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China’s Carbon Pollution Fell in Recent Months as Oil Demand Plummeted

The world’s second-largest oil consumer cut its use by 9 percent as the Iran war crimped supply. The drop could accelerate China’s pivot away from the fossil fuel.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A view of oil storage tanks at a terminal on April 12 in Qingdao, China. Credit: Getty Images
The report from the United Nations Environmental Programme identifies the need to accelerate the phaseout of fossil fuels and the transition to renewable energy. Credit: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images

Climate ‘Overshoot’ Is Coming—Are We Ready?

By Bob Berwyn

An Amazon Web data center sits among a cluster of data centers in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 26. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Trying to Get Away From Gas Turbines, Data Centers Place Their Hopes on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) celebrates her primary win against Rep. Ralph Norman on Aug. 25 in Columbia, S.C. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

Super PAC Targeting Conservatives Against Clean Energy Touts Fifth Republican Primary Win

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies equipment sits next to the Bar 20 dairy farm in Kerman, Calif. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News

California Dairy Farm’s New Biogas Project Makes History and Raises Eyebrows

By Steven Rodas

A worker explains the features of a commercial rooftop solar project that was installed by GAI Energy of Flora, Ind. Credit: GAI Energy

Rooftop Solar Is Having a Rough One

By Dan Gearino

People walk around Manhattan during a power outage in New York City on July 13, 2019. Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

New York’s Power Grid Struggles to Handle the Heat

By Lauren Dalban

Solar panels surround a liquefied natural gas storage facility in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 2013. Credit: Ryan McFadden/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Lags Far Behind on Solar. Here’s How It Could Catch Up.

By Jon Hurdle

Solar panels fill a hillside near Jiexiu, China. Credit: Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

China’s Solar Buildout Hampers Bird Diversity

By Phil McKenna

Rooftop solar and batteries are shown in a promotional image for Solrite, a company now entering the Illinois market for virtual power plants. Credit: Solrite

Notes from Illinois’ Virtual Power Plant Frontier

By Dan Gearino

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about clean energy initiatives during a news conference on May 14 in Ottawa. Credit: Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images

Canada Bets Big on Hydro and Wind Power

By Dan Gearino

Offshore wind materials sit next to idle construction equipment at the State Pier in New London, Conn., on Aug. 25, 2025. Credit: Tyler Russell/Connecticut Public via Getty Images

Offshore Wind Will Struggle Long After Trump’s Attacks

By Ajani Stella

Electric vehicles from Chinese automaker BYD are unloaded at a port in Zarate, Argentina, on Jan. 20. Credit: Luciano Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images

In South America, Chinese EVs Are Racing Ahead

By Dan Gearino, Katie Surma

The NextEra Energy Headquarters in Juno Beach, Fla. Credit: Marco Bello/Getty Images

How the World’s Largest Electric Company Fell Quiet on Renewable Energy

By Ajani Stella

Green River Energy Center in Emery County, Utah, includes 400 megawatts of solar. Credit: rPlus Energies

So Much Solar: Digging Into the List of Every US Power Plant That Went Online This Year

By Dan Gearino

A wind turbine at Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project off the coast of Virginia Beach. Credit: Dominion Energy

What Candidates Have Planned for Virginia’s Coast Could Decide a Key Congressional Race

By Avril Silva

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani prepares to announce a thermal energy networks study in partnership with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority at the Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street station on Monday. Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

NYC Wants to Use Thermal Energy to Cool Subway Stations

By Lauren Dalban

Workers gather at the State Pier in New London, Conn., on Aug. 25, 2025, to discuss the Trump administration’s order to halt construction of the offshore wind project called Revolution Wind. Credit: Tyler Russell/Connecticut Public via Getty Images

As US Offshore Wind Disappears, a Generation of Workers Is Left Behind

By Ajani Stella

An aerial view of the natural gas-fired Decker Creek power station in Austin, Texas, on July 28. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

As Solar and Batteries Dominate in Texas, Republican Lawmakers Consider Natural Gas Minimums

By Arcelia Martin

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