Whistleblowers warn that ad industry is fuelling online hatred and climate crisis
28 Jan 2026
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US EPA moves to speed clean air permits for power plants, industry
Today 11:30am
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it would speed up the process for large polluters to obtain clean air permits, the latest move by the Trump administration to ease regulatory burdens on American power plants and industry.
Trump’s Iran war may stymie climate gains with boost to big oil, experts say
Mon 11 May 2026
Windfall profits could lock in Trump-era political wins for the industry and slow clean-energy transition.
‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds
Fri 8 May 2026
The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has concluded.
California’s battery array is as powerful as 12 nuclear power plants. Here’s what’s on the horizon
Fri 8 May 2026
An expert in the state’s energy grid explains how the state is faring amid federal cuts.
Alaskan megatsunami triggered by climate change
Thu 7 May 2026
The wave at the Tracy Arm Fjord in the Tongass National Forest last year was triggered by a rock landslide which was driven by climate change.
Trump takes a ‘wrecking ball’ to independent scientific advisory board
30 Apr 2026
Without the impartial oversight of its board, the National Science Foundation is now “fully at the behest of the White House,” experts warn.
Trump administration to pay two more companies to walk away from US offshore wind leases
29 Apr 2026
Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind have agreed to end their offshore wind leases in exchange for reimbursements totaling nearly $900 million. Both companies have decided not to pursue any new offshore wind projects in the United States.
US official: No hope for global carbon tax
28 Apr 2026
A U.S. negotiator warned other countries in a closed-door meeting that efforts to rein in climate pollution from ships has "no prospect" of success.
Prospects for global green shipping deal boosted by US tariff ruling, analysts say
24 Apr 2026
While divisions remain over the international shipping’s Net Zero Framework, the US’s main threat may now have been partly neutered
Republican lawmakers attempt to shield big oil from climate lawsuits in ‘alarming’ bills
24 Apr 2026
Climate experts and advocates warn House and Senate bills will protect polluters at the cost of the climate.
