Climate Change

"Politicians across the spectrum want more housing. Apartments are a great answer, because they also slash carbon emissions in a big way."

"Today, under authority of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act and the Real ID Act, the new Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin waived 29 environmental and conservation laws in the Big Bend Sector."

"World Cup matches at open-air venues in North America this summer could be threatened by dangerous heat and humidity, a climate research group says."

"Seasonal models are predicting an El Nino climate pattern that could be the strongest on record, bringing with it more extreme weather."

"In rural Jasper County, two defining energy trends of the Trump era — reviving coal and building gas-powered data centers — are converging."

"Florida plans to shut down the Everglades migrant detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz as soon as early June, according to a news report."

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed a delay in enforcement of a regulation requiring ‌significant cuts in air pollution from vehicles."

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to roll back limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers through polluted groundwater, saying a three-year-old rule is unduly costly for the energy industry at a time when energy demand is spiking."

"While Chinese companies continue to expand their dominance of clean energy industries, the data shows, their American counterparts are withdrawing from those sectors."

"Advocates for solar energy are asking the North Carolina Utilities Commission to overturn an unusual order by its chairman directing Duke Energy to stop its 2026 solar procurement process."