The global energy system is entering a period of profound uncertainty. Geopolitical tensions, disruptions to shipping routes, and fragile fossil fuel infrastructure are once again reminding the world just how volatile oil-dependent economies can be. Recent developments in the Middle East and global energy markets have triggered renewed concern about rising fuel prices, fragile supply
Last week in Los Angeles, the wind outside a young woman’s home reached nearly 60 miles per hour. Rain pounded the roof. Thunder cracked overhead. These are not typical late-winter conditions for Southern California. Just weeks earlier, temperatures were unseasonably cold. Soon, the region will swing toward extreme heat. For 19-year-old Genesis—Afro-Indigenous and Mexican—this instability
For more than a decade, solar energy has been framed as a partisan dividing line in American politics. Environmental advocates championed it. Fossil fuel loyalists dismissed it. Clean energy policy became shorthand for ideological identity. That narrative is shifting. In a development that would have seemed improbable just a few years ago, solar power is
The fight over climate accountability has moved from smokestacks and tailpipes to the open ocean. After previously stalling momentum toward a coordinated global carbon pricing framework, former President Donald Trump is now reportedly seeking to escalate opposition to a proposed climate fee targeting the international shipping industry. According to emerging reports, American officials are drafting
The collision between aggressive fossil fuel expansion and a downsized federal workforce is no longer theoretical. It is unfolding in real time. A federal safety regulator has warned that his office lacks the staffing capacity to effectively oversee the administration’s accelerated oil development agenda in Alaska. The concern is not abstract bureaucracy—it is about inspection
A sweeping reversal of U.S. climate policy is setting the stage for one of the most consequential environmental legal battles in modern history. The Trump administration has moved to overturn a foundational federal determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and drive climate change — a decision that could reshape environmental regulation, energy markets,
When federal leaders slash public investment in science, the damage is rarely confined to laboratories and universities. It ripples outward—into local economies, small technology firms, clean-energy startups, and the very businesses that translate public research into real-world solutions. Under the Trump administration, deep cuts to federal science and research funding—particularly programs connected to climate, energy,
On February 4, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved H.R. 4090, the Critical Mineral Dominance Act, a sweeping piece of legislation aimed at dramatically expanding domestic mining of so-called “critical minerals” and reducing America’s dependence on foreign suppliers—particularly China. The bill passed by a vote of 224–195 and now moves to the U.S.
I once kayaked 13 miles down the Colorado River.It felt endless, powerful, and permanent—like a living artery binding the American West together. Today, that sense of permanence is gone. The Colorado River system—on which more than 40 million people depend—is now at the center of a high-stakes political reckoning in Washington, D.C.. After years of
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Climate, SAN NewsAs climate instability accelerates and drought becomes a permanent feature of life across much of the United States, a new wave of climate-technology startups is stepping into an increasingly politicized and emotionally charged space: weather modification. One of the most visible—and controversial—players is Rainmaker Technology Corporation, a young California company that has rapidly moved from