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FILE - Visitors look at manatees at the Tampa Electric Company Manatee Viewing Center near the coal-fired Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Center volunteers estimate that over 1,000 of the gentle creatures are enjoying the warm water that gets discharged from the power plant. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
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Young activists take on a government agency in a Florida climate lawsuit

The case is one in a string of lawsuits filed by kids and teenagers across the U.S.

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles queue in traffic at a highway in Frankfurt, Germany, March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
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EU not buckling to pressure over car CO2 rules, climate chief says

Europe's car industry potentially faces $15.8 billion of fines for failing to meet 2025 targets.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil is seen during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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US senators, green groups call for accountability over hacking of Exxon critics

A lobbyist for Exxon Mobil had been investigated for its alleged role in a hacking operation that targeted the oil company's critics.

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US Supreme Court may limit federal environmental reviews, lessening scrutiny of projects’ climate impacts

Should bureaucrats be required to think through the extended effects of decisions like approving an offshore wind farm?

FILE - A tractor travels down Hunt Road in front of a "Let's Stop Lava Ridge" sign near the Minidoka National Historic Site, July 6, 2023, in Jerome, Idaho. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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US approves scaled-down Idaho wind farm near historic Japanese American incarceration site

The agency said the project could power up to 500,000 homes.

Presiding Judge Nawaf Salam, fourth from right, opens hearings into what countries worldwide are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its devastating impact, at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Closely-watched international climate case in the Hague wraps up its first week of testimony

International climate case at UN court debates obligations to combat climate change, aid vulnerable nations, and cut emissions.

The logo for Goldman Sachs is seen on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/ FIle Photo
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Goldman Sachs quits global climate coalition for banks

Banks joining the voluntary NZBA agree to align with the world's aim of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

The sun sets over Alum Bluff on the Apalachicola River near Bristol, Fla. on Nov. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)
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Environmentalists are headed to court over proposed oil well in vulnerable Florida watershed

Environmentalists sue to block oil drilling in Florida’s biodiverse Apalachicola watershed, citing risks to one of earth’s rare ecosystems.

FILE - Pump jacks extract oil from beneath the ground in North Dakota, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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EPA hails ‘revitalized’ enforcement efforts as Biden administration heads to exit

EPA enforcement in 2024 cut 225M pounds of pollution, targeted overburdened communities, and set record fines for violations.

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