U.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surged

After staying flat for nearly two decades, electricity use is starting to rise again, and the boom in wind and solar power hasn’t kept pace.

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A Key Part of Biden’s Climate Law Was Built to Survive Trump. Now, the Test.

A lucrative tax credit for renewable energy could be hard to kill because it applies to a technologies favored by Republicans, not just wind and solar.

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Trump Promises to End New Wind Farms

Wind energy is one of the fastest growing and cheapest forms of electricity in the United States. The president-elect calls it “garbage.”

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What Will Power the A.I. Revolution?

The energy that will power the booming data-center industry could end up increasing emissions, at least in the short term.

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Biden to Designate Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments in California

With these two new monuments, Mr. Biden has protected more federal land and waters than any other president, about 674 million acres.

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To Understand Trump and Biden, Look to Reagan and Carter

Forty-four years ago, Ronald Reagan took aim at Jimmy Carter’s environmental legacy. President Biden’s climate initiatives could face a similar fate.

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Dark Doldrums Overshadow Europe’s Energy Markets

Periods of low sun and wind, a weather pattern known as a Dunkelflaute, can increase electricity prices and stoke political tensions.

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Hydropower Was Ecuador’s Answer to Climate Change. Until the Drought Hit.

An extraordinary drought has drained Ecuador’s rivers and reservoirs, leading to power outages of up to 14 hours. Some fear this is the beginning of a larger global crisis.

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Trump’s Plans to Scrap Climate Policies Has Unnerved Green Energy Investors

President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector to renewable energy and electric vehicles.

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Biden, Headed to the Exit, Sets an Aggressive Climate Goal for the U.S.

The promise of deeper emissions cuts will very likely be ignored by the Trump administration, but officials hoped it would send a signal to the world.

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