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Wildfires Are Reversing Years of US Air Quality Gains, Study Finds
Wildfires have worsened ozone levels across the United States so much over the last decade that they have reversed around four years of progress, a new study has found. Surface ozone levels, or smog concentrations, stea…
Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats—and Has Determined Protectors
Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek, a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, was 7 years old when he attended his first rice harvest in northern Wisconsin. He and his sister rode in a canoe while his mom push…
The Terrible Combined With the Good
The Ratepayer Protection Act, making its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas. On one side, the bill would rein in data centers and their ravenous power consumption, and shield North C…
Thursday’s flurry of coal news from energy officials included $425 million to extend the life of 12 coal plants in several states, such as $50 million from the…
BOULDER, Colo.—The federal government will impose a 10-year operating framework for managing water use in the Colorado River Basin by the end of this summer if…
Duke Energy could receive $28.4 million in taxpayer money to upgrade two coal-fired power units in Person County, North Carolina, where residents are already c…
Mangrove forests have adapted over tens of millions of years to survive in harsh flooding from salty seas, while locking away vast stores of climate-warming ca…
The worldwide fallout from the U.S. war in Iran isn’t limited to gas prices. The largely blocked Strait of Hormuz has become “a critical failure point for glob…
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 5 June 2026: UK eyes 2040 emis…
Solar power has been a major element of China’s renewables buildout since the mid-2010s. The... The post Chart: Why China’s solar boom is slowing down appeared…
SEATTLE—Tribal bison were on an extraordinary roll before the second term of President Donald J. Trump. Herds were expanding across Indian Country, as was Nati…
Four years after the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire burned 341,471 acres in northern New Mexico, the massive burn scar from the most destructive blaze in state …
Georgia’s two largest utility proceedings of the year were settled last month between Georgia regulators and Georgia Power. Customers and utility advocates see…
The New York Legislature passed a one-year moratorium Thursday night on data center permits, the latest sign of pushback amid a nationwide rush to build the po…
