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Caribou and geese roam around Teshekpuk Lake in North Slope Borough, Alaska. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Diesel-fueled generators sit between buildings at the Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic

By Arcelia Martin

An oil platform looms in the distance off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif., on Aug. 25. Credit: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

An Oil Company Running Into Rough Waters off the California Coast Is Looking to Trump for Help

By Blanca Begert

A steelworker works in the coal field at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works in Pennsylvania on Dec. 17, 2024. Credit: Quinn Glabicki/The Washington Post via Getty Images

As the Government Abandons Clean Energy, Green Steelmaking Advocates Look for Other Paths Forward

By Kiley Bense

COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago (center) speaks during a press meeting at the climate conference in Belém, Brazil, on Monday. Credit: Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images

Poor Air, Glaring Lights and Stress Could Hobble COP30 Climate Talks

By Bob Berwyn

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who spoke at AFPI’s inaugural Global Energy Summit last month, helped establish the organization in the wake of Trump’s 2020 election defeat. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

One Year After Trump’s Election, This Group Is Celebrating Their Sway Over U.S. Energy Policy

By Aidan Hughes

Climate activists march across the Brooklyn Bridge on Aug. 9 to demand that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul stop the construction of the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline. Credit: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

A New York Gas Pipeline Is Closer to Construction, Despite Concerns From Lawmakers, Environmentalists

By Lauren Dalban

Arizona State University researchers use advanced mapping techniques to pinpoint locations where high levels of fecal bacteria are driving ocean contamination on West Hawaii’s coastline. Credit: Courtesy of ASU Global Airborne Observatory

Raw Sewage Sneaking Into West Hawaii’s Coastal Waters Threatens Coral Reefs and Public Health, Scientists Find

By Jaylan Sims

UN Secretary-General António Guterres attends a press conference during the United Nations’ Second World Summit for Social Development on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar. Credit: Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images

New UN Report Warns of Lagging Climate Action

By Bob Berwyn

A view of the Everglades on Miccosukee land in Florida. Credit: Lisette Morales McCabe/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Forever Chemicals’ Represent New Environmental Threat for Florida’s Fragile Everglades

By Amy Green

U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, an industrial plant that emits benzene, particulate matter and other pollutants, in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on an early morning in October when atmospheric conditions trapped air pollution close to the ground.

The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. The Real Emissions Are Far Worse.

By Lisa Song, photography by Annie Flanagan for ProPublica

A view of the coal-fired Coal Creek Station power plant near Underwood, N.D. Credit: Dan Koeck/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Burning Money’: Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants

By Anika Jane Beamer

A man wades through floodwater on Oct. 18, 2022, in Johi, Pakistan. Nearly one-third of Pakistan was deeply affected by flooding which hit the country in 2022. Credit: Getty Images

Climate Disaster Survivors in the Global South Take Legal Action Against European Carbon Majors

By Dana Drugmand

Data centers are energy-intensive, running servers around the clock to power streams of computer computations. Credit: Bastien Ohier/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images

A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well

By Lisa Sorg

A view of Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far

By Marianne Lavelle

The settlement payout compensates customers for expenses in avoiding drinking water tainted with a “forever chemical” in October 2021. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

NJ Residents to Receive $4.9 Million Settlement for PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water

By Jon Hurdle

A view of Meta’s newly constructed data center on July 18, 2024, in Eagle Mountain, Utah. Credit: George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach, New Reports Say

By Jake Bolster

Coal and coke waste is seen piled high at an industrial site in Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In a ‘Disheartening’ Era, the Nation’s Former Top Mining Regulator Speaks Out

By Lee Hedgepeth

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