Warm winter liquidates nearly half of Washington state snowpack Washington state’s snowpack held just 52% of its normal volume of water on Thursday, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. John Ryan
Olympic athletes protest big oil Several athletes are objecting to the International Olympic Committee over sponsorship of the Games by major oil companies. They say fossil fuel use threatens winter conditions needed for snow sports. Nathaniel Herz
Trump's EPA issues record low legal actions against polluters, watchdog group finds The EPA enforced a record low number of environmental laws and regulations during the first year of President Trump's second term in office. Jeff Brady
Energy Star has emerged stronger after Trump's EPA tried to end it The Trump administration tried to end or privatize the government Energy Star efficiency program. But now Trump has signed a budget bill that fully funds the program and leaves it even stronger. Jeff Brady
Inside the Trump administration's effort to reverse climate change policies President Trump calls global warming "a hoax." As the U.S. faces more severe storms and extreme weather events, the New York Times' David Gelles describes what this means for climate change policy. Dave Davies
How cuts to federal climate funds could threaten polar vortex research Tens of millions of people are in the path of a major winter storm. Federal cuts threaten efforts to understand the causes of such weather. Rebecca Hersher
Trump administration claims offshore wind poses a threat. But it won't say how. The Interior Department said pausing construction of offshore wind farms would allow the government agencies to work with project developers to mitigate potential risks. But wind companies say the administration isn't sharing information about newly-discovered threats. Michael Copley
Trump promised to cut energy bills in half. One year later, has he delivered? Cheap gasoline, yes. Drill, baby, drill? Not so much. And electricity bills are going up, not down. Camila Domonoske
FEMA is getting rid of thousands of workers in areas recovering from disasters Thousands of employees whose contracts end this year will lose their jobs, FEMA managers said at personnel meetings this week. The cuts could hobble the nation's disaster agency. Rebecca Hersher
2025 was among the hottest years on record, continuing a concerning trend Federal scientists have found that 2025 was among the hottest years on record since the Industrial Revolution, continuing a warming trend and bringing Earth closer to a crucial threshold. Lauren Sommer