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China Could Reach Peak Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sooner Than Beijing Planned, New Report Suggests

Falling emissions from the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter could mean a global turning point.

By Georgina Gustin

Solar panels and wind turbines are seen at the Huaneng Binzhou new energy power generation project in Binzhou, China, on June 11, 2025. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images
Smoke emits from the stacks of ABC Coke in Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Citing National Security, Trump Has Abandoned Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Ovens

By Lee Hedgepeth

A coal fuel supply train sits adjacent to the stacks of the coal-fired units at the W.A. Parish Generating Station in Richmond, Texas. Credit: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Trump Will Order Defense Department to Buy Coal Power

By Phil McKenna

Blake Muir and his niece, Jennifer Sullivan, stand near a tank battery on his land in Gonzales County. Data shows it could come under nearly 15 feet of water in a 500-year flood. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

One of Georgia Power’s largest natural gas expansions will take place at the utility’s coal-fired Bowen power plant in Bartow County, Georgia. Credit: Alan Cressler/USGS

Georgia Power Gas Expansion Would Drive Significant Climate-Damaging Pollution

By Ryan Krugman

A view of chemical plants and factories in the Louisiana area known as Cancer Alley. Credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images

The State of Environmental Justice Under Trump 2.0

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

A view of the American Refining Group oil refinery in Bradford, Pa. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Must Act to Limit Greenhouse Gases, Lawyers Argue

By Kiley Bense

An oil pump jack operates in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

MethaneSAT Releases First Global Assessment of Oil and Gas Climate Pollution

By Martha Pskowski, Phil McKenna

Cattle are seen at a dairy farm in Porterville, Calif. Credit: David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images

California Explores First-Time Regulation on Dairy Methane Emissions

By Blanca Begert

Steam rises from one of the plants near the Houston Ship Channel on Jan. 26 in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds

By Kiley Price, Marianne Lavelle

People pump gas at a station on Aug. 03, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Looking Ahead to When Gas Stations Vanish

By Dan Gearino

A view of the Chevron Richmond Refinery in Contra Costa County, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Mapping Unequal Climate Risks in a Northern California County

By Liza Gross

Taylor Register, a water quality specialist with Sound Rivers, samples water from a ditch near White Oaks Farm in North Carolina. Credit: Courtesy of Samantha Krop

A Troubled Hog Farm in Wayne County, North Carolina, Is Hit With a New String of Violations

By Lisa Sorg

Julissa Hernandez used to run track and field as a student at Niagara Falls High School before her asthma forced her to quit. She believes the poor air quality in in the New York town contributed to her complications. Credit: Jennifer Wybieracki

How Two Teens in Niagara Falls Are Confronting Pollution and a Mental Health Crisis

By Jennifer Wybieracki

A compost bin sits outside a building in Queens, New York City. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Composting Fines for Buildings Are Back on in New York City

By Lauren Dalban

In Deer Park, Texas, flaring at plants near the Houston Ship Channel in below freezing temperatures on Monday, Jan. 26. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

The cooling towers and main unit of the Chinese–funded Sahiwal coal plant dominate the skyline above rural farmlands in Punjab, Pakistan. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

The Chinese Coal Offer Pakistan Couldn’t Afford But Didn’t Refuse

By Aman Azhar

Oil refineries off of the Houston Ship Channel in Houston, Texas. According to the United Nations, "fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for around 68 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions." Credit: Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images

Post-COP 30 Modeling Shows World Is Far Off Track for Climate Goals

By Ryan Krugman

A water pipeline from the T-Bar Ranch terminates at this water tower on the western side of Midland, Texas, where oil pump jacks operate. Credit: Paul Ratje/Inside Climate News

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years.

By Martha Pskowski

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