The Biden administration announced new passenger vehicle fuel economy standards on Wednesday. The EPA estimates the updated standards will prevent more than 7 billion tons of carbon pollution and accrue almost $100
Flaring and venting from oil and gas operations lead to more than 710 premature deaths in the U.S. each year, a new study finds. The research, published in Geohealth, also found the
Oil executives enjoying massive profits derided efforts to transition away from the fossil fuels pushing the climate crisis to record-smashing levels as "visibly failing" and a "fantasy" at the CERAWeek conference in
The extraction and combustion of fossil fuels, boosted by a strong El Niño cycle in the Pacific Ocean, made 2023 an epic year of shattered climate records, the UN's World Meteorological Organization
Skilled, but systemically vulnerable contract farmworkers are performing an increasing amount of agricultural work across the U.S. and are especially exposed to workplace abuses exacerbated by the climate crisis, the AP reports.
Warming winters are pushing maple syrup farmers to branch out and tap new trees for different syrups, the Boston Globe reports. As climate change, mainly caused by the extraction and combustion of
The FBI used as many as 10 informants to infiltrate land defender groups protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation in 2016, Grist reports. The infiltration tactics
The vast majority of the world's people breathe dangerously polluted air, an analysis compiled by the Swiss firm IQAir reveals. Of the 134 nations for which sufficient data were available, just seven
The Biden administration is weighing whether to award renewable energy tax breaks under the Inflation Reduction Act to a power source worse for the climate than burning coal, Inside Climate News reports.
Most of Brazil was on a heat alert this weekend, as heat indices reached as high as 140°F. An ocean away, South Sudan is closing its schools in advance of an extreme,
Climate change is disrupting cocoa production, driving up global chocolate prices and threatening the mostly poor farmers who cultivate it — and it's about to get worse. Major cocoa processing facilities in
A controversial pumped storage project will likely not be built after the Navajo Nation reiterated its opposition following a new FERC rule prioritizing tribal views on projects to be built on their
Projects The Department of Transportation will disburse $3.3 billion of funding for 133 projects in 40 states intended to address harm to historically excluded communities by past transportation investments, President Biden announced
The Federal government will give tribal governments $120 million to address the impacts of climate change, the Department of the Interior announced Thursday. Indigenous peoples across what is now the United States
The first commercial-scale wind farm off the U.S. coast is officially open and sending electricity to New York's electrical grid, its developers announced Thursday. The 12 wind turbines that make up South
Electricity demand in the U.S. is rising for the first time in decades, straining the electrical grid and threatening to torpedo President Biden's climate goals, the New York Times reports. Dramatic increases
The massive expansion of fracking operations in the Permian Basin enabled the U.S. to extract more oil than any country, ever, in 2023, according to a DOE report released Monday. Permian fracking
Utilities' efforts to update infrastructure and secure clean water supplies are pushing up the cost for households, and an increasing number of families are struggling to afford the basic necessity, the Los
A law passed by the Florida legislature, but yet to be signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), prohibits municipalities from implementing heat safety protections for workers in the Sunshine State. Florida is
A severe drought is limiting the number of ships that can pass through the Panama Canal, disrupting shipping routes, delaying deliveries, and driving up the cost of crossing. Panama is experiencing one
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