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![Two boys stand on a roof overlooking a completely flooded street in a pretty red brick town ringed by forests]()
![Two boys stand on a roof overlooking a completely flooded street in a pretty red brick town ringed by forests]()
Trump DOJ seeks to kill Vermont law that makes Big Oil pay for climate harm
The Justice Department asked a judge to shut down the "Superfund" law that requires major polluters to pay for carbon emissions.
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![Several smokestacks stand in the background with one belching smoke and in the foreground are trees and an American flag]()
![Several smokestacks stand in the background with one belching smoke and in the foreground are trees and an American flag]()
US taxpayers will pay billions in new fossil fuel subsidies thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill
A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.
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![An aerial view of a canal cutting through agricultural fields with huge black solar panels stretched over it]()
![An aerial view of a canal cutting through agricultural fields with huge black solar panels stretched over it]()
California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-megawatt pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.
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![An illustration of Elon Musk in black pants, a black jacket, and a black cap while he holds a drill up to a map of Texas]()
![An illustration of Elon Musk in black pants, a black jacket, and a black cap while he holds a drill up to a map of Texas]()
A Texas congressman is quietly helping Elon Musk pitch a $760M plan to build tunnels under Houston to ease flooding
Experts in Houston have been studying the idea of building massive tunnels to divert floodwaters. Musk’s company wants a piece of the project.
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![Dozens of wind turbines spin against a blue sky with solar panels in the foreground]()
![Dozens of wind turbines spin against a blue sky with solar panels in the foreground]()
States fast-track wind and solar permits and contracts to beat Trump’s deadline
Federal tax credits have brought project costs down 30 to 50 percent, advocates say.
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![A black car is hooked up to a black charging cable]()
![A black car is hooked up to a black charging cable]()
US EV sales are booming — for now
Changes in U.S. government support for electric vehicles have led to a buying bonanza — and a darker long-term future for the auto industry.
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![A white wind turbine stands in the middle of the ocean]()
![A white wind turbine stands in the middle of the ocean]()
Trump administration halts construction of nearly finished offshore wind farm
Ørsted’s Revolution Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island is hit with a stop-work order over vague “national security” concerns.
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![Two white buildings tower in front of a blue sky and one reads FEMA]()
![Two white buildings tower in front of a blue sky and one reads FEMA]()
FEMA now requires disaster victims to have an email address
Workers at FEMA worry that demanding disaster survivors access services using email could shut out people without internet connectivity from receiving government aid.
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![A massive industrial plant stretches over black and gray dirt.]()
![A massive industrial plant stretches over black and gray dirt.]()
A coal-fired plant in Michigan was supposed to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1M a day.
The community had big plans for the facility site, until the Trump administration ordered it to stay open, a move it extended this week.
