James Tucker got an efficient heat pump for his home near Oakland, California last year. Now homeowners can get new credits for heat pumps from federal climate legislation. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
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Krishna Lal stands in front of her house. The town of Chamba is on the hill behind her. Raksha Kumar/NPR hide caption
Electric cars charge at a hub in downtown Milan on March 23. Starting in 2035, all cars sold in the European Union will be zero-emission vehicles. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A map highlights areas where thousands of blocks of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico were offered up in an oil and gas auction Wednesday. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hide caption
This July 24, 2008 photo shows the Monticello nuclear power plant in Monticello, MN. In November 2022, the plant confirmed a 400,000 gallon leak of water containing tritium and reported it to officials. The leak wasn't known to the public until Thursday. Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A smokestack stands at a coal plant on June 22, 2022, in Delta, Utah. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule Wednesday to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution they can't control. ( Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. President Biden will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean, an administration official said on Sunday. AP hide caption
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, pictured here in October, has operated with emergency power sources six times since Russia's offensive started. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption
Sultan al-Jaber, the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., talks during the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Feb 14, 2023. Kamran Jebreili/AP hide caption
Researchers say protecting mangroves that soak up carbon is a great climate solution. But they caution against programs that slap carbon offsets onto it as those offsets can be hard to verify. Marie Hickman/Getty Images hide caption
A new report finds that last year China permitted the equivalent of two coal plants per week. China's renewable sector is also booming. VCG/VCG via Getty Images hide caption
China is building six times more new coal plants than other countries, report finds
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured as he attends the start of production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin in Germany. on March 22, 2022. Tesla held an investor day on Wednesday. It did not reveal a new vehicle, but it unveiled some of its big-picture ideas on climate change. Patrick Pleul/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tesla has a new master plan. It's not a new car — just big thoughts on planet Earth
Tomato shortages in the U.K. are being blamed on bad weather, energy prices and trade policy AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Let them eat... turnips? Tomato shortage in UK has politicians looking for answers
Toyota unveils a new Prius in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2022. A quarter century after Toyota introduced the Toyota Prius, hybrids remain popular with shoppers. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Solar restrictions are gaining traction as the stakes for addressing climate change keep getting higher. Construction of more renewable energy is a key part of the country's plans to cut heat-trapping pollution and avoid the worst damage from extreme weather in the decades ahead. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
A ballet dancer warms up before an open rehearsal at the Audi automobile factory in Gyor, Hungary, on Thursday. The Ballet Company of Gyor is rehearsing at the factory after being forced to shutter its rehearsal hall in response to soaring energy prices. Denes Erdos/AP hide caption
Radhika (15), Anjali (16), Suman (21), and Suhani (15) in July 2022 perform a dance routine near the village of Sahana Pahari, Jharia. Walaa Alshaer for NPR hide caption
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg waits in Erkelenz, Germany, to take part in a demonstration at a nearby a coal mine on Jan. 14. Michael Probst/AP hide caption
An oil pumpjack works in the Permian Basin oil field in Stanton, Texas. The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new way to evaluate the cost to humanity of emitting greenhouse gases. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
EPA's proposal to raise the cost of carbon is a powerful tool and ethics nightmare
Black smoke rises after shelling in Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 3, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
World leaders recently announced a $20 billion climate deal to help get Indonesia off coal power. But there are doubts about the deal because — for one thing — the country is planning to build new coal plants, including here in Kalimantan. Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Despite billions to get off coal, why is Indonesia still building new coal plants?
First graders from The Friends School of Atlanta share their hopes for the world. The Friends School of Atlanta hide caption
Gas utilities and cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may may be about to change. Sean Gladwell/Getty Images hide caption
Gas stove makers have a pollution solution. They're just not using it
Tires of a truck are pictured at a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 27. A European ban on imports of diesel fuel and other products made from crude oil in Russian refineries takes effect Feb. 5. The goal is to stop feeding Russia's war chest, but fuel costs have already jumped since the war started and they could rise again. Michael Probst/AP hide caption