A new study underscores growing unease about pollution from mostly unregulated commercial space activities.

By Bob Berwyn

New research published Thursday bolsters growing concerns that a handful of companies and countries are using the global atmospheric commons as a dumping ground for potentially toxic and climate-altering industrial waste byproducts from loosely regulated commercial space flights.

What Goes Up Must Come Down

The lawsuit challenges the oil major’s expansion plans and could set a significant precedent on climate responsibilities for fossil fuel companies if successful, advocates say.

By Dana Drugmand

In the city where the Paris climate agreement was created, French oil major TotalEnergies is facing trial in a landmark civil climate case that aims to compel the company to curb its oil and gas production and emissions in line with the global accord’s 1.5 degrees Celsius long-term temperature limit.

Paris Court Holds Historic Climate Trial in Case Against TotalEnergies

Nobody expects the Buckeye State to ban coal power, but a provision in a bill designed to harm wind and solar may also be an obstacle for building power plants that run on fossil fuels.

By Dan Gearino

An idea for restricting renewable energy has traveled from Utah to Louisiana and is now in New Hampshire, Arizona and Ohio. The proposed legislation is part of a push by fossil-fuel-aligned groups to promote natural gas and hurt competing power sources.

A Perplexing Ohio Bill Would Ban Wind, Solar … and Coal?