Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
6 Mar 2025
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President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species.
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Deadly US winter storm leaves flights delayed and thousands without power
Thu 29 Jan 2026
The storm, which caused chaos from Texas to the tip of Maine over the weekend, snarled roadways, knocked out power, and buried major cities under a thick blanket of snow.
‘Abdication’: Trump takes US out of Paris climate agreement for a second time
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Experts are watching for how other countries will react as the ‘real economy’ shifts to cheaper, cleaner energy.
Whistleblowers warn that ad industry is fuelling online hatred and climate crisis
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Anonymous group of senior executives say major ad agencies are “enabling harm rather than doing good.”
As cold hits, Trump asks, where’s global warming? Scientists say it’s still here
Tue 27 Jan 2026
As much of the United States faces numbing cold, treacherous ice and heavy snow from an enormous winter storm, President Donald Trump used social media to dispute that the world is warming.
US is canceling almost $30 billion in Biden-era energy loans
Tue 27 Jan 2026
The Trump administration said it’s canceling almost $30 billion of financing from the Energy Department’s green bank after reviewing transactions approved under former President Biden.
US Democrats are shying away from climate messaging. One of their own is fighting back.
Mon 26 Jan 2026
There’s a schism within the Democratic Party about whether talking about climate change is the right message to win back control of Washington.
EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
19 Dec 2025
EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of its climate change webpages.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center
18 Dec 2025
The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
US demands EU exempt its gas from methane emissions law, document shows
17 Dec 2025
The US has demanded that the European Union exempt its oil and gas from obligations under the bloc's methane emissions law on fuel imports until 2035, a US government document seen by Reuters showed.
Ford takes US$19 billion hit after EV plan reversal
17 Dec 2025
Ford Motor Company is pivoting away from its once-ambitious electric vehicle plans amid financial losses and waning consumer demand for the vehicles in lieu of investment in more efficient gasoline-engines and hybrid EVs, the company said Monday.
