January 28, 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit blocking Michigan from suing major oil companies to hold them responsible for climate change was dismissed by a federal judge. (Nate Raymond/Reuters)

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an antitrust lawsuit against major oil companies over a decades long “cartel like plot” to restrain renewable energy competition, including electric vehicles. (JC Reindle/The Detroit Free Press)

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More than a dozen, majority women-led groups are working together to rescue environment and climate data from being erased from public databases by the Trump administration. (Kyla Mandel/TIME)

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Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance, its efforts have largely collapsed. (David Gelles/The New York Times)

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A new U.N. report finds climate change, pollution have pushed the world into a state of “water bankruptcy,” leaving essential sources of fresh water irreparably damaged and billions of people without water for basic needs. (Sarah Kaplan/The Washington Post)

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The Trump Administration is speeding up deep-sea mining permits in international waters after new rules filed shorten companies ability to apply. (Max Rego/The Hill)

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces renewed commitment to ban toxic chemical testing on animals by 2035. (Lisa Friedman/The New York Times)

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Once a center for the corporate climate movement, discussions about climate change and renewable power shift tone at the World Economic Forum annual gathering in Davos. (Sam Meredith/CNBC)

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Electric vehicles outsold gas vehicles in Europe for the first time. (Adele Peters/Fast Company)

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Trump administration officials ordered national parks to remove displays related to climate change, environmental protection and mistreatment of Native Americans as a part of executive order to scrub “partisan ideology.” (Jake Spring/The Washington Post)

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Then there’s this…

The Winter Olympics are about to begin in Italy – climate change could reshape future potential Olympic games. (Jennifer McDermott, Pat Graham/The Associated Press)