Carey L. Biron

Fear for her father's health led Jazmin Moreno-Dominguez to Washington this month to push for a first-ever heat standard for U.S. workers.

Her father suffered a heat-induced stroke a decade ago, but he still needs his construction job in blistering Phoenix, Arizona temperatures, she said at the start of three weeks of public hearings.

The fast-rising energy demands of Big Tech are undermining the ambitious climate pledges that Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft have all made in recent years, according to a report from the nonprofit NewClimate Institute.

The research says the tech sector faces a "climate strategy crisis" as its data centres demand ever more electricity and water to power growing fields, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision upending a foundational environmental law is already affecting pending cases and will make it harder to require that federal agencies take into account climate impacts in regulated projects, attorneys say.

At issue is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which became law in 1970 and has since shaped how regulatory decisions get made for major or sensitive projects.

An effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to use public lands to address the affordable housing crisis is underway across the country, sparking reactions both pro and con.

The initiative coincides with debate in the U.S. Congress over selling public lands more broadly, with a Senate panel last week proposing the sale of millions of acres of federal land, including for housing.

President Donald Trump is seeking to end a decades-old energy assistance program used by six million people, amid the second-warmest global temperatures on record and U.S. electricity prices that are expected to rise more than ever in coming months.

Experts warn the confluence, worsened by climate change that makes summer heat more intense and longer-lasting, could mean a deadly season for poor communities.

As U.S. budget talks heat up in Washington, workers worry spending cuts could stop growth in renewable energy in its tracks, taking away new infrastructure and jobs in the process.

Labour leaders say federal tax credits for green energy construction and production under former President Joe Biden have created a surge of new work – enticing young workers to take part in the U.S. energy transition in a sector that is quickly aging.

The public library in Bethel, Alaska is the only place for miles around that provides free internet and computer use, and it was planning to lead the community into a new era of online access.

The staff of four had been offering popular one-on-one online assistance and was on the cusp of adding more employees to reach more residents.

Seen from a rumbling elevated train, the capital's Brentwood district resembles a patchwork quilt of vast, dusty lots, each choked with dump trucks, industrial trailers, maintenance sheds and more.

Now plans are afoot for yet another.

U.S. President Donald Trump's unprecedented campaign to shrink the federal government is raising questions of how artificial intelligence is being used, especially in making decisions on people getting public benefits.

Advocates, public assistance benefactors and legal aid groups all warn of lessons already learned from AI's increasing use in determining public benefits in recent years.

For nearly 25 years, attorney Michael Barasch has been at the heart of the fight to get government compensation and help for Sept. 11 survivors with health problems brought on by the attacks in 2001.

Barasch represented James Zadroga, a New York police officer who died in 2006 of pulmonary fibrosis. Zadroga's autopsy, which found ground glass and carcinogens in his lungs stemming from airborne toxins, eventually led to the creation of the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.