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As Artificial Stone Countertops Kill Workers, House Republicans Discuss Protections—for Manufacturers
Sponsors of a new bill want to give the industry immunity from lawsuits brought by injured employees. That will kill even more workers, experts warn.By...
An Alabama Mayor Signed an NDA With a Data Center Developer. Read It Here.
The non-disclosure agreement was a major sticking point in a lively town hall that featured city officials, data center representatives and more than a hundred...
Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’
In historic speech to mark UN’s 80th anniversary, secretary general makes impassioned plea for multilateralism and international law amid drastic US funding cutsThe United Nations...
Improving Sandstorm Simulations by Parameterizing Form Drag From Subgrid Sand Dunes Using 30‐m‐Resolution Terrain Data
Abstract Surface and near‐surface wind speeds, critical factors for dust emission, are often overestimated in desert regions by models, leading to exaggerated predictions of sandstorm...
Seismological Evidence of Multiple Crustal Magma Reservoirs Beneath Mt. Wrangell in Southcentral Alaska
Abstract Recent studies have challenged the classical view of magma chambers as ephemeral, melt‐rich bodies confined to shallow depths beneath arc volcanoes at subduction zones....
Complex Networks Reveal Climate Models' Capability in Simulating Global Synchronized Extreme Precipitation
Abstract Spatially synchronized extreme precipitation events are intensifying under anthropogenic warming. Accurate simulation of such compound extremes by global climate models underpins reliable climate projections...
Federal Court Allows Dominion Energy in Virginia to Continue Offshore Wind Project
For the third time this week, the Trump administration is blocked from stopping a major renewable energy effort.By Charles PaullinNORFOLK, Va.—U.S. District Court Judge Jamar...
Clean Energy Advocates Criticize ‘Glaring’ Omission in White House Plan to Fuel Data Centers in PJM Region
Environmentalists warn that the proposal, signed by a bipartisan group of 13 governors, could increase reliance on fossil fuels and fail to bring consumer prices...
A Year Out From One of the World’s Largest Battery Facility Fires
Thousands of lithium-ion batteries burned in a facility in Moss Landing, Calif., sending up a plume of smoke and heavy metals. Today, the cleanup continues.By...
Trump’s Push for Coal in Colorado Could Bring ‘Massive’ Harm to Public Lands and Rural Communities, Advocates Say
The EPA’s rejection of Colorado’s regional haze plan and orders from the Trump administration to keep coal plants online in the state have advocates worried...
Some guest editors pack special issues with their own articles
Thousands have penned more than one-third of a journal issue, raising conflict-of-interest concerns
Purdue blocks admission of many Chinese grad students in unwritten policy
Faculty members say university is overreacting to pressure from the Trump administration and Congress
Emergent constraints on future change projections of mean and extreme temperature and precipitation in the global maize harvesting area
Maize cultivation faces increasing risks from climate change, particularly because of increasing temperatures and extreme weather events. This study investigates whether the ‘hot’ Earth system...
DeBriefed 16 January 2026: Three years of record heat; China and India coal milestone; Beijing’s 2026 climate outlook
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Hottest hat-trick STATE OF THE CLIMATE:...
A coalition on compliance carbon markets to make climate clubs politically feasible
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02541-5Economists have spent a decade designing the perfect climate club, yet political reality has hitherto rendered these...
Roadmaps and Colombia conference aim to shift fossil fuel transition into higher gear
Two years after governments agreed to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, a series of conferences and consultations in 2026 will move the...
Brazil’s biodiversity pledge: Six key takeaways for nature and climate change
The world’s most biodiverse nation, Brazil, has belatedly published its UN plan for halting and reversing nature decline by the end of this decade. Brazil...
Experts: What to expect from China on energy and climate action in 2026
The year ahead in 2026 is an important period for China’s climate policy, amid hints that its emissions could peak and as the government publishes...
‘We’re in danger of extinction’: can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?
The Uru Chipaya, one of South America’s most ancient civilisations, are battling drought, salinity and an exodus of their people as the climate crisis wreaks...
Potentials and pitfalls around green claims of e-fuels: insights from an exploratory case study
EU and US regulations have recently introduced requirements for calling e-fuels ‘green’ or ‘renewable’, focusing on deliverability and additionality around renewable energy certificates (RECs) in...
A theoretical framework for critical canopy temperature and its application to improve remote-sensing-based estimation of evapotranspiration
Surface energy balance (SEB) models are widely employed for remote-sensing-based evapotranspiration estimation. A critical parameter in most SEB models is the surface temperature of wet...
At ‘Davos of mining’, Saudi Arabia shapes new narrative on minerals
As competition for natural resources fractures the global order, Saudi Arabia is cementing its position as the centre of gravity for international discussions to accelerate...
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