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Treasury Tightens Rules for Wind and Solar Tax Credits, But Offers Leeway
Wind and solar projects will have to meet more difficult work requirements to continue to access federal tax credits over the next four years, under guidance the Trump administration unveiled Friday. Although renewable energy advocates said that the Treasury Department’s new guidelines amounted to an acceleration of the phaseout of federal support for wind and […]
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:
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‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability
In the aftermath of an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works that injured 20 workers in July 2010, the Allegheny County emergency management chief was grateful it hadn’t been worse. “By the grace of God, nobody’s dead,” Robert A. Full said. “It’s a miracle no one was killed.” The 2010 accident—which prompted multiple lawsuits […]
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions
In May, the U.S. Department of Energy ordered Michigan’s Campbell coal plant to stay open, despite its plans to shut down after more than 60 years of operation. A week later, DOE ordered the Eddystone oil and gas plant in Pennsylvania to do the same. The reason, according to the Trump administration, was an inadequate […]
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:Plastic Pollution Talks in Geneva End Without Treaty
The UN eyes further negotiations, but global discord on limiting an escalating crisis makes next steps unclear.
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:DeBriefed 15 August 2025: Raging wildfires; Xi’s priorities; Factchecking the Trump climate report
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 15 August 2025: Raging wildfires; Xi’s priorities; Factchecking the Trump climate report appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided
The latest round of UN-led talks have ended in deadlock, with disputes over plastic production and recycling.
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:Campaigners sue Chilean government over copper mining pollution
The case comes after Climate Home News revealed that uncontrolled air pollution has put people's health at risk in Chile's copper mining heartland The post Campaigners sue Chilean government over copper mining pollution appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:New York Already Denied Permits to These Gas Pipelines. Under Trump, They Could Get Greenlit
Hundreds of New Yorkers rallied against new natural gas pipelines in their state as a deadline loomed for the public to comment on a revived proposal to expand the gas pipeline that supplies downstate New York. Oklahoma-based natural gas company the Williams Cos. had shelved that pipeline and another New York project years ago over […]
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:Plastics treaty talks collapse without a deal after “chaotic” negotiations
UN talks ran into overtime, ending with a standoff over whether a treaty should include curbs on plastic production and the way forward unclear The post Plastics treaty talks collapse without a deal after “chaotic” negotiations appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:Chicago Aims To Have Most Air Pollution Sensors in the US
City officials are scrambling to install nearly 300 high-quality air pollution sensors across Chicago, a network that would be the largest in the U.S. and one of the biggest worldwide. The plan is to have the monitors up by the end of summer as city officials try to get a handle on the poor air […]
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:Temperatures and Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise
Last year, Venezuela lost its last glacier. Neighboring Colombia also saw a glacier melt out of existence. Around the world, all 58 glaciers monitored by the American Meteorological Society lost mass during 2024. Since observations began in 1970, only one other year saw every monitored glacier shrink: 2023. Now 2024 appears to have broken grim […]
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports
Forget Indigenous rights, climate change and environmental protection. That’s the stark message from the latest edition of the U.S. Department of State’s reports on human rights practices across the world, according to an Inside Climate News analysis. The 196 country reports released Tuesday—relied on by businesses, lawmakers, courts, civil society, diplomats and others—cover issues during […]
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Clock runs down on global plastics pact with no deal in sight
After two and a half years of talks, fierce divisions over whether to tackle plastic production as well as waste are holding back an agreement The post Clock runs down on global plastics pact with no deal in sight appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:BBC Inside Science
Fashion meets science. An expert panel discuss the clothing of the future.
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims
A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US... The post Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Virtual Power Plants Showed Up for Their Biggest Test Yet. Here Are the Results
If what happened on July 29 in California is any indication of the future of the power grid, then there is reason for optimism. Let’s look at it from the perspective of Tom Weldon, who owns a house on the south end of San Jose and has rooftop solar and a battery system. Weldon didn’t […]
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Governments are avoiding renewable energy goals – and it matters
Despite a pledge to triple global renewables capacity by 2030, national targets have barely increased in the past two years, leaving investors without a strong signal The post Governments are avoiding renewable energy goals – and it matters appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:A Vermont Forest Tries a New Model of Growth, Diversity and Logging
Each year, Justin Lindholm uses about two-and-a-half gallons of gasoline to get through the winter. It’s just enough, he said, to power his chainsaw to chop the four to five cords of logs that fuel his wood stove and heat his home through the season. “I love working wood, I always have,” he said. At […]
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Hungary’s bet on EV battery boom hits bumps in the road
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wants to turn his country into a European battery hub, but environmental opposition to factories and stagnating EV demand threaten the plan The post Hungary’s bet on EV battery boom hits bumps in the road appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Watch: Meteor shower seen in skies above UK
The astronomical event was captured on camera at North York Moors National Park on 13 August.
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Urban wildfire risk rising due to hot dry summers, scientists warn
Rising temperatures are increasing the chances of multiple wildfires at the same time, researchers say.
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Hot, dry summers bring new 'firewave' risk to UK cities, scientists warn
Rising temperatures are increasing the chances of multiple wildfires at the same time, researchers say.
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Department of Energy Announces the Selection of 11 Projects for New Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected 11 projects for a nuclear reactor pilot program, with hopes of fully developing three of the projects by July 2026. Under the program, the department will expedite these projects through its authorization procedure for nuclear reactors, and assign teams to work with the companies to help them through […]
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:COP30 host Brazil drops support for plastic products ban in new global pact
Diplomats at UN plastics talks told Climate Home that Brazil's positions have been more aligned with major oil producers during the current round of talks in Geneva The post COP30 host Brazil drops support for plastic products ban in new global pact appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:Brazil insists it will host COP30 in Belém, despite accommodation worries
A document sent to COP bureau members by the Brazilian hosts says the UN talks will stay in the Amazon city of Belém and argues enough beds are available The post Brazil insists it will host COP30 in Belém, despite accommodation worries appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:Dominion Changes Its Answer—Admitting There Was No Independent Review–On Key Application For Natural Gas Plant
Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest electric utility, did not have an independent monitor review bids for its planned gas plant in Chesterfield County and now has told state authorities that it alone reviewed the bids. Questions raised by Virginia’s Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Counsel prompted Dominion this month to amend its months-old filing about the […]
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:Cropped 13 August 2025: Fossil-fuelled bird decline; ‘Deadly’ wildfires; Empty nature fund
We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food... The post Cropped 13 August 2025:Fossil-fuelled bird decline; ‘Deadly’ wildfires; Empty nature fund appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:Evacuations in Alaska after glacial melt raises fears of record flooding
Meltwater is escaping from a basin that is dammed by a glacier - prompting fears of a deluge in state capital Juneau.
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions?
RIFLE, Colo.—The vegetation along the Colorado River as it runs next to Interstate 70 is lush in early June, soaking up the tail end of this year’s meager spring runoff as it makes its way West. But as you approach Rifle, Colorado, splotches of dry grass begin popping up on the slopes above the river’s […]
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:An Environmental Justice Test Case for Trump’s EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death
DURHAM, N.C.—On a summer afternoon in Burton Park, hip-hop throbs from a car stereo over the backbeat of a basketball slapping on concrete. The sun bakes a grid of identical brick buildings, whose wheezing window air conditioners can barely keep pace with the 96-degree heat. Three young boys laugh and shout as they speed down […]
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:RAGBRAI, the World’s Largest Recreational Bike Ride, Is Getting Hotter and Harder
Laura Ferguson has a strict no-plastic-water-bottle rule when she bikes across Iowa. She has managed to complete 19 RAGBRAIs—the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa—relying solely on hoses, taps and her reusable water bottles. But on a blisteringly hot Wednesday this July, with 72 miles of Iowa roadways to cover, Ferguson finally caved, accepting […]
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:Will Endangerment Finding Repeal Trigger New State Actions on Climate?
President Donald Trump’s administration is not the first to declare it has no legal authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Twenty-two years ago, President George W. Bush’s administration came to the same conclusion, but that was hardly the end of the matter. The Bush decision touched off an era of aggressive legal and regulatory action […]
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source:Inside Australia's billion-dollar bid to take on China's rare earth dominance
Recent moves by Beijing have got businesses worried - and Australia is looking to offer an alternative.
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source:The Trump Administration’s Concerted Attacks on Wind Threaten the Industry’s Future
In the weeks leading up to his inauguration, President Donald Trump made a pledge: “no new windmills.” He’s made major headway on that this year. Since January, the administration has issued a flurry of orders and actions disrupting wind development on the country’s federal lands and waters, which has had ripple effects across the industry. […]
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source:A Week of Gulf South Solidarity in New York City
NEW YORK—Manning Rollerson stood at the glass doors of Chubb Insurance’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters, a petition in hand and a Houston Texans cap shading his face. Chants echoed off the surrounding buildings, but no company representatives came out—only building security. Rollerson’s request was clear: He wanted Chubb to stop insuring fossil fuel projects near his […]
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source: