"More than 700,000 federal employees have been sidelined and thousands more are at risk of being fired as the government shutdown drags on." "Federal workers who issue permits for oil, gas and mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal pollution limits."

"With trade threats from President Donald Trump, the U.S. derailed the world’s first global carbon fee on shipping as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations."

"A coalition formed to align the international banking sector’s investments with global climate goals has disbanded nearly four years after it was launched."

"A new law in Ohio will fast-track energy projects in places that are hard to argue with: former coal mines and brownfields."

"Amid Trump-era funding turmoil, foundations are finding themselves pulled in many directions to fill in the gaps."

"A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can reveal."

"President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening."

"Google recently courted the township of Franklin, Ind., so that it could construct a giant campus to house the computer hardware that powers its internet business. But the company needed to rezone more than 450 acres in the Indianapolis suburb, and residents weren't having it."

"The world’s largest maritime nations gathered in London on Tuesday to consider adopting regulations that would move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels to slash emissions."