Federal judge blocks New York’s $75B Climate Change Superfund Act

Published on September 8, 2026

New York can no longer enforce a state law that requires fossil fuel companies to financially compensate it in billions of dollars for their role in generating greenhouse gas emissions.

Continue reading on website
Other news

Shuttered nuclear plant in Iowa gets $1.9B federal loan to restart

September 8, 2026
A third shuttered U.S. nuclear power plant is set to attempt a comeback with hefty support from the federal government. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Energy said it closed a loan of up to $1.9 billion to NextEra Energy to help finance the restart of the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa, which shut down six…

Solar is beating coal in China. But the story is more complicated than that.

September 8, 2026
This story was originally published by Canary Media.Solar is beating coal in China. Sorta. But also not at all.Let me explain.An eye-popping new chart made the rounds this week. It shows a line representing solar energy in China rising improbably over the last decade, until at last it overtakes another line that represents the nation’s vast coal fleet. One article featuring this chart came with th