Climate Change

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency is no longer in the Trump administration's crosshairs, according to its former leader."

"The Trump administration relied on flawed logic to justify scrapping vehicle emissions standards this year, making errors in how it accounted for fuel savings, the price of technology and mileage, according to a new study by a group of economists.

Correcting those errors would negate the economic benefits that the administration said would come from eliminating greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and trucks, according to the paper published Thursday in the journal Science.

"A new study suggests that El Niños — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change."

"Cooling from air conditioning saves lives — more than 5,000 a year in the United States alone — but it also heats up the planet and taxes our electrical grid, scientists say."

"Thousands of Americans die every year from a chronically underreported cause: heat."

"The White House is reviewing a new proposal to permanently end EPA’s regulation of power plants’ carbon emissions."

"The geothermal startup will supply 400 MW from its Cape Station project to a Google data center in Utah. An initial phase of the project will come online this fall."

"The EPA’s retreat from its role guarding clean air and water will have lasting effects on public health, critics fear."

"After Republicans voted to undo much of the Inflation Reduction Act, a few cleantech professionals set out to exact electoral revenge. So far, it seems to be working."

"A federal judge struck down New York State’s new climate “superfund” law on Monday, ruling that it conflicted with federal law."