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President Donald Trump holds up a Trump Digs Coal sign as he arrives to speak during a Make America Great Again Rally at Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia in August.

The Trump Administration Released a Plan to Fight Climate Change. It Could Actually Make Things Worse

The Trump Administration released a new plan Tuesday to reduce carbon dioxi...

The Trump Administration released a new plan Tuesday to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and address climate change. But the proposed regulation from the Environmental Protection Agency, which would replace the Obama-era Clean...

A Los Angeles city firefighter walks through a charred field as he looks for hot spots after the Carr Fire burned through the area on July 29, 2018 in Redding, California.

California Wildfires Are Causing Billions in Damage. Who Will Pay?

In the past few decades, wildfire season in California has expanded from a ...

In the past few decades, wildfire season in California has expanded from a few months each year to a year-long phenomenon. This summer's Carr and Mendocino Complex fires — which together have burned more than...

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Is the Coming Natural Gas Boom Good for the Climate? Depends Who You Ask

Natural gas production in the U.S. is about to experience another boom with...

Natural gas production in the U.S. is about to experience another boom with production increasing 10% this year over 2017 and 60% in the next two decades, according to a new report from IHS Markit....

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Environment on Capitol Hill April 26,

Scott Pruitt Is Fighting a Growing List of Scandals by Going to the Heartland

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is on a publicity tour and media blitz to sa...

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is on a publicity tour and media blitz to save his political career, but unless you live in a select few heartland states or listen to conservative talk radio, you wouldn't...

Perovskite Solar Cells in the lab at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Inside the New Technology That Could Transform the Solar Power Industry

The future of solar power has looked increasingly bright in recent years th...

The future of solar power has looked increasingly bright in recent years thanks to the plummeting cost of silicon solar panels and a global push for clean energy sources to address climate change. In the...

An employee installs a solar panel on the roof of a home in Los Angeles. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

California's Requirement for Residential Solar Panels Could Transform the U.S. Energy Industry

"This is potentially the beginning of what we'll see across America"

U.S. President Donald Trump announces his decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room at the White House on May 8

How Pulling Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal Could Hurt the U.S. Economy

President Donald Trump promised crippling sanctions targeting Iran and anyo...

President Donald Trump promised crippling sanctions targeting Iran and anyone that helps develop its nuclear program as he announced the U.S. will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. "We will be instituting the highest level...