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Tokyo is throwing out its strict office dress code and asking workers to wear shorts amid the war in Iran energy crisis

Tokyo is encouraging workers to start work early, log in from home, and wear shorts to the office in a bid to cut energy costs and reduce heatstroke.

By Emma BurleighMay 5, 2026

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Clean energy’s winning argument is the one it refuses to make

By David CraneMay 5, 2026

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Palisades Fire suspect ranted about Luigi Mangione and being angry at the world before sparking the deadly blaze

By The Associated Press and Christopher WeberMay 4, 2026

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Meet ‘Green Death’: the burial practices for activists worried about climate change and carbon footprint

By Dorany Pineda and The Associated PressMay 2, 2026

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A month after police used pepper spray on animal activists, 1,500 beagles are freed from a shadowy research facility

By David Fischer and The Associated PressMay 4, 2026

Can the ‘blue economy’ deliver on its promise? Investors are starting see the ocean as an asset worth protecting

Can the ‘blue economy’ deliver on its promise? Investors are starting see the ocean as an asset worth protecting

By Natalie Sum Yue ChungMay 2, 2026

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The 10 Best Mother’s Day Gifts in 2026: Must Haves for Your Mom

Health The 10 Best Mother’s Day Gifts in 2026: Must Haves for Your Mom

By Christina SnyderMay 5, 2026

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Future of Work Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong replacing ‘pure managers’ with ‘player-coaches’ is another sign the org chart is changing in a big way

By Nick LichtenbergMay 5, 2026

Wage garnishment: How it works, limits, and what you can do

Personal Finance Wage garnishment: How it works, limits, and what you can do

By Joseph HostetlerMay 5, 2026

Gen Alpha is using makeup to pass age verification tech online. One mom caught her son using an eyebrow pencil

Cybersecurity Gen Alpha is using makeup to pass age verification tech online. One mom caught her son using an eyebrow pencil

By Catherina GioinoMay 5, 2026

OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman (left) and cofounder and CEO Sam Altman (right) dressed in suits and walking through the lobby of a court house.

Newsletters Musk’s court fight against OpenAI produces more heat than light on the control of advanced AI

By Jeremy KahnMay 5, 2026

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Cybersecurity Jamie Dimon and Dario Amodei sidestep question about whether the AI cyber ‘freakout’ is warranted

By Nick LichtenbergMay 5, 2026

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Economy Dario Amodei spent last year warning of an AI white-collar bloodbath. Now he’s changing the narrative

By Nick LichtenbergMay 5, 2026

How the next CDC director could reshape America’s $5.3 trillion health care industry

Health How the next CDC director could reshape America’s $5.3 trillion health care industry

By Cassie McGrath and Healthcare BrewMay 5, 2026

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ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods, far right, listens as U.S. President Donald Trump,left, speaks during a meeting with oil company executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9. President Trump is aiming to convince oil executives to support his plans in Venezuela, a country whose energy resources he says he expects to control for years to come. US forces seized Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in a sweeping military operation on January 3, with Trump making no secret that control of Venezuela's oil was at the heart of his actions.

Energy Exxon Mobil CEO sees ‘more to come’ on price spikes from Iran war as Exxon, Chevron beat on earnings despite plunging profits

By Jordan BlumMay 1, 2026

Environment Data centers are dealing hidden damage to environmental and public health—costing the economy $25 billion every year
By Tristan BoveApril 21, 2026

Dave Regnery, CEO of Trane Technologies

Europe As the world swelters, companies scramble for ways to keep everyone cool

By Kamal AhmedMay 1, 2026

Wind energy CEO says company ‘must adapt’ as Trump offers $2 billion to kill offshore wind projects

Energy Wind energy CEO says company ‘must adapt’ as Trump offers $2 billion to kill offshore wind projects

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezApril 30, 2026

Lithium battery facility

North America China dominates the world’s lithium supply. The U.S. just found 328 years’ worth in its own backyard

By Jake AngeloApril 30, 2026

Heavy smoke from the Highway 82 Fire in Georgia.

Environment Record heat, zero rain, millions of acres lost: Experts warn wildfires are now America’s problem to survive

By Tristan BoveApril 30, 2026

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Energy Trump spent nearly $2 billion of taxpayer money to undo wind projects already underway. Dems demand answers

By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressApril 29, 2026

Environment Scientists are burning homes to protect them in wildfires: ‘We crash test houses’
By The Associated Press, Jeffrey Collins and Seth BorensteinApril 21, 2026

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Politics Tom Steyer runs for California governor on class traitor platform: ‘I’m the billionaire who wants to tax other billionaires’

By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressApril 29, 2026

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Environment The AI boom is built on the backs of the world’s poorest, most exploited people, UN researchers find

By Abraham Nunbogu, Kaveh Madani and The ConversationApril 29, 2026

Islamic finance aligns naturally with ESG, says Maybank’s first-ever chief sustainability officer

Environment Islamic finance aligns naturally with ESG, says Maybank’s first-ever chief sustainability officer

By Angelica AngApril 29, 2026

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Environment White House withdraws hospitality executive as nominee to lead National Park Service as Trump slashes the department’s size

By The Associated Press and Matthew BrownApril 28, 2026

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Commentary Former president of Costa Rica on de-risking fertilizer shocks: how $700 billion in subsidies can do more

By Carlos Alvarado QuesadaApril 27, 2026

AI Half of all new electricity demand in the U.S. last year came from data centers—just as public opinion of them plummets
By Tristan BoveApril 20, 2026

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Politics ‘Strikes on nuclear facilities and other hazardous sites has now become reality’: Ukrainians deal with risks at Chernobyl after Russia invaded

By The Associated Press and Hanna ArhirovaApril 27, 2026

A pile of shredded plastic in Vietnam

Health Toxic chemicals are raising infertility in humans, fish, birds, and insects: ‘A whisper that is powerful enough to redirect a hurricane’

By Tristan BoveApril 27, 2026

Wael Sawan, chief executive officer of Shell Plc, at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. The event convenes more than 11,000 participants from over 2,350 companies across 90 countries for dialogue on the agenda ahead as the world enters a new era of energy transition. Photographer: F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Energy Shell reverses course in Canada and buys ARC Resources for $14 billion, doubling down on oil and gas

By Jordan BlumApril 27, 2026

Chevron CEO says Venezuela must do more for oil industry revival

Energy Chevron CEO says Venezuela must do more for oil industry revival

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and BloombergApril 26, 2026

U.S. wheat crops wither, herds thin as spring drought deepens

Law U.S. wheat crops wither, herds thin as spring drought deepens

By Lauren Rosenthal, Erin Ailworth, Ilena Peng and BloombergApril 25, 2026

Trump’s hatred for ‘windmills’ threatens Republicans in coastal Virginia who now face more political peril after the state’s redistricting vote

Politics Trump’s hatred for ‘windmills’ threatens Republicans in coastal Virginia who now face more political peril after the state’s redistricting vote

By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressApril 25, 2026

Asia is turning to coal in the Iran crisis, but nuclear power will be the real endgame

Commentary Asia is turning to coal in the Iran crisis, but nuclear power will be the real endgame

By Julius Cesar TrajanoApril 24, 2026

Data centers are finding a surprising way to deploy batteries

Energy Data centers are finding a surprising way to deploy batteries

By Mark Chediak, Michelle Ma and BloombergApril 24, 2026

Gen Alpha can’t write emails to grandma without ChatGPT. It’s time for a ‘Digital Harm Tax’

Commentary Gen Alpha can’t write emails to grandma without ChatGPT. It’s time for a ‘Digital Harm Tax’

By Larz MayApril 24, 2026

A man walks on a patch of land that is dried and cracked

Environment The world has entered a ‘global water bankruptcy,’ but markets are mispricing water as drought costs rise to $307 billion annually, analysts warn

By Sasha RogelbergApril 23, 2026

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Politics It’s raining ice in Michigan: ‘They’re mini glaciers, if you will’

By Sarah Brumfield, Corey Williams and The Associated PressApril 23, 2026

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Environment Climate activists realize that it’s a bad look to be an ‘eco-pooper,’ embrace joy for a change

By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressApril 23, 2026

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Environment Over 17 million Americans live in homes that could be flooded any second now, University of Alabama researchers find

By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressApril 23, 2026

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Commentary The Iran War just made the clean energy transition non-negotiable

By Tenzin SeldonApril 23, 2026

Kanawha County Commission Emergency Management Director C.W. Sigman speaks at a news conference Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Charleston, W.Va

Law Two dead, dozens hospitalized after a gas plant leak in West Virginia’s ‘chemical valley’

By The Associated Press and John RabyApril 22, 2026

Lake Powell

Environment Officials will flush 50,000 toilets to flood a Utah lake in order to generate electricity

By Mead Gruver, Dorany Pineda and The Associated PressApril 22, 2026

Photo of a BYD Sealion 5 DM-i plug-in hybrid

Energy How the Iran energy crisis is supercharging Southeast Asia’s EV transition

By Angelica AngApril 21, 2026

$Two Halliburton employees, clad in red coveralls, work at a pressure pumping, or fracking, operation in the Permian Basin.$

Energy Halliburton CEO: U.S. oil is in the ‘early innings’ of a rebound—and a drilling ramp-up is coming

By Jordan BlumApril 21, 2026

A soybean farmer inspects his crops in Maryland

Environment Tariffs, war, and now a historic drought have converged into a ‘perfect storm’ for U.S. farmers and food prices

By Tristan BoveApril 21, 2026

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