Isabella O'Malley

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  • FILE – Wind turbines of South Fork Wind are seen off the coast of Block Island, R.I., Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Energy

    Trump halts work on an offshore wind project that’s 80% complete, citing unspecified ‘national security interests’

    By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
  • Solar panelsEnvironment

    Instead of a $50,000 solar panel on your roof, how about a $2,000 one small enough to fit on your deck? ‘We thought absolutely, let’s do this right away’

    By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A solar farm sits in Mona, Utah, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)Environment

    Over $14 billion clean energy investments canceled or delayed so far in 2025, analysis finds

    By Alexa St. John, Isabella O'Malley, and others
  • Affectionate young couple taking selfies on the beach after their engagement.Success

    Gen Z and millennials proudly wear ‘lab-grown’ diamonds, oblivious to the fact they’re made from burning coal in China and India

    By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
  • The awning is seen torn from a 7-Eleven convenience store after a tornado caused by Hurricane Milton.Environment

    Hurricane Milton unleashes unusually violent tornadoes rivaling Great Plains

    By Isabella O'Malley, Suman Naishadham, and others
  • FILE – A person wipes sweat from their brow at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, Calif., July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil, File)Personal Finance

    7-in-10 Americans say extreme heat has driven up their electricity bills in the last year

    By Isabella O'Malley, Linley Sanders, and others
  • Aerial view of US Steel factory with smokestacks, Granite City, Illinois. (Photo by: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Environment

    Biden administration announces $6bn in funding for projects to slash industrial emissions, the largest-ever U.S. investment to decarbonize industry

    By Isabella O'Malley, Jennifer McDermott, and others
  • Taylor SwiftEnvironment

    Taylor Swift’s private jet to the Super Bowl would emit 14x the average American’s travel in a full year—at least

    By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
  • Iron workers construct the framework of a battery plantEnvironment

    The U.S. Energy Department just funneled another $3.5 billion into the battery industry as it tries to wean cars and home off fossil fuels

    By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
  • A man cools off in a shower at a beach.Environment

    The last 12 months were the hottest ever recorded due to burning fossil fuels, new report finds: ‘People know that things are weird’

    By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
  • Woman stands in front of her hurricane-resistant homeEnvironment

    Climate change is transforming architecture: Think houses on stilts, with a rounded shape like a ship that can survive a hurricane

    By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
  • Joe BidenEnvironment

    Nonpartisan business group hails Biden’s green jobs boom: ‘We’re in the biggest economic revolution we’ve seen in generations’

    By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Nicholas Hartnett, owner of Pure Power Solar, carries a panel as he and Brian Hoeppner, right, install a solar array on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., July 17, 2023. A business group that advocates for clean energy says at least $86 billion in investments have been announced, with the biggest likely job gains in electric vehicles, battery storage and solar energy. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)Tech

    EV, battery storage and solar projects announced since the Inflation Reduction Act will create 403,000 jobs, business group says

    By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A man reacts as he sits on the Lahaina historic banyan tree damaged by a wildfire on Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. With a housing crisis that has priced out many Native Hawaiians as well as families that have been there for decades, concerns are rising that Maui could become the latest example of “climate gentrification,” when it becomes harder for local people to afford housing in safer areas after a climate-amped disaster. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)Environment

    Hawaii residents fear ‘climate gentrification’ after devastating Maui fires cause $3.2B in property losses

    By Isabella O'Malley, Jennifer McDermott, and others
  • Trapping ambient CO2 could be a game-changing breakthrough in the fight against climate change.Politics

    Biden administration makes largest ever investment in ‘engineered carbon removal’, spending $1.2 billion to vacuum up climate-warming gases in the air

    By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press