Lawmakers call it the most significant climate victory to pass Congress in a decade. It includes aid and tax credits for wind and solar, and requires phasedown of HFCs.
The proposed rule change would limit the ability of states and tribes to block pipeline plans over concerns for water safety.
Pipeline builder TransCanada is also getting pushback on the Keystone XL expansion, just approved in Nebraska. Native American tribes say they'll fight it.
People in poor communities hit hard by the hurricane are rationing their food, water and propane, and hospitals are trying to operate on shaky power supplies.
Nationwide, rising temperatures could lower U.S. GDP by 6 percent this century while worsening economic inequality, the authors say. It’s “the poor getting poorer.”
In a CNBC interview the EPA administrator contradicts his own Senate testimony. Scientists worry the agency will reverse key findings on carbon dioxide pollution.
After Army Corps reverses course on a promised environmental review following President Trump's directive, pipeline opponents vow to fight back in court.
By writing a five-year plan with no leases for oil drilling in the Alaskan Arctic, President Obama—and market forces—provide roadblocks for Trump to change.