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Climate finance is in a period of flux, but there are pathways to scaling up funding to meet the moment.

States are investing in clean energy and lowering electricity bills through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

The Trump administration is proposing to strip away multiple critical protections, weakening financial, environmental, and public accountability for the oil and gas industry. 

Guess who’s paying?

New research shows that cities, utilities, hyperscalers, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders can work together to prioritize community-focused energy investments to manage rapid load growth while delivering direct local benefits.

Global conflicts are forcing economies that are dependent on fossil fuel imports like India to trade climate progress for energy survival. 

Cynical “futility argument” is an overlooked part of the agency’s backtracking on the climate crisis.  

The data center pressures seen in the United States and Europe are likely to spread as digital infrastructure expands worldwide. Countries need guardrails to avoid fossil lock-in, protect communities, and keep costs from rising.

Two years ago, BLM modernized its strategies for conserving water, wildlife, and other natural resources—the Trump administration is jettisoning them to advance its dirty energy program.

Deregulating pyrolysis incinerators would only result in more toxic facilities and hazardous air emissions—all in the name of false solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.

The Colombia conference highlights the critical need to phase down fossil fuels and ramp up renewables. 

This is why Amigo LNG is the wrong fit for the Gulf of California.

In its attempt to obscure greenhouse gas pollution from public view, the Trump administration’s EPA vastly understates the costs this repeal would have on Americans. 

In its radical denial of settled climate change science, the Trump administration’s EPA is also ignoring mounting costs to human health and safety.

From aggressively expanding offshore drilling to reversing protections for U.S. coasts, waters, and wildlife, pro-polluters are putting the country at greater risk of the next catastrophic oil spill.

When gas prices spike, families pay. Electric vehicles offer a cheaper alternative.

The hundreds of millions of dollars that gas utilities plan to spend to replace gas pipelines could instead go toward helping customers transition to clean energy—all while cutting bills.

Calling the decision a major step forward, project opponents hail the end of one of three major liquefied natural gas terminals threatening the iconic biodiversity of the Gulf of California.

By pairing stronger insurance market oversight with risk-reduction programs and better last-resort insurance options, state regulators can help make our safety net reliable again.