Business & Finance

The World Bank Has Withdrawn a Major Loan to an Agribusiness Tied to Deforestation 

The reversal comes after environmental and Indigenous rights groups pushed the bank to acknowledge environmental concerns. More watchdogging of development banks is on the horizon, they say.

By Georgina Gustin

SEC Issues Warning to Investment Firms That Challenged ExxonMobil

By Nicholas Kusnetz

SEC Move Would Make it Harder for Shareholders to Push Companies on Climate Action

By Dimuthu Attanayake

Meta Announces Large Solar Purchase Agreement in Texas, But It’s Powering Some Data Centers With Gas

By Lauren Nutall

Alito’s Recusal From Climate Case: Too Little, Too Late?

By Marianne Lavelle

Will a Data Center Join the Philadelphia Bellwether District’s Mix of Manufacturers and Warehouses?

By Daniel Perrin

A Severe Drought Is Straining the Panama Canal. Could Global Warming Make It Worse?

By Kiley Price

The Trump Administration Has Spent Billions Boosting Gas Exports, Spurring More Fracking

By Nicholas Kusnetz

In South America, Chinese EVs Are Racing Ahead

By Dan Gearino, Katie Surma

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

By Ajani Stella

ExxonMobil Uses Corporate Arbitration System to Challenge Climate Solution It Promotes

By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz

More Countries Are Factoring Fairness Into the Clean Energy Transition

By Bob Berwyn

Louisiana Communities Are in the Dark on Toxic Air, and Industry Helped Keep It That Way

By Ames Alexander/Floodlight

North Carolina Energy Company Accused of Fraud Files for Bankruptcy

By Lisa Sorg

In Search of Funding to Fight the Climate Crisis, Local Leaders Turn to Diplomacy

By Ajani Stella

Without Tax Credits, EV Sales Are Searching for a Spark

By Dan Gearino

The World’s Largest Meat Company Abandons Its Climate and Deforestation Goals

By Georgina Gustin

As America Celebrates 250th, Murkiness Surrounds Trump-Backed Planning Fund

By Amy Green

Millions in Climate Investments for Developing Countries Were Just Announced. It’s Not Nearly Enough.

By Ajani Stella