Protesters disrupt construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in early September. Trespassing near pipelines is now a felony offense in Louisiana, punishable by up to five years in jail. Travis Lux/WWNO hide caption
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A gas flare at a natural gas processing facility near Williston, N.D. The Trump administration wants to ease regulations on methane emissions from energy production on public lands. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption
Model 3 sedans sit on display outside a Tesla showroom. For California to reach its ambitious climate change goals, every vehicle sold by 2040 in the state will have to be a zero-emissions vehicle. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Gov. Brown's Biggest Climate Foe Isn't Trump. It's Car-Loving Californians
President Trump, flanked by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (left) and Energy Secretary Rick Perry (right), announces the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, in March 2017. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Solar panels are mounted on the roof of the Los Angeles Convention Center on September 5. The state's governor has signed a landmark bill setting a goal of 100 percent clean energy for the state's electrical needs, by the year 2045. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
An offshore installation barge welds segments of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, to be laid on the seabed near Lubmin on Germany's Baltic coast. Esme Nicholson/NPR hide caption
In Germany, Construction Has Begun On Controversial New Russian Gas Pipeline
A support vessel is seen next to a massive wind turbine at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by the Orsted energy company off Britain's west coast on Sept. 5. Phil Noble/Reuters hide caption
An unmanned automobile competes in the i-VISTA (Intelligent Vehicle Integrated Systems Test Area) Autonomous Driving Challenge on August 18 in Chongqing, China. VCG/Getty hide caption
The Dry Fork Station coal-fired power plant in Gillette, Wyo., supplies electricity across the West. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption
Coal Country: EPA Plan Is Short Term Boost, No Solution For Industry Decline
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Coal Country: EPA Plan Is Short Term Boost, No Solution For Industry Decline
The Trump administration's proposal would give states more authority to make their own plans for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. J. David Ake/AP hide caption
Environmental groups opposing the Constitution Pipeline rally outside the state Capitol on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. Mike Groll/AP hide caption
Activists Have A New Strategy To Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights
Paul Gilding on TED Stage. James Duncan Davidson/TED hide caption
Paul Gilding: How Do We Continue To Grow If The Earth Has Reached Its Limit?
A sign is posted in late 2015, during a leak at a natural gas storage well at a Southern California Gas Company storage facility in the hills above the community of Porter Ranch, a suburb of Los Angeles. Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
The Garzweiler coal mine and power plant near the city of Grevenbroich in western Germany. Plans to expand an open-pit brown coal mine in the eastern German village of Pödelwitz have prompted protests. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption
Germany Bulldozes Old Villages For Coal Despite Lower Emissions Goals
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The Loviisa nuclear power plant in Finland reduced its electricity output because of warmer seawater. Kimmo Mantyla/AP hide caption