fri, 05/30/2025 - 6:18am
Misti Leon alleges that the death of her mother, Juliana, was a “direct and foreseeable consequence” of burning fossil fuels.

Youth sue Trump admin over efforts to ‘unleash’ US fossil fuels

Fri, 05/30/2025 - 6:16am
Twenty-two young people charged that the administration is violating the Constitution and putting their health at risk by worsening climate change.

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