Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects
When marble-size hail fell on Alabama in 2023, it devastated Camp Hill, a town of 1,000 where nearly half the residents live below the poverty line. Decks were demolished, cars…
The Climate Fix: Africa’s Solar Revolution
Editor’s note: Last week, the United Nations’ climate chief called the global transition away from fossil fuels “unstoppable,” despite the United States’ recent turn away from the fight against climate…
Trump’s First Two Weeks Have Thrown U.S. Climate Spending Into Chaos
Over the past four years during the Biden administration, the United States started spending ever-greater sums on efforts to blunt global warming and help communities adapt to a hotter world.…
Oil Companies Embrace Trump, but Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
President Trump is swinging American energy policy sharply in favor of fossil fuels, but oil and gas companies say those changes won’t push them to engage in the frenzy of…
Inside a $35 Billion Loan Project, Led by World Bank, Aims to Expand Electricity in Africa
The leaders of more than half of Africa’s nations gathered this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s sprawling seaside metropolis, to commit to the biggest burst of spending on electric-power…
China’s Tibet Dam Project Has Its Neighbors Worried
Step aside, Three Gorges Dam. China’s latest colossal infrastructure project, if completed, will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, high up in the Tibetan plateau on the border with India.…
Nevada’s Lithium Could Help Save the Earth. But What Happens to Nevada?
Donnelly, who dropped out of college and moved to the Mojave Desert in the early 2000s, took a different path to their work in the basin. (He eventually earned his…
The Dissonance of Climate Promises at Davos
Each January, business and political leaders descend upon the Swiss ski town of Davos to warn against urgent threats to the global order. Each year, they identify climate change as…
Trump’s Retreat From Clean Energy Puts the U.S. Out of Step With the World
President Trump’s repudiation of renewable-energy technologies stands to make the United States an outlier in the world. Many of its large-economy peers are choosing a different path. Even as coal,…
Trump’s Energy and Border Emergencies Advance His Own Interests
President Trump’s return to the Oval Office came with emergency declarations for the country’s energy sector and the southern border, unleashing broad powers for situations that — in these cases…