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The largest U.S. oil industry trade group is considering an endorsement of carbon taxes for the first time. But the biggest news may be how little that is likely to matter, as U.S. climate policy moves decisively in an entirely different direction. The…

As global banking giants and investment firms vow to divest from polluting energy companies, they’re continuing to bankroll another major driver of the climate crisis: food and farming corporations that are responsible, directly or indirectly, for cutting…

This article was originally published by Yale Environment 360. Read the original story here. About 60 miles east of New York’s Montauk Point, a 128,000-acre expanse of the Atlantic Ocean is expected to produce enough electricity to power around 850,000…

The basket weavers were the first to notice that the forest was overdue for a fire. When the artisans, who are members of the Northfork Mono tribe, foraged at Kirk Ranch in Mariposa, California, for the stalks of sourberry and redbud that make up the fibers of…

Second in a series with the Seattle Times on the future of natural gas in homes and businesses. On a summer evening in 2019, city leaders in Berkeley, California, adopted a climate policy that inspired dozens of imitators and an even bigger backlash. The…

First in a series with the Seattle Times on the future of natural gas in homes and businesses. ROOSEVELT, Washington—Two trains each day pull into this tiny hamlet tucked deep within the Columbia River Gorge. They carry more than 12 million pounds of garbage…

Warren Buffett’s annual letters to shareholders are an entertaining read, as if your great-uncle was an investing savant. In this year’s edition, released on Feb. 27, Buffett has something to say about the transition to clean energy and the necessity of…

A federal bankruptcy judge in West Virginia could soon decide whether to allow the Blackjewel coal mining company, once the nation’s sixth-largest coal producer, to shed responsibility for thousands of strip-mined acres, setting up a potential crisis over…

Athens—Tasos Dimalexis and his colleagues from the Hellenic Ornithological Society had spent days scouring the rocky promontory on the remote Greek island of Tilos. They were seeking a suitable site for a 55-meter high wind turbine—one that would be least…

The Asian citrus psyllid fills its stomach by feeding on the leaves and stems of citrus trees.  The tiny brown insects infect the trees with bacteria that cause citrus greening, a disease that makes the fruits inedible. Natives to Asia, the citrus psyllids…