Max Bearak

The Trump administration’s deep cuts to clean-energy programs are raising concerns about U.S. commitments to the lender.

In announcing a $35 billion program to bring inexpensive solar power to some 300 million Africans, officials left out two words: climate change.

The United States would be one of only four countries outside the Paris Agreement, which is designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called the project “foundational to everything.”

When it comes to gas exports and competition with China, the two administrations share a similar vision, the top U.S. energy diplomat says.

As a researcher at several universities and an adviser at NASA, he used data analysis to show how the planet’s different systems are interrelated.

New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline have reignited a generations-old debate over identity and environmental stewardship.

The financing plan, which calls for $300 billion per year in support for developing nations, was immediately assailed as inadequate by a string of delegates.

Western countries are confronting demands for trillions of dollars to fight climate change and to cope with its worsening effects.

The economy of Azerbaijan, host of COP29, relies almost entirely on the fossil fuels that are the main driver of global warming.