Climate

As the Trump administration continues to withhold billions of dollars for climate and clean energy spending — despite two federal judges ordering the money released — concerns are growing that the United States government could skip out on its...

Tracking Trump’s climate movesLess than a month into President Trump’s second term, a flurry of executive actions, abrupt policy changes and legal challenges have begun to significantly reshape the federal government. The moves have also resulted in an upheaval...

A large swath of California was bracing Thursday for an intense bout of rain that could lead to flooding and cause debris flows in areas recently burned by wildfires.The Southern California regions scorched by flames last month were of...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency can halt payments to New York City for a program designed to shelter migrants, a federal judge ordered on Wednesday.But the judge, John J. McConnell Jr. of U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, made...

The warnings, on thousands of products sold in California, are stark.“Use of the following products,” one label says, “will expose you to chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.”Now, new...

Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil and gas company, said on Wednesday that it would lay off as much as 20 percent of its work force, or up to around 9,000 people, as part of a cost-cutting effort.While the cuts...

President Trump has nominated Kathleen Sgamma, a professional advocate for the oil and gas industry, to run the Bureau of Land Management, an agency within the Interior Department that oversees grazing, logging, drilling and wildlife conservation on 245 million...

Environmental groups that fought bruising courtroom battles with the first Trump administration are steeling themselves for another round amid a barrage of executive orders, firings and funding cuts.In interviews with more than a half-dozen of the most prominent groups,...

Federal electricity regulators on Tuesday approved a proposal from the nation’s largest electric grid operator that could effectively give new natural gas power plants priority in connecting to the grid over renewable energy sources like solar and wind.The decision,...

The acting chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mark Uyeda, took the first step on Tuesday to rolling back a rule that would require thousands of publicly traded companies to provide investors with detailed information about the impact...