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- Conservative leader says it is ‘absurd’ to shift away from fossil fuels and leave ‘vital resources untapped’
- Young climate activists in Wisconsin sue state over pro-fossil fuel policies Sat, 23 Aug 25, 4:43amLawsuit brought by two non-profit law firms have had previous wins in Montana and Wisconsin
- Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study Sat, 23 Aug 25, 4:00amStudy analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harm
- A coal-fired plant in Michigan was to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1m a day Thu, 21 Aug 25, 10:16pmA town had big plans for the facility site, until the Trump administration ordered it to stay open, a move it extended this week
- A coal-fired plant in Michigan was to close. But Trump forced it to keep running Thu, 21 Aug 25, 9:30pmA town had big plans for the facility site, until the Trump administration issued a ‘pollution pass’ to keep it open
- Trump-fueled gas boom has Gulf coast communities on edge: ‘We will keep fighting’ Wed, 20 Aug 25, 10:00pmResidents cite pollution, loss of fishing and diminished tax revenue as liquefied natural gas production for export accelerates
- ‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction? Tue, 19 Aug 25, 2:01pmChurning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying
- Chevron boss’s gripe about Australia: be more like the US or the Middle East | Temperature check Tue, 19 Aug 25, 1:03amMike Wirth, CEO of company responsible for more greenhouse gases than any other independently owned entity, thinks Australia should adopt US policies to attract fossil fuel dollars
- US pipeline protester’s obstruction conviction overturned by appeals court Tue, 19 Aug 25, 7:02amNew trial for Mylene Vialard after Minnesota judges find ‘pervasive’ prosecutorial misconduct in Line 3 protest case
- British Gas owner buys £1.5bn gas terminal in big bet on fossil fuel reliance Fri, 15 Aug 25, 12:50amMove to acquire Europe’s biggest facility for LNG imports comes as overall UK gas demand fell drastically last year
- Why our broken food system remains a climate disaster: ‘broiling the planet to stuff our faces’ Thu, 14 Aug 25, 8:00pmAuthor Michael Grunwald reckons with the challenge of food-based climate emissions in his new book We Are Eating the Earth
- Scientists rush to bolster climate finding Trump administration aims to undo Thu, 14 Aug 25, 5:49amSome experts tee up public comment on EPA report calling fossil fuel concerns overblown, as others fast-track review
- Experts push to uphold credible climate science findings as Trump administration spreads doubt Thu, 14 Aug 25, 3:00amVeteran scientists organize response to recent energy department report while top group of advisers ‘fast-track’ review of greenhouse gas evidence
- ‘It’s destruction disguised as progress’: how the oil industry is sucking Iraq’s ancient wetlands dry Wed, 13 Aug 25, 5:00pmHawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the water
- The Trump administration has decided coal is female – here’s why | Arwa Mahdawi Wed, 13 Aug 25, 8:00pmWhat is really behind the US Department of Energy’s weird pronouncement on social media?