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Massie rips Trump’s sale of Venezuelan oil ‘for his own piggy bank’

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) criticized President Trump on Tuesday over his administration’s handling of Venezuela’s oil after ousting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this month, highlighting the funds it will receive from selling that oil. Massie, a fiscal hawk who has been known to break with GOP leaders on issues related to spending, described oil...

Major ski resorts are short on something essential: Snow

Vail's CEO said it's the worst early-season snowfall in more than 30 years for the company's western U.S. resorts.

Third offshore wind project halted by Trump is allowed to resume construction

A third offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration was allowed to resume construction Friday, dealing yet another blow to the administration’s anti-wind efforts. Federal Judge Jamar Walker, an appointee of former President Biden in Virginia, allowed the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project to temporarily keep building. Walker granted a preliminary injunction Friday...

Supreme Court takes up Bayer’s bid to limit Roundup weed killer liability

The Supreme Court on Friday took up a bid from Bayer to limit liability for pesticide makers, including Bayer’s Roundup weed killer, which has become the subject of numerous cancer suits. The court said it would take up the company’s petition, which was backed by the Trump administration. It said it would only evaluate the question of...

Courts allow another wind farm to resume construction after Trump pause

A major offshore wind farm is allowed to resume construction, a federal judge ruled Thursday, the second such ruling in the wake of the Trump administration’s latest attempt to block these projects. Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, granted a preliminary injunction allowing Empire Wind to keep building. The project, which would supply power to New York,...

EU to have new climate targets by COP30, Ursula von der Leyen says

The European Union will set emissions-cutting targets for 2035 and 2040 in time for the COP30 climate summit in November, the European Commission president said on Tuesday, after t...

EU to have new climate targets by COP30, Ursula von der Leyen says

The European Union will set emissions-cutting targets for 2035 and 2040 in time for the COP30 climate summit in November, the European Commission president said on Tuesday, after t...

EU to have new climate targets by COP30, Ursula von der Leyen says

The European Union will set emissions-cutting targets for 2035 and 2040 in time for the COP30 climate summit in November, the European Commission president said on Tuesday, after t...

EU to have new climate targets by COP30, Ursula von der Leyen says

The European Union will set emissions-cutting targets for 2035 and 2040 in time for the COP30 climate summit in November, the European Commission president said on Tuesday, after t...

Climate change accelerates timeline for ‘Day Zero Droughts’: Study

Hotspots of water scarcity could emerge by the 2020s and 2030s across the Mediterranean, southern Africa and North America, as climate change intensifies droughts, a new study said...

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