Trump Cuts to Energy Projects in Blue States Were Unlawful, Judge Rules

NYT

12 janvier 2026 à 23:44

The Energy Department canceled $7.5 billion in Biden-era energy spending, largely in Democratic-led states, during last year’s government shutdown.

The cuts were part of a larger effort by the Energy Department to cancel spending for projects like hydrogen fuel hubs, electrical grid upgrades and efforts to reduce methane leaks.

Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s

The Guardian

Par :Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

13 janvier 2026 à 01:01

‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says

Coal power generation fell in China and India for the first time since the 1970s last year, in a “historic” moment that could bring a decline in global emissions, according to analysis.

The simultaneous fall in coal-powered electricity in the world’s biggest coal-consuming countries had not happened since 1973, according to analysts at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, and was driven by a record roll-out of clean energy projects.

Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Stop Rhode Island’s Revolution Wind Project

NYT

Par :Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow

12 janvier 2026 à 22:54

The ruling means that construction can continue on Revolution Wind, a $6.2 billion project off the coast of Rhode Island, at least for now.

Components of the Revolution Wind farm project on a pier in New London, Conn., in September.

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution

NYT

Par :Maxine Joselow

12 janvier 2026 à 19:54

In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

The change could make it easier to repeal limits on pollutants from coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities.

US plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget to keep 1.5C limit

The Guardian

Par :Damien Gayle and Jillian Ambrose

12 janvier 2026 à 18:38

Exclusive: ClimatePartner analysis shows how move would risk plunging Earth further into climate catastrophe

US plans to exploit Venezuela’s oil reserves could by 2050 consume more than a tenth of the world’s remaining carbon budget to limit global heating to 1.5C, according to an exclusive analysis.

The calculation highlights how any moves to further exploit the South American nation’s oil reserves – the largest in the world, at least on paper – would put increasing pressure on climate goals, and risk plunging the Earth further into climate catastrophe.

Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet

NYT

Par :Lisa Friedman

12 janvier 2026 à 11:02

The president’s embrace of fossil fuels and withdrawal from the global fight against climate change will make it hard to keep warming at safe levels, scientists said.

America’s greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas, which had finally started to decline, rose 1.9 percent after Mr. Trump returned to office.

Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet

NYT

Par :Lisa Friedman

12 janvier 2026 à 11:02

The president’s embrace of fossil fuels and withdrawal from the global fight against climate change will make it hard to keep warming at safe levels, scientists said.

World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam

The Guardian

Par :Rosie Peters-McDonald

10 janvier 2026 à 06:00

Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows

The world’s richest 1% have used up their fair share of carbon emissions just 10 days into 2026, analysis has found.

Meanwhile, the richest 0.1% took just three days to exhaust their annual carbon budget, according to the research by Oxfam.

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