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Trump Hastens ‘Drumbeat’ of Deferred Coal Plant Retirements

20 hours ago | insideclimatenews.org | Marianne Lavelle |Carrie Klein

The newest player on the U.S. coal scene, Core Natural Resources, had good news and bad news for investors when it announced its results for the start of the year. The company missed Wall Street expectations with its net loss of $69 million, which it attributed mostly to birth pains: the costs of the January merger of Arch Resources and CONSOL Energy that created Core.
Fearing Radioactive Waste, a Western Pennsylvania Community Fights to Stop a Landfill’s Re-Opening

3 days ago | insideclimatenews.org | Kiley Bense

For years, residents of Grove City, Pennsylvania, have fought to stop a decades-old landfill from resuming operations in their town. They were worried the landfill would make legacy pollution in the area worse. But in 2022, information about the kind of waste the landfill would accept raised new fears.
Trump Administration Faces Legal Action Over Federal Cuts’ Impact on Manatees

4 days ago | insideclimatenews.org | Amy Green

The Trump administration’s government-wide staff cuts threaten federally protected manatees in a Florida national wildlife refuge established for the purpose of safeguarding the beloved sea cows, according to a new legal filing from the Center for Biological Diversity. The administration is accused of imperiling the manatees by failing to adequately staff the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge.
Gila River Tribes Intend to Float Solar Panels on a Reservoir. Could the Technology Help the Colorado River?

5 days ago | insideclimatenews.org | Jake Bolster

GILA RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz.—About 33 miles south of Phoenix, Interstate 10 bisects a line of solar panels traversing the desert like an iridescent snake. The solar farm’s shape follows the path of a canal, with panels serving as awnings to shade the gently flowing water from the unforgiving heat and wind of the Sonoran Desert.
How Pittsburgh’s Alcoa Is Undermining a Rare Forest To Fuel Its Global Aluminum Empire

6 days ago | insideclimatenews.org | Jamie Wiggan |Quinn Glabicki

This story was originally published by PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region, and supported by the Pulitzer Center. For more of its journalism, visit publicsource.org. It took four Noongar men to hoist the warm, lifeless kangaroo onto the hooked limb from which they skinned and gutted their kill. Working the carcass with an agile knife, 28-year-old Christopher Nannup carved lean chunks from the tangle of fur and sinew.
U.S. Steel Is a Major Source of Pollution in Pennsylvania. Will Its Sale Lock in Emissions for Another Generation?

1 week ago | insideclimatenews.org | Kiley Bense

President Donald Trump returned to western Pennsylvania Friday to announce an ending to the months-long saga to decide who would own the Pittsburgh-based steelmaking company U.S. Steel. But even as the deal moves toward a resolution, questions about what it will mean for public health, local economies and climate change linger. U.S. Steel’s coal-based steelmaking facilities are a major source of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in Pennsylvania.
Trump Executive Orders Violate Young People’s Rights to a Stable Climate, a Lawsuit Alleges

1 week ago | insideclimatenews.org | Amy Green

A group of 22 young people from across the country accuse the Trump administration in a new federal lawsuit of violating their constitutional rights with a coordinated set of executive orders that prioritize the expansion of fossil fuels and threaten to further destabilize the climate.
The Economic Consequences of Ignoring Climate Change

1 week ago | insideclimatenews.org | Kiley Price

The price of climate change is high—and the bill is only getting steeper as temperatures continue to rise, economists say. A recent report compiled by risk management experts with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the University of Exeter in England found that the global economy could experience a 50 percent loss in gross domestic product between 2070 and 2090 due to climate change, based on current emissions trends. But this isn’t just a far-off risk.
Supreme Court Backs a Controversial Railroad in Utah for Carrying Oil

1 week ago | insideclimatenews.org | Lisa Sorg

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a controversial Utah railway project that critics say erodes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a bedrock of environmental law for the past half century. The case centered on a proposed 88-mile railway that would connect the oil fields of northeastern Utah to a national rail network that runs along the Colorado River and on to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The waxy crude oil is currently transported by truck over narrow mountain passes.
Clean Energy Project Cancellations Top $14 Billion So Far in 2025

1 week ago | insideclimatenews.org | Marianne Lavelle

Businesses have cancelled or delayed more than $14 billion of investments in U.S. clean energy projects so far this year, reflecting their uncertainty and pessimism over federal support amid President Donald Trump’s climate policy retreat, industry analysts reported Thursday.