Biden vows net-zero farming emissions
23 Jul 2019
JOE BIDEN, frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for US president, has one of the more ambitious rural climate-related goals ... but could his plan actually achieve net-zero emissions?
Environmental groups demand a nationwide freeze on data center construction
Wed 10 Dec 2025
In a letter to Congress, the groups said data center development raises concerns about rising energy costs, water use and climate impacts. Many communities are fighting back.
Depleted Tennessee farmland is now teeming with wildlife
Tue 9 Dec 2025
Middle Fork Bottoms State Park demonstrates the benefits that flow when ecology is left to do what it does naturally.
Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials
8 Dec 2025
Co-founders’ acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoing
Rare win for renewable energy: Trump administration funds geothermal network expansion
5 Dec 2025
A first-in-the-nation heating and cooling network in Massachusetts is set to double in size.
Amy Westervelt: It’s time we stopped treating corporations as people
4 Dec 2025
COMMENT: Treating corporations as people and granting them First Amendment rights has warped US politics and harmed the climate. We need to overturn Citizens United.
Climate change is already costing US households up to $900 per year
4 Dec 2025
A new working paper from a trio of eminent economists tallies the effects of warming — particularly extreme weather — on Americans’ budgets.
Trump seeks to ease US regulations for coal-fired power plants
27 Nov 2025
President Donald Trump's administration has asked a federal court to strike down 2024 soot limits for power plants and factories.
Amid the ashes
26 Nov 2025
This year the LA wildfire came for my hometown. What happened next is a warning for us all.
G20 summit declaration stresses seriousness of climate change in snub to Trump
25 Nov 2025
The Leaders' Declaration from a Group of 20 summit in South Africa on Saturday stressed the seriousness of climate change, in a snub to U.S. President Donald Trump, who boycotted the gathering and doubts the scientific consensus that global warming is caused by human activities.
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
21 Nov 2025
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries.
