Before deciding whether to approve it, the Energy Department will analyze the climate impacts of CP2, one of 17 proposed LNG export terminals.

Its new estimate of the economic impact of climate change could create the legal justification for aggressive new regulations.

The Democratic governor is supercharging climate policy and eyeing a future White House run. But critics say some of his constituents could be left behind.

From meatpackers to home health aides, workers are struggling in sweltering temperatures and productivity is taking a hit.

The E.P.A.’s plan is “neither reasonable nor achievable,” the lobbying group said, using strong language in the face of the urgency to cut planet-warming emissions...