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Energy Department Reorganization Reflects Shift Away From Renewable Energy

20 November 2025 at 17:38
The reorganization reflects the ongoing shift in the federal government’s energy priorities: less renewable energy, more fossil fuels.

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The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations no longer appear in an organizational chart posted by the Energy Department on Tuesday.

Thousands March for Climate Action as COP30 Talks Enter Second Week

17 November 2025 at 05:02
As the talks continue, some countries are pushing for a detailed “road map” for a global transition away from oil, gas and coal.

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A demonstration near the U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil, on Saturday. The atmosphere has been a marked contrast to the past three summits that were held in countries where governments restricted public protests.

Indigenous People Take the Stage at COP30 Climate Talks in Belém, Brazil

This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong.

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An Indigenous rights demonstration on Thursday in Belém, Brazil. The snake in the background was a prop with a meaning.

There’s a New Forecast for Peak Oil Demand. It’s Increasingly Cloudy.

12 November 2025 at 09:10
The International Energy Agency once projected that oil and gas demand could level off by 2030. Now it’s backing off, sort of.

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Pump jacks in Russia in 2023. The energy agency’s reports are influential and often cited by energy companies and investors as a basis for long-term planning.

At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Chinese Technology Is Shifting Climate Politics

10 November 2025 at 11:15
At this year’s climate summit, the United States is out and Europe is struggling. But emerging countries are embracing renewable energy thanks to a glut of cheap equipment.

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A solar farm near Kayathar in southern India. The country can now meet half of its electricity demand with wind, solar, and hydropower.

Leaders at COP30 Climate Summit in Belém Focus on the Rising Toll of Warming

7 November 2025 at 16:56
“All we have to do is look outside,” one delegate said. “The sea rises, the coral dies.”

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World leaders posed for a photo on Friday at COP30, the United Nations climate conference in Belém, Brazil.

COP30 Begins With U.S. Allies and Rivals Alike Calling for Action

The calls for action on opening day stood in sharp contrast to the position of the President Trump, who has called global warming a “con job.”

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Leaders meeting on Thursday in Belém, Brazil. The conference is scheduled to run through Nov. 21.

U.N. Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Finds Slight Progress

4 November 2025 at 09:00
The annual U.N. report card finds that, overall, countries are still far off-track from their stated goals to limit global warming.

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Solar panels in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region. Rapid growth of clean energy technologies like solar panels and electric vehicles have slightly reduced forecasts of future emissions in places like China and Europe.
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