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Guardian

Trump touts climate savings but new rule set to push up US prices

Critics accuse administration of ‘cooking the books’ by claiming US would save $1.3tn from climate finding reversal

Dharna Noor · 23 seconds ago
Grist

Trump just killed the EPA’s ability to fight climate change. It may backfire.

The EPA’s repeal of the “endangerment finding” could threaten automakers and oil companies — if it survives in court.

Jake Bittle · February 16, 2026
Inside Climate News

Trump’s climate repeal will kill America’s transition from gas guzzlers to EVs

Tailpipe emission standards were slashed along with the scientific basis for regulating them.

Marianne Lavelle and Dan Gearino · February 15, 2026
Canary Media

A new Ohio bill could be a de facto statewide ban on solar and wind

The state is mulling a bill that calls for all new generation to be “affordable, reliable, and clean” — but its strained definitions would exclude renewables.

Kathiann M. Kowalski · February 13, 2026

Wired

The fight over US climate rules is just beginning

As the EPA moves to roll back the endangerment finding, which allows it to regulate greenhouse gases, experts predict uncertainty for business and a protracted legal fight.

Molly Taft · February 12, 2026
Vox.com

Meet the unbearably cute patients at this one-of-a-kind hospital for bats

See inside Tolga Bat Hospital, a place for Australia’s injured and orphaned flying foxes.

Benji Jones · February 10, 2026
Grist

The US lost $35B in clean energy projects last year

A new report indicates that Trump administration policies led to billions of dollars in canceled investment and tens of thousands of lost jobs.

Naveena Sadasivam · February 6, 2026
Grist

Japan’s unprecedented project could test the limits of deep-sea mining

Japan is spending five weeks mining the seafloor. It is a technological milestone — and a stress test for how nations balance geopolitics, clean energy demand, and environmental risk.

Rachel Ramirez · February 3, 2026

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The world is hitting a point of no return on climate

With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences

Fred Pearce · January 28, 2026
Grist

How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly

From winter wildfires in Los Angeles to the unchecked growth of data centers, here are the big climate stories we covered in 2025.

Matt Simon · December 27, 2025
Inside Climate News

Climate change is coming for Christmas

Stunted trees, pricey chocolate, threatened reindeer, scant snow—warming is taking a toll.

Kiley Price · December 22, 2025
Grist

We’re all at risk if Trump dismantles this legendary lab

Breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research would be a "genuinely shocking self-inflicted wound."

Matt Simon · December 18, 2025