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Trump Eases Restrictions on Climate ‘Super Pollutants’

The administration is delaying a phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.
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A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.
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The New ‘Gold Rush’ of Geothermal Energy

A new wave of start-ups are trying to harvest emissions-free energy from inside the Earth, but the industry still faces significant challenges.
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Fish and Wildlife Service Clears a Weedkiller, Saying It Won’t Cause Extinction

The finding effectively paves the way for continued use of atrazine, a widely used herbicide that has been linked to birth defects and cancer in humans.
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Rising Energy Costs and Data Centers at Heart of NextEra’s Dominion Bid

NextEra’s proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy comes as Americans are paying a lot more for electricity, and data centers are demanding a lot more power from utilities.
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Tesla’s Semi Truck could Jolt the Trucking Industry

California truckers have expressed strong interest in the Tesla Semi because it costs much less and can travel further on a charge than electric trucks sold by established manufacturers.
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Bipartisan Bill Would Impose New Annual Fee on Electric Vehicles

A House transportation bill introduced this week would require owners of electric cars to pay $130 to cover the cost of road repairs.
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Scientists Tweaked the Global Warming Outlook. So Trump Weighed In.

Renewable energy has helped make the worst-case scenario a bit less bad. The president said, falsely, it shows that climate scientists were wrong all along.
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E.P.A. to Repeal Some Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

The rules were established by the Biden administration after research linked the compounds to a range of serious health problems.
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The Quest for Clean Hydrogen Moves Underground

The dream of clean hydrogen has tantalized energy experts for years, but producing it has been tough. Many start-ups think the answer could lie beneath our feet.
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Which Countries Are Profiting From the Iran War Oil Shock

An analysis of oil export data offers clues about which nations have benefited from higher prices, and which have lost a lot of revenue.
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How a ‘Model’ for Climate Migration Became a Cautionary Tale

The residents of Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana found safety after moving to higher ground. But the experience left some of them warning others facing relocation: ‘Don’t do it.’
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Michigan Battles Trump Over His Order to Keep an Old Coal Plant Running

The Trump administration broke the law, Michigan and others told a court, by declaring an “energy emergency” and forcing an aging coal-burning plant to keep operating.
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Trump’s Iran War Is Punishing America’s Working Class

Higher fuel prices are a burden on low-income families.
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Trump’s Push to Keep Coal Plants Open Is Costing Hundreds of Millions

Costs have been mounting in the year since the Trump administration began directing aging coal plants to stay open.
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A Start-Up Aiming to Make Geothermal Energy Mainstream Goes Public

Fervo Energy, which uses drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to produce power from the earth’s heat, raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering.
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What to Know About the Federal Gas Tax Trump Wants to Suspend

President Trump said he would like to suspend the 18.4-cent-a-gallon tax, but it’s a move that may save drivers only a few dollars a month.
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Lithuania’s Peat Bogs Could Help the Climate and Defend the Border, Too

Lithuanian officials hope restored peat bogs can reinforce the border in addition to locking away planet-warming carbon.
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Tom Steyer Thinks California Is Ready for a Different Climate Message

Rather than pleas to save the planet, the billionaire, a Democrat is pushing a message of affordability in his campaign to become California’s governor.
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Trump Nominates Cameron Hamilton to Lead FEMA

President Trump chose Cameron Hamilton to direct federal disaster response. As acting head of FEMA last year, he had opposed abolishing the agency and was ousted.
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