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New loss and damage fund boss urged to keep costs down

Spending on consultants, business class plane tickets and a deputy executive director...

Alabama’s Public Service Commission Shuts the Public Out While Setting Utility Fuel Cost Rates

The Alabama Public Service Commission has rejected the latest bid for public participation into how it sets electricity fuel cost rates, despite a state...

New loss and damage fund boss urged to keep costs down

Spending on consultants, business class plane tickets and a deputy executive director...

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New loss and damage fund boss urged to keep costs down

Spending on consultants, business class plane tickets and a deputy executive director...

With $800,000 in New Grants, Inside Climate News to Expand Local Environmental Journalism

Inside Climate News has been awarded three major new grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The Meadows Foundation and Knight Foundation.  The Alfred P....

Alabama’s Public Service Commission Shuts the Public Out While Setting Utility Fuel Cost Rates

The Alabama Public Service Commission has rejected the latest bid for public participation into how it sets electricity fuel cost rates, despite a state...

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Agriculture and Food Get Their Day—Again—at the Annual UN Climate Summit

Delegates at this year’s United Nations conference on climate change, known as COP29, have spent the last 11 days attempting to hammer out a...

No finance deal better than bad deal, campaigners say

Campaigners have called on developing countries to walk away from finance talks...

As Illinois’ Governor Recruits Data Centers, Chicagoans’ Electricity Bills Are Getting More Expensive

This article is published in partnership with the Chicago Sun-Times. You may have no clue what a data center does. But a boom in these high-tech...

Despite Biden Administration Proposals to Address Colorado River Shortages, a Solution Is Far Off

The Biden administration on Wednesday released four alternatives to address the drought-stricken Colorado River’s water shortages, giving seven states, 30 tribes and the 40...

Scientists Identify Global Hotspots for Whale-Ship Collisions—and Hardly Any Have Protections in Place

An estimated 90 percent of all traded goods travel by sea, where vessels tap into a vast network of shipping routes that connect even...

Weak gender focus at COP29 risks leaving women behind in greener future

In India, social barriers make it tough for women to work in...

Utilities Are Spending a Lot for Power Lines We May Not Need, and Spending Less on Ones We Do Need

Certain kinds of projects can lead to easy money for utility companies, while others require a long and difficult approval process. So it shouldn’t be...

Denver Water is Halfway Through Replacing Lead Pipes. Why Didn’t This Happen Sooner?

On an early morning, a quiet Denver neighborhood was temporarily transformed into a construction zone. A boring machine on the road outside someone’s home...

Following Capacity Price Spike, Mid-Atlantic States Call for Electric Grid Operator PJM to Change Rules

PJM Interconnection, the electric grid operator that serves customers in portions of the mid-Atlantic, South and Midwest, is under increasing pressure from state governors,...

A Virginia Circuit Court Finds Youngkin’s Withdrawal from RGGI ‘Unlawful’

A Virginia circuit court ruled Wednesday that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin unlawfully steered the state out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), potentially...

Rebuild NC’s Embattled Director Is No Longer a State Employee, a Memo Confirms

Laura Hogshead, director of ReBuild NC, which mismanaged millions of dollars in hurricane recovery spending, is no longer employed with the agency, Inside Climate...

Climate Finance Outcome at COP29 Still in Doubt

BAKU, Azerbaijan—With little to show after eight days of talks, COP29 negotiators are under pressure to deliver a solid finance deal to help the...