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- Ørsted shares at all-time low after Trump halts work on US windfarm Mon, 25 Aug 25, 10:28pmShares drop by 17% after stop-work order on $1.5bn project off Rhode Island, which was 80% complete
- New England states vow to fight Trump administration order to halt work on offshore wind farm that’s nearly complete Sun, 24 Aug 25, 8:46amRhode Island and Connecticut officials say project, slated to power 350,000 homes, is essential to their climate goals
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling Sat, 9 Aug 25, 10:00pmUS Bureau of Land management is working to rapidly strip protections to largest tract of land in the US
- To compare Donald Trump to Teddy Roosevelt on nature protection is absurd | Letters Tue, 5 Aug 25, 2:43amReaders assess whether the US president has an ‘eye for beauty’ in relation to his hatred of wind turbines and love for classical architecture
- What will the AI revolution mean for the global south? Sun, 3 Aug 25, 8:00pmWe must avoid inequalities between the global north and global south being perpetuated in the digital age
- Michigan’s governor replaces clean energy advocate on utilities board with ‘industry ally’ Sun, 3 Aug 25, 9:00pmCritics say Gretchen Whitmer deposed Alessandra Carreon at the behest of state energy supplier DTE Energy