President Trump came into office promising to save coal and coal jobs. Instead, the industry has continued to slide. The question now is--how far will it go?
As the Trump administration creates policies to prop up coal and nuclear power plants, meet the man who is looking beyond fossil fuels to power the grid.
President Trump says a key phone call at the center of the Ukraine scandal was Rick Perry’s idea. Is he throwing his Energy Secretary under the bus?
How do you change the minds of climate deniers and people -- say the President -- who doubt the scientific process in general? We ask a philosopher of science for some answers.
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It was substantive. And it was long. Leah Stokes, a professor of environmental politics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, read all the candidates' climate plans, watched all 7 hours, and has a lot to say about it all.
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A top climate scientist resigned from the Agriculture Department this month. Lewis Ziska says the USDA buried his research.
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The nation's nuclear fleet is aging. What should we do about it?
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The Trump administration has rolled back more than 80 environmental regulations but some states are fighting back. No state has been more successful in the resistance against Trump's environmental deregulations than California.
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He made the claim that he’s leading the world in environmental leadership. Sounds like gaslighting to us.
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It's here: President Trump's not-so-ambitious plan to deal with climate change. So now what?
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There wasn't a single question about global warming in the 2016 presidential debates. Will 2020 be different?
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An energy future with zero carbon emissions seems like a reasonable goal in light of the recent dire climate warnings. But is it even feasible? And what would it take to get there?
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Once upon a time politicians from both parties endorsed taking actions to avert what was by then understood to be an existential problem for humanity. So what happened?
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Despite some recent setbacks, companies are still racing to drill on public land. In New Mexico, demand is so high that regulators can’t keep up.
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Now that a proposal is on the table, some see it as a chance to create jobs and equalize the economy. But critics say it should laser focus on climate action.
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What happens when environmental laws and rules aren't enforced? When the environmental cops just aren't on the beat?
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A multiyear investigation by NPR and Frontline found that this decades-old problem is one federal regulators could have—but didn’t—address.
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It could include going 100% renewable energy and a federal jobs guarantee. Could this be a New Deal for a new generation?
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