The Energy Department is reviving its loan program. (AAAH! SOLYNDRA! AAAAAAAH!…say Republicans. We’re pretty sure this will all work out fine.)

Environmental groups want final rules governing coal ash and are suing the EPA to get them.

Texas: not very prepared for climate change. California: doing better than everyone else, at least.

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In China, drought means that 7.8 million people and almost 10 million acres of farmland lack adequate drinking water.

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As the Arctic warms up, more Inuit people are falling ill from water-borne pathogens.

Delta’s buying its very own refinery.