Accusations of industry capture, allegedly secret working groups, and the resignations of two researchers—a scandal is rocking the world of carbon emissions accounting.

Trump and the tech CEOs have a lot in common—not least their sense of total impunity.

Accusations of industry capture, allegedly secret working groups, and the resignations of two researchers—a scandal is rocking the world of carbon emissions accounting.

The Trump administration is touting its recent rollback of Biden-era fuel efficiency standards as a win for American car manufacturers. It couldn’t have things more backward.

Accusations of industry capture, allegedly secret working groups, and the resignations of two researchers—a scandal is rocking the world of carbon emissions accounting.

The Trump administration’s wildly permissive attitude toward the AI industry isn’t just bad for the environment and public health (and maybe our collective survival). It’s bad for the companies too.

Data centers may be the perfect encapsulation of an economy built to benefit the already rich. After construction started on a vast facility in Vineland, New Jersey, residents didn’t just get mad; the...

Data centers may be the perfect encapsulation of an economy built to benefit the already rich. After construction started on a vast facility in Vineland, New Jersey, residents didn’t just get mad; the...

A new U.N. climate report says ​that massive amounts of carbon capture and storage can keep a long-shot climate goal within reach. ​But nobody should be counting on it.

It’s been one disaster after another. And it may pale compared to what’s coming.

The party has gone quiet on the issue. As a heat wave sends temperatures soaring past 100, they can’t remain mum any longer.

The party has gone quiet on the issue. As a heat wave sends temperatures soaring past 100, they can’t remain mum any longer.

The Trump administration is trying to further defund the monitoring of harmful algal blooms. It’s fitting that the president would be faced with an algal bloom in his own backyard.

American reactionary futurism on display in Detroit.

He acts like he has special knowledge about how best to regulate his company. But he’s a CEO like any CEO, and he wants what all CEOs want: to write his own rules.

Bo French is running a deranged culture-war campaign for a spot on the powerful Texas Railroad Commission. The race says everything about where Republicans are today.

Abelardo De La Espriella has all the strongman trappings the Trump administration loves—and the White House seems bent on his winning.

​Researchers concluded that one future climate scenario is unlikely to happen. Right-wingers went wild.

​Researchers concluded that one future climate scenario is unlikely to happen. Right-wingers went wild.

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