Environment
Berlin divided over nuclear energy assessment in EU climate policy
A rift appears to be forming within Germany's new coalition government over the question of whether nuclear energy should be deemed sustainable at EU level."Discussions are under way at...
Bees Are Under Threat from Climate Change, the Trade War and Doge
Under blue skies, where low-rolling hills rise south of the Canadian border in the tiny town of Adams, N.D., a couple braves the stench of old honey, wax, smoke...
Environment secretary Steve Reed to unveil farming reforms to ease tension over inheritance tax
The government will announce a series of policy sweeteners for farmers who remain angry over the decision to impose inheritance tax on farms.Environment Secretary Steve Reed will address the...
Shell and Equinor Oil and Gas Production Is Blocked at Sites Off British Coast
A court in Scotland blocked the production of oil and gas on Thursday at two large project sites being developed in British waters until their impact on climate change...
E.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees.
Owners of electric cars in Vermont recently got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles with some bad news. Starting Jan. 1 they would have to pay $178...
Trump’s Executive Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback
If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse. He will erase tax credits for electric vehicle purchases, federal grants...
‘Drill baby drill’: Trump takes aim at clean energy, climate change and the environment on day one
On the day he took his oath of office, President Trump promised to sign numerous executive orders that stand to undercut California’s aggressive auto emission standards, undo Biden-era environmental...
World Economic Forum: Davos Braces for Political Drama as the World Warms
And Mr. Trump, too, will be unavoidable in Davos, even if he is not there in person. (He is expected to give a speech in a virtual appearance on...
Millions of Americans’ water has forever chemicals or other contaminants
Nearly one-third of people across the U.S. may be exposed to unregulated contaminants in their drinking water.Twenty-seven percent of public water systems around the U.S.—serving approximately 97 million Americans—had...
Fence-line communities hope plastics treaty might ease pollution burden
Organizers in communities near the petrochemical plants that produce plastics hope that a global treaty to limit plastic waste can reduce the toxic emissions polluting their air and water.Community...
