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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announces reallocation of ethanol-blending requirements the agency waived earlier this year while visiting a Farm Bureau office in Peosta, Iowa.

Ahead of Midterms, Republicans Court Iowa Farmers With Fuel Plans

By Anika Jane Beamer

Aerial view of members of Greenpeace next to a sign reading "Renewables Power Peace! End Fossil Fuels" during the First Conference Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels at the Port Beach in Santa Marta, Colombia, on April 27, 2026.

Yes, There Is Some Global Action on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

Fenn Church, center, is flanked by supporters at the gate of his property in Shelby County, Alabama. Photo credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

A Homeowner’s Last Stand Against Alabama Power

By Lee Hedgepeth

The developer of Project Marvel, a proposed massive hyperscale data center, has requested the rezoning of additional agricultural land in southwest Bessemer, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s New Data Center Rules Still Leave Customers in the Dark, Critics Say

By Dennis Pillion

Calgary was under water in June 2013 when the Elbow and Bow rivers flooded and breached simultaneously in a perfect storm of water. Credit: Getty Images.

A Landmark Youth Climate Trial Against the Canadian Government Is About to Begin 

By Dana Drugmand

A commercial fishing boat enters the harbor at Valdez, Alaska, with a view of the Chugach mountain range.

A Warming Climate Is All Over Alaska’s Senate Race. The Candidates Hardly Mention It.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Lehigh Valley resident Laurie Gilley helped form the South Whitehall Township Civic Alliance to fight a proposed data center in her community. Credit: Emilie Lounsberry/Inside Climate News

Data Centers Are ‘Front and Center’ in Pennsylvania’s Competitive Congressional Elections

By Emilie Lounsberry

A man walks past debris from houses damaged by devastating floods in Devighat, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, on Oct. 15, 2026.

UN Climate Fund Votes to Help Nepal, a Historic Step Far Short of the Need

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Demonstrators wave signs during a protest against AI data center development in rural Imperial, Calif., on July 18. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images

Where Opposition to Data Centers and Renewable Energy Projects Converge

By Dan Gearino

A sloth named Leeloo lays in a wooden enclosure at The Central Florida Zoo, which accepted Sloth World’s surviving animals earlier this year. Credit: Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Federal Lawmakers to Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Ban Wild Sloth Imports

By Kiley Price, Katie Surma

Sharon Wilson records methane emissions in the Permian Basin on Dec. 4, 2025. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

After a Decade of Efforts to Regulate Methane, the Trump Administration Promises New Rules

By Dylan Baddour

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers a keynote speech during the AI Horizons Summit on Sept. 17 in Pittsburgh. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

With a Trifecta, Pennsylvania Democrats Would Pass Energy Reforms and Rein in Data Centers

By Ben Seal

The Stargate Oracle AI data center campus is seen on Aug. 26 in Abilene, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds 

By Dylan Baddour

Locals voiced concerns about environmental damages from data center construction, water use and energy consumption at a meeting in Cody this October. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Wyoming Environmental Groups Debate Best Way to Manage Data Center Growth in the State

By Jake Bolster

Equipment sits idle at the construction site of a 480,000-square-foot AI data center on July 24, 2025, in Lewis Center, Ohio. Credit: Eli Hiller/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Pitchfork Populism’ Over Data Centers Rattles Ohio’s U.S. Senate Race

By Dan Gearino

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (center) stands with Energy Secretary Chris Wright and White House Border Czar Tom Homan as they listen to President Donald Trump speak at a campaign rally in Syracuse, N.Y., on Oct. 9. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Watchdog Questions Zeldin’s Tour With Embattled GOP Candidates

By Marianne Lavelle

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham speaks at a news conference to commemorate state-sponsored border wall construction on Nov. 26, 2024, in La Casita-Garciasville, Texas. Credit: Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images

Texas Land Commissioner Treads Carefully as Trump Border Wall Advances on State Property

By Martha Pskowski

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican gubernatorial challenger Bruce Blakeman debate ahead of the November election at the Spectrum News NY1 studios on Tuesday in New York City. Credit: Anna Connors/Getty Images

New York Candidates for Governor Clash Over Energy Policy

By Lauren Dalban

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