For more than 15 years, the US federal government has slapped limits on greenhouse gas emissions based on a conclusion that planet-warming pollution imperils public health and welfare.

It appears that the biggest winners under Trump's executive orders are domestic oil and gas exploration and production companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. ( XOM ), Chevron Corp. ( CVX) and EOG Resources Inc. ( EOG ).

Groups working with businesses on climate action said they see no retreat from climate goals despite Donald Trump's pledge to end what he calls a "green scam."

When Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the climate agreement in 2017, the move reverberated around the globe. Nearly 200 nations had committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the pact when it was created in 2015, and they had set ambitious targets to keep global temperature rise well below 2°C, and ideally below 1.5°C.

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.

A price tag on carbon emissions, used across the federal government to write regulations and issue permits, could vanish in less than two months under an executive order President Donald Trump signed.

President Donald Trump launched a sweeping overhaul of US energy policy hours after taking office Monday, putting the weight of the federal government behind fossil-fuel production and pulling back from the fight against climate change.

The president’s executive orders don't single out solar energy, but his freeze on climate spending could affect the industry as solar growth stagnates

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement, according to a newly

President Donald Trump signed several executive orders and rescinded others. From DEI to WHO and a national border emergency, here's what to know.

With so much federal backtracking already underway, all eyes now turn toward states like ours to lead the effort against climate change.

Following Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, the US had rejoined the Paris Agreement in 2021, overturning Trump’s 2017 withdrawal and restoring the US’ responsible image on climate issues. The US Climate Alliance launched in June 2017, now comprising 24 governors, had earlier pledged to continue advancing action to counter climate change.