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![Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles refinery is one of the last operating refineries in California. Fuel prices in the state have surged amid the Iran conflict.]()
![Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles refinery is one of the last operating refineries in California. Fuel prices in the state have surged amid the Iran conflict.]()
California’s fossil fuel phaseout has left it vulnerable to the Iran oil shock
The Trump administration and major refiners are using the war to justify restarting oil production and weakening climate rules.
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![Two men in business suits stand in front of a white background. They are holding papers.]()
![Two men in business suits stand in front of a white background. They are holding papers.]()
Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is even stranger than it sounds
The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making.
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A look behind the scenes of what could be Google’s biggest test of carbon capture
Documents indicate that the tech company may be planning a massive natural gas-powered data center project in Nebraska — but it could hinge on one piece of legislation.
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![Collage of hundred dollar bills, Chris Wright, and nuclear cooling tower]()
![Collage of hundred dollar bills, Chris Wright, and nuclear cooling tower]()
This $400B Biden climate program is surviving the Trump administration
Trump’s energy secretary says he’s canceled billions of dollars in clean energy loans. The Biden official who made those loans says the number is “fake.”
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![Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks at the Georgia Capitol to launch a grant program for Hurricane Helene recovery.]()
![Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks at the Georgia Capitol to launch a grant program for Hurricane Helene recovery.]()
Georgia farmers’ long wait for Helene relief is ending
The state’s biggest crops needed a special program to cover "once-in-a-generation" losses — for the second time in a decade.
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![Close up of Donald Trump wearing a red Make America Great Again hat]()
![Close up of Donald Trump wearing a red Make America Great Again hat]()
4 ways Trump is sabotaging climate action around the world
In just the last year, the Trump administration has derailed an international carbon tax, boosted forecasts for oil and gas, and sought to silence an island nation’s climate campaign.
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![Aerial shot of a sterilization facility]()
![Aerial shot of a sterilization facility]()
Trump EPA moves to repeal regulation of cancer-linked chemical ethylene oxide
The repeal loosens standards for roughly 90 sterilization facilities that emit the toxic chemical in neighborhoods across the country.
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![Photo of a discarded no-entry traffic sign lying on land parched by drought.]()
![Photo of a discarded no-entry traffic sign lying on land parched by drought.]()
The planet is overheating. Why is the news looking away?
Since 2021, global media coverage of climate change has dropped 38 percent. Blame wars, political chaos, and Jeffrey Epstein.
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![Signs at BP and Shell display prices for gasoline at stations in Chicago, Illinois, on March 2. The war in Iran has caused prices to surge.]()
![Signs at BP and Shell display prices for gasoline at stations in Chicago, Illinois, on March 2. The war in Iran has caused prices to surge.]()
As gas prices soar, Trump is ignoring the lessons of the last oil crisis
Fuel economy rules have reduced U.S. dependence on oil. Trump ripped them up — and then sent gas prices through the roof.
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![An older woman walks next to an office building holding a Save the EPA handmade sign]()
![An older woman walks next to an office building holding a Save the EPA handmade sign]()
The fight for the heart of the US Environmental Protection Agency
One year after the Trump administration threw the EPA into chaos, former employees continue to push back—and to dream of an agency reborn.
