U.S. carbon emissions increased in 2025, even as clean energy installations surged.

The increase in planet-warming emissions came after two years of decline as demand for electricity has been surging.

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.4% in 2025 as coal power rebounded, data centers boosted demand and cold weather ...

Greenhouse gas emissions rose in the US throughout 2025, reversing two years of decline as President Donald Trump pushes coal ...

More than 100 coal-fired power station generator units are set to start supplying electricity worldwide in 2026 as China ...

Municipal utilities and electric cooperatives would have more time to cut their carbon emissions under legislation advanced ...

Coal power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, after each nation added record amounts of clean energy ...

When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their work of monitoring ...

The federal government said the coal plants were needed for “grid reliability” and a regional haze-fighting plan violated the Clean Air Act. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss ...

After two years of declines, United States greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2025—a change driven by increased ...

The EPA’s rejection of Colorado’s regional haze plan and orders from the Trump administration to keep coal plants online in ...

The Trump administration says it intends to keep every U.S. coal plant operating, arguing that rising electricity demand and ...