10 stories
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The Paris Agreement represents a significant shift in how countries approach climate change globally. This landmark accord establishes a system where nations commit to specific climate targets through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which must…
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COP30 closed in Belém without a binding fossil fuel deal. See what the UN climate summits have delivered since Copenhagen, and what comes next.
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Renewable energy investment is part of the $2.2 trillion that went into clean energy in 2025, almost twice fossil fuel spending. See where it went.
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The Clean Power Plan set a 32% emissions target for 2030, but courts stalled it before EPA repealed it, and federal power plant carbon rules keep changing.
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See how carbon pricing works, from carbon taxes to cap-and-trade markets, plus current US and EU allowance prices and why the US has no federal one.
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How much water does fracking use? A typical horizontal shale gas well takes about 5.1 million gallons, and per-well use has climbed as wells got longer.
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Is US energy independence real in 2026? The US posts record oil output and net energy exports, yet crude imports still run 6.2 million barrels a day.
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Worldwide electric vehicle adoption hit a record in 2025, but US sales reversed hard once the $7,500 federal tax credit expired in September.
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Worldwide fossil fuel subsidies hit $620 billion in 2023 under the IEA, or $7 trillion under the IMF, plus what US oil and gas tax breaks cost.
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Is climate change caused by humans? Yes. NOAA and IPCC data show how scientists know, from record heat to a fossil fuel fingerprint in the air.