This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Deskcollaboration. Even before President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White Hous

Some industry observers told ABC News that the ostensible softening toward Trump by big-tech corporations reflects a new business landscape that is both heavily influenced by the president-elect and increasingly defined by the development of energy-intensive artificial intelligence products.

Trump's picks to lead four federal agencies testified without the flashes of anger that marked Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi's earlier showdowns.

Senate confirmation hearings for the Trump cabinet continue on Thursday. They will include Doug Burgum for interior secretary, Scott Turner for housing secretary and Lee Zeldin for Environmental Protection Agency administrator at 10 a.m. Eastern, and Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary at 10:30 a.m.

Four of Canada's biggest lenders said on Friday they were withdrawing from a global banking sector climate coalition, joining six major U.S. banks.The departures from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance began with Goldman Sachs' announcement on Dec.

Ahead of Donald Trump officially becoming the US president, The Herald examines if his potential impact on Scotland's climate change action.

At a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday, Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, acknowledged climate change is “real” and that greenhouse gasses are making the planet hotter—but stopped short of saying the agency must regulate them.

The American Conservation Coalition has grassroots support and the ear of Trump's cabinet picks. The next four years will test its influence.

With Donald Trump stepping back into office, advocates are warning that access to important environmental and public health datasets could be at risk. Information about climate change vanished from federal websites under Donald Trump,