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Paris climate agreement UK ranks fifth in table assessing EU actions to cut carbon emissions by 40%, with most countries gaining wiggle room via loopholes <!--><!--><!--><!--> Poland,...

In rebuke to Trump policy, GE chief says ‘climate change is real.'

General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey Immelt defended efforts to reduce emissions and fight climate change, after President Donald Trump reversed rules that pushed...

Activists say pipeline environmental assessment ‘appallingly incomplete.’

While North Carolina activists fight the Atlantic Coast Pipeline with protest songs and camera-grabbing marches, they’re also waging a quieter legal battle via the...

A look at how Trump's moves on coal will affect the industry.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's move to roll back Obama-era regulations aimed at curbing climate change comes as the coal industry is...

Kentucky Gov. Bevin, 18 states call for Trump EPA to back off.

Letter was written by the Texas attorney general Buy Photo Gov. Matt Bevin(Photo: The Courier-Journal)Buy Photo Story Highlights Two-time EPA administrator in Republican administrations says proposed EPA cuts...

Oil-sands operators bet on local advantage as U.S. partners flee.

Now that multinational energy producers have sold their stakes in Canada’s oil sands, local companies are hatching plans to make some real changes. Cenovus Energy...

Advocates say industrial lobbyists play outsized role in blocking Ohio clean energy.

Ohio lawmakers may be relying upon an industrial energy lobbying group more than they should, a watchdog group suggests after reviewing emails between lobbyists...

Conservative civil war brews over climate policies.

U.S. EPA boss Scott Pruitt is under fire from some conservatives who think he's playing it safe. Photo courtesy of @EPAScottPruitt via Twitter. Infighting over...

'Unacceptable' that some fuel from spill can't be cleaned: First Nation chief.

An oily rainbow−like sheen on the waters surrounding a diesel fuel spill off the north coast of Vancouver Island cannot be cleaned up, sparking...

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