Legislators are weighing tax increases on the wealthy and changes to laws meant to protect immigrants and the environment as the state budget deadline passes.

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The U.S. and other exporters are poised for a windfall, but disruptions to Persian Gulf supplies are also pushing gas-buying countries to consider alternatives like coal, solar and nuclear energy.

More solar energy was added to U.S. grids than any other technology, but the amount installed fell by 14 percent, according to a new report.

It feels as if our political institutions have abandoned the climate, but the clean energy economy is still growing.

A Times correspondent talks about life in China as it outpaces the United States in developing clean energy technology, self-driving cars and other innovations.

In Mississippi, neighbors of a Chevron plant worry that an influx of Venezuelan oil could increase pollution. They want the company to pay to move them out.

Even as American automakers have scaled back their ambitions for electric vehicles, some are pivoting to a technology that could help boost renewable energy.

China isn’t just building gigantic amounts of power. Its businesses are reshaping technological foundations to electrify the world.