#climate-policy

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has formally proposed rescinding its 2024 climate disclosure rule, reopening a fight over how much standardized climate-risk data public companies must provide to investors.

New York’s proposed 2027 budget would roll back key near-term climate deadlines, extend its emissions timeline, and revise how the state measures climate impact while preserving its long-term 2050 mandate.

Negotiations at the International Maritime Organization ended without a final advance on the Net Zero Framework, but efforts to derail the process failed and talks will resume later this year.

A bruising week at the International Maritime Organization left global shipping climate rules delayed but still intact, preserving a path toward fuel standards, lifecycle accounting, and a price signal on vessel fuels.

More than 340 organizations, including the Sierra Club, are urging governments to disengage from investor-state dispute settlement systems, arguing that the tribunals protect fossil fuel profits and obstruct climate-era

Political support for atomic power has strengthened, but recent reactor starts remain overwhelmingly concentrated in China and Russia, underscoring a widening gap between Western rhetoric and actual buildout.

Recent protest-focused climate coverage highlights political anger, but it also shows how easily the energy conversation can shift away from technology, infrastructure and decarbonization pathways.

Three jurisdictions have released a draft agreement to connect their cap-and-trade systems, creating the largest carbon emissions trading market in North America.

A federal judicial advisory body withdraws climate-related guidance for courts after sustained pressure from Republican lawmakers. Legal experts warn of a chilling effect.

The EPA's endangerment finding is the legal backbone of US climate regulation. Eliminating it would reshape environmental policy for decades.

The European Union is taking a harder look at hydrogen's place in its economic and climate strategy. With billions already committed, the question is whether to double down, scale back, or fundamentally redirect the continent's hydrogen ambitions.