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Renewable energy broke records last year, but so did gas generation. That's a climate problem

The delivery of disaster aid is on the Government Accountability Office's High-Risk List for the first time as climate-related costs soar, Federal Emergency Management Agency staffing lags, and the Trump administration makes further cuts

The Trump administration’s moves to slash Forest Service personnel and pause wildfire-related grants have left states to pick up the pieces on prevention and mitigation

The U.S. is skipping a meeting for the next IPCC report, a sweeping science assessment on the current state of climate change, raising concerns about delays

A powerful derecho last year caused more damage to Houston’s tallest buildings than Hurricane Beryl. Scientists wanted to know why

OSHA webpages removed for containing the word “diversity” had no relation to gender or racial diversity

At an emotional meeting, NSF officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come

After firing 200 first-year employees this weekend, FEMA was directed "to make a list" of anyone who worked on climate or equity

America's status as a global science leader is in doubt as the administration freezes funding and targets research that references climate or diversity

The Department of Energy, Forest Service and Office of Personnel Management are among agencies that have begun firing staffers

President Trump ordered EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to decide by next week whether the agency could abandon its authority to regulate climate pollution under the Clean Air Act

Billions of dollars for rural electric cooperatives are stuck in limbo as the Department of Agriculture continues the Trump administration’s funding freeze, despite federal court orders

Mass layoffs at the U.S. climate and weather agency would have a ripple effect across the economy, say former NOAA officials

The Trump administration has halted funding for a $5-billion program that Congress created to help states build out their electric vehicle charging network

President Donald Trump’s purge of diversity initiatives has affected both federal agencies and the institutions they fund, including those that work with Indigenous communities

A climate office at the Department of Health and Human Services has been shuttered, and its staff was placed on administrative leave

Two judges have ordered the Trump administration to lift a freeze on spending, including at the Environmental Protection Agency. But nonprofits and states still can’t get money for contracts that are backed by the Inflation Reduction Act

President Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could hit the electric vehicle, solar, battery and wind industries particularly hard

Chris Rocheleau, Trump’s pick for acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, has been a longtime agency official and has acknowledged the need to address global warming

President Donald Trump’s sudden move to freeze federal grants is hitting states where people are struggling to recover from wildfires and hurricanes

The Trump administration has ordered a halt to “all federal financial assistance,” covering areas from domestic infrastructure and energy projects to foreign aid

Drivers for ride-hailing apps helped evacuate people during the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area. But by classifying such workers as contractors, California’s Proposition 22 excludes them from state rules that require companies to protect employees from workplace exposure to smoke

Climate disasters such as the recent Los Angeles–area fires are making it harder to prepare for more climate disasters

President Trump has revoked a 1994 directive that required agencies to protect minority or low-income areas from pollution and health hazards