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The sub-zero temperatures causing blackouts across the southern U.S. are connected to climate change. The Earth’s poles are warming faster than anywhere on the planet. While the consequences of that…

The estimate accounts for lost wages, damages to businesses and homes and cleanup costs. The cost of the devastating winter storm in Texas could end up costing the region close to $50 billion to…

With the right gear, wind turbines can keep on generating through the harshest winter weather.

The Biden administration said it will work with states and business to make infrastructure more resilient after a winter storm led to widespread power outages in Texas. “Climate change is real and…

While Texans suffer from freezing temperatures and extensive power outages, frozen wind turbines are being used as a ploy to spread skepticism on the reliability of renewable energy.

The transformation of the US government’s stance on the environment is hugely significant. Now the global green recovery must start.

A new paper argues that returning to estimates for the cost of carbon dioxide used in the Obama era would leave the U.S. far behind its Paris Agreement goals.

Five Democratic lawmakers on Friday encouraged President Joe Biden to order an immediate shutdown of the Dakota Access pipeline after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last week…

Growing opposition to the lifting of mining protections in Alberta has forced the Canadian province to backtrack. To the east of the Bluebird Valley ranch, the grasslands of the Canadian prairies…

Why Joe Biden needs to restore shareholder democracy in the US. We can’t waste any more time addressing the global warming issue we’re facing. The amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere…

A report commissioned by an executive order signed by President Biden last week could have major implicatio

Hydrofluorocarbons, an alternative to the ozone-depleting substances that damage the Earth’s protective ozone layer, are potent greenhouse gases that exacerbate climate change. These chemicals are…

Analysis: The new president has framed the challenge of global heating as an opportunity for US jobs, saying: ‘We have to be bold’. For a landmark moment in the global effort to stave off…

The Interior Department is revoking about 70 oil and gas drilling permits issued, invalidly, during the first days of the Biden administration, Bloomberg reports.

President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order Wednesday to address the climate crisis.  

Tribes and environmentalists hail decision to cancel Keystone XL pipeline but call on president to go further. Indigenous leaders and environmentalists are urging Joe Biden to shutdown some of…

On his first day in office President Joe Biden started signing executive orders to reverse Trump administration policies. One sweeping directive calls for stronger action to protect public health and…

Republican attacks, amplified by Fox News, have been met with a planned response from climate envoy John Kerry. The Democrat in the White House may be different, but the attacks are very familiar.…

Move follows a 60-day suspension of new drilling permits for US lands and waters announced last week. Joe Biden has earmarked Wednesday as “climate day” at the White House to announce a slew of…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency, a controversial move that would give the new administration sweeping authority to circumvent…