Some industry observers told ABC News that the ostensible softening toward Trump by big-tech corporations reflects a new business landscape that is both heavily influenced by the president-elect and increasingly defined by the development of energy-intensive artificial intelligence products.

The central bank said it had decided to leave the network after the group’s work “increasingly broadened in scope.”

There are 50 to 100 expected executive orders on Trump’s first day in office. Many will focus on boosting fossil fuels and reversing climate policy

Chris Wright’s arguments are set to draw scrutiny from Senate Democrats during his confirmation hearing for the Energy Department post.

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial system.

The American Conservation Coalition has grassroots support and the ear of Trump's cabinet picks. The next four years will test its influence.

Senate confirmation hearings for the Trump cabinet continue on Thursday. They will include Doug Burgum for interior secretary, Scott Turner for housing secretary and Lee Zeldin for Environmental Protection Agency administrator at 10 a.m. Eastern, and Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary at 10:30 a.m.

Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, is promising to preserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy.”

Four of Canada's biggest lenders said on Friday they were withdrawing from a global banking sector climate coalition, joining six major U.S. banks.The departures from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance began with Goldman Sachs' announcement on Dec.