Climate & Energy
Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
Harms include severe weather, crop failures, and economic hits from lack of ice and snow.
Read MoreMichigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
Harms include severe weather, crop failures and economic hits from lack of ice and snow.
Read MoreThe surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
The commonwealth is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI’s thirst?
Read MoreIgnoring Indigenous rights is making the green transition more expensive
“If you’re going to develop energy in the U.S. you’ve got to do it with the support of tribal communities.”
Read MoreAcross the country, houses of worship are going solar
A federal rule makes it easier for churches, synagogues and mosques to put solar panels on the roof.
Read MoreChicago could be first major Midwestern city to ban gas in new construction
Buildings are Chicago’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to decarbonize them are facing union opposition.
Read MoreHow California is casting a cloud over residential solar
Led by California, rooftop solar installations are poised to fall 12 percent nationally this year. It’s the first decline since 2017.
Read MoreThe climate culture wars reach British shores
Critics say Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s recent changes to EV, heat pump, and insulation targets will only hurt the households he purports they’ll help.
Read MoreSave the nukes?
For decades, environmental activists decried nuclear power plants. Now, some want to save them.
Read MoreFrom off-shore turbines to electric school buses: New York talks big on climate
Governor Hochul announced major climate ambitions in first state address.
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