Nicholas Kusnetz

Congress took the unprecedented step this week of repealing management plans for public lands in three states in an effort to expand access to fossil fuel mining and drilling. Critics of the move warn it could inject a new level of uncertainty into management of these areas and open a wave of litigation over leasing […]

A report finds that the top producers of coal, gas and oil are planning to mine and drill even more of the fuels in 2030 than they were two years ago.

The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for the satellites, which are in good working order and provide some of the best data on carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere.

The reserve had been proposed to protect Indigenous people living in isolation along the border with Brazil. Indigenous groups called the vote a setback that could endanger inhabitants and expose the forest to logging.

An estimated 7,000 Indigenous people live in voluntary isolation in the country’s Amazon forests, but they face increased threats from logging, mining, oil and gas drilling and drug trafficking.

A wildfire burning since July 4 has closed the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park for the rest of the season.

Draft legislation released by the Senate Finance Committee includes $18 billion in new tax benefits for oil and gas companies and guts those for renewable energy and electric vehicles.

The agency’s acting head faced questioning by lawmakers over canceled grants, plans to limit relief and a projected $8 billion disaster fund deficit.

The South American nation has partnered with an American company to sell “carbon securities” under Paris Agreement rules. Experts say the approach could prompt a global wave of corporate greenwashing.

The Biden administration placed landmark limits on toxic pollutants from petrochemicals and other industries. Now, the Trump administration is offering to waive the requirements.

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