fossil fuels

Trump’s EPA Plans to Reconsider Finding That Climate Pollution Harms Public Health

Trump’s EPA Plans to Reconsider Finding That Climate Pollution Harms Public Health

The Trump administration plans to reconsider an official finding by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 that greenhouse gases harm public health. The “endangerment finding” for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act forms the foundation of the country’s climate regulations. “I’ve been told the endangerment finding is considered the holy grail […]

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    Brazil Joins OPEC+ Ahead of Hosting UN Climate Summit

    Brazil Joins OPEC+ Ahead of Hosting UN Climate Summit

    Brazil’s National Council for Energy Policy has approved the joining of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) just months before the country is set to host the United Nations COP30 climate change summit. The approval was in response to a 2023 invitation from OPEC. “OPEC welcomes the decision approved today by the National […]

    Renewable Energy Is a Less Costly, More Efficient Climate Solution Than Carbon Capture, Study Finds

    Renewable Energy Is a Less Costly, More Efficient Climate Solution Than Carbon Capture, Study Finds

    The benefits of investing in clean energy, including solar, wind, geothermal and hydropower, make renewables a more cost-effective option compared to carbon capture technology, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, examined two scenarios across 149 countries through 2050: one in which the countries transition 100% of […]

    ‘Into the Thaw’: Jon Waterman on a Changing Alaska

    ‘Into the Thaw’: Jon Waterman on a Changing Alaska

    With each new federal administration, energy priorities shift. With the election of Donald Trump in 2024, one of his administration’s key promises, enforced by an executive order on January 20 this year and as promised in Project 2025, was to try to ramp up oil and gas drilling in the continental U.S. A key location […]

    2025 Kicks Off With Warmest January on Record

    2025 Kicks Off With Warmest January on Record

    January 2025 was the warmest January on record, according to data from the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service. The data has surprised scientists, who predicted that this January would be at least slightly cooler on average than January 2024 now that the El Niño weather pattern has ended and the cooling La Niña weather pattern […]