Swedish teen's climate mission gets mixed response
Greta Thunberg was protesting in front of the Swedish parliament on Friday, just like she has almost every week for the past year.
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Billionaire Chris Cline dies in helicopter crash, governor says
West Virginia coal billionaire and philanthropist Chris Cline and six others died in a helicopter crash near the Bahamas on Thursday, that state's governor said.
Liquefied natural gas boom on collision course with climate change
America's liquefied natural gas boom has a climate change problem, according to a report released on Monday.
Startup Aspiration takes on big banks
An online bank backed by Leonardo DiCaprio is luring hundreds of thousands of Wells Fargo's customers by promising to be the opposite of the scandal-tarred big bank.
Hundreds of climate protesters stage blockade in German coal mine
Hundreds of climate change protesters broke into a huge open cast mine in western Germany Saturday to protest against the country's ongoing dependence on fossil fuels.
Pollution affects nation's health
On Wednesday, the US Environmental Protection Agency under President Trump finalized its rollback of President Obama's signature climate policy -- the Clean Power Plan, which aimed to reduce coal-fired power plant emissions. The administration will replace the plan with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule.
EPA rolls back Obama-era plan limiting coal plant emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said states can set their own carbon emissions standards for coal-fired power plants -- a rule that the agency itself says could result in 1,400 more premature deaths by 2030 than the Obama-era plan it will replace.
America's renewable energy capacity now greater than coal
America's coal industry has already been left in the dust by natural gas. Now it's under immense pressure from the renewable energy boom.
GE aims to slash 1,000 jobs in France
General Electric revealed plans on Tuesday to slash up to 1,044 jobs in France in a bid to halt the downward spiral of the conglomerate's power business.
2020 is team oil vs. team climate change
As Americans gas up for the start of the summer driving season, they'll pay the highest Memorial Day prices at the pump since 2014. And they'll have trouble finding any sort of middle lane in the oil wars of American politics.
NYT: New EPA method could limit pollution death estimates
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to use a different method to estimate the "future health risks of air pollution" in an analysis of a proposed new rule, The New York Times reported Monday.
O'Rourke pledges to reject oil, gas exec donations
Beto O'Rourke signed a pledge to turn away donations from fossil fuel industry executives Wednesday, moving to blunt criticism that has dogged his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
Andrew Wheeler returns to Senate for EPA confirmation hearing
Two very different views of the Environmental Protection Agency are set to clash on Wednesday, when acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler testifies at his confirmation hearing.
US carbon emissions rise sharply in 2018
After three years of decline, climate-change-causing carbon emissions rose sharply in the United States last year, according to new research.
More coal-fired power plants have closed under Trump than in Obama's first term
It sits on the banks of the Monongahela River like a monstrous monument to extinction.
15 miners remain trapped in India as flooding thwarts rescue efforts
Nearly two weeks after 15 miners became trapped in an illegal coal mine in northeastern India, rescue efforts to save them have been hampered by more flooding.
13 dead in Czech coal mine explosion
A methane gas explosion in a coal mine in the northeast of the Czech Republic has killed 13 miners, the mining company said on Friday.
World climate talks end in agreement -- barely
After two weeks of discordant and emotional negotiations, the nations of the world agreed Saturday night on a set of rules meant to help curb global warming.
COP24: Climate conference in the heart of Poland's coal country
There's a certain irony that when world leaders meet in early December at the COP24 global climate conference, they will be doing so in the heart of Poland's coal country.
EPA rolls back coal rule despite climate change warnings
The Trump administration will reverse an Obama-era coal emissions rule as part of its effort to loosen restrictions on the coal industry, just days after a US government report warned that aggressive action is needed to curb greenhouse gases and ease the impact of global warming.
Trump EPA to strike blow against climate rules, reports say
The Trump administration is set to roll back Obama-era rules on climate change regulation that will make it easier to build new coal plants, according to reports in Axios and The New York Times.
No G20 countries are meeting climate targets, says report
None of the countries that make up the G20 group of major world economies is on course to adequately reduce climate change, with 82% of the bloc's energy supply still coming from fossil fuels, a new report has warned.
