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Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts those emissions by 70 percent.
The Trump administration fast-tracked the project approval, reversing a Biden directive.
Trump promised boom times for the U.S. oil industry. They're laying off staff and reducing spending instead.
With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional.
The unprecedented deal the Shoshone-Paiute struck with a Canadian gold company will test whether mining can align with Indigenous rights.
A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it's feasible is another matter.
Activist investors want the company to trim its biggest source of emissions. Exxon sees that as a threat.
Across the country, voters approved spending billions of dollars on climate resilience and conservation.
It's the first evidence of an oil company acknowledging that gas wasn't as climate-friendly as promised.
