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![A right whale emerges from Atlantic Ocean off East Coast.]()
![A right whale emerges from Atlantic Ocean off East Coast.]()
Biden administration gives up on lower ocean speed limits to protect right whales
With only 370 remaining, the North Atlantic species is nearing extinction.
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![An industrial plant]()
![An industrial plant]()
Mitsubishi cancels plans for a $1.3B chemical plant in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
The complex would have stretched across 77 acres and been a major polluter.
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![Collage of Joe Biden photo, dollar bill, and forest corps photo, cut up into smaller and smaller snippets]()
![Collage of Joe Biden photo, dollar bill, and forest corps photo, cut up into smaller and smaller snippets]()
The American Climate Corps is over. What even was it?
Biden's green jobs program was never what it seemed. Now it's shutting down before Trump takes office.
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![In an aerial view, the Kayenta Solar Plant is seen on June 23, 2024 in Kayenta, Arizona, with mountains in the background.]()
![In an aerial view, the Kayenta Solar Plant is seen on June 23, 2024 in Kayenta, Arizona, with mountains in the background.]()
How states will keep fighting for climate progress under Trump
Trump calls climate change a hoax. But at the state level, the climate fight will continue — or even accelerate.
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![Deb Haaland poses for an AP photographer.]()
![Deb Haaland poses for an AP photographer.]()
Deb Haaland, America’s first Native Cabinet secretary, considers her legacy
On the controversial Willow Project: "We did what needed to be done at the time."
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![in a black and white photo, Jimmy Carter stands behind a podium with the presidential seal and in front of solar panels on the roof of the White House]()
![in a black and white photo, Jimmy Carter stands behind a podium with the presidential seal and in front of solar panels on the roof of the White House]()
Energy is central to American politics. That all started with Jimmy Carter.
We have yet to solve the problems that Carter confronted head-on as president.
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![Floating three levels of machinery on ocean.]()
![Floating three levels of machinery on ocean.]()
What’s missing from Biden’s offshore drilling ban? The western Gulf of Mexico.
That's where the U.S. gets most of its offshore oil.
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![A gray skyline looms over a river in a sky filled with white smoke]()
![A gray skyline looms over a river in a sky filled with white smoke]()
As states line up to battle Trump over climate, Pennsylvania could be on the sidelines
Incoming Attorney General Dave Sunday didn’t mention climate change on the campaign trail, but fossil fuel donations tell a different story.
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![Elon Musk adjusts his sunglasses and Donald Trump looks on from two paces behind him. The two men are together to watch the launch of a SpaceX rocket.]()
![Elon Musk adjusts his sunglasses and Donald Trump looks on from two paces behind him. The two men are together to watch the launch of a SpaceX rocket.]()
How Elon Musk could end fossil fuel subsidies
If the Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut $2 trillion in spending, handouts to the fossil fuel industry may be "a truth test to all of their messaging."
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![An LNG tank]()
![An LNG tank]()
Biden administration warns natural gas expansion would drive up domestic costs
New study shows LNG exports risk raising greenhouse gas emissions, hampering efforts to curtail the climate crisis.
