Trump’s 2-year reprieve gives coal plants ‘a free pass to pollute’
A former EPA official warns exemption for some coal-fired power plants could be the first step toward gutting pollution rules for all plants.
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Cement is a climate menace. Under Trump, fixing it just got harder.
The cement industry has set ambitious goals to cut its carbon footprint. But as federal funding dries up, its path to a greener future is less clear.
Farmers in Trump country were counting on clean energy grants. Then the government moved the goalposts.
Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses remain in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites favoring fossil fuels over renewables.
Coal was on its way out. But surging electricity demand is keeping it alive
Utilities are delaying coal plant retirements and running them even when they cost more than renewable sources.
Study: Colleges with fossil fuel funding can become ‘vehicle of climate obstruction’
Researchers found donations are part of a strategy by the industry to embed itself in universities to influence research and gain credibility.
How the Inflation Reduction Act is playing out in one of the ‘most biased’ states for renewables
Solar developers are going head-to-head with fossil fuel-backed opposition groups and renewable bans in Ohio.
Why a natural gas storage climate ‘disaster’ that happened in Cambria County could happen again
A year after a major methane leak from an underground storage reservoir in western Pennsylvania, a new study identifies potentially thousands of similarly risky wells across the U.S.
