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AP reporter covering climate change, clean energy and politics. Washington, DC.
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Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections
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Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections
A coalition of health and environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging its determination last week that revoked a scientific finding that has been the central basis f...
https://apnews.com/article/trump-climate-change-epa-clean-air-act-27a69e8e349bd8cc7091af202b81517c?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Public
2 days ago
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Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues My
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Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues
Conservation and historical organizations are suing the Trump administration over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks.
https://apnews.com/article/slavery-exhibit-climate-national-parks-trump-cb443d3d61c0df9613bc6dd37f7b0f07
3 days ago
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EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
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Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-climate-change-epa-clean-air-act-c149d5ea6ec71c862e6c4b578adf92cd?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Trump's
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Energy chief Wright says orders empowering coal plants helped keep lights on during winter storm
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Energy chief Wright says orders empowering coal plants helped keep lights on during winter storm
The Trump administration says its emergency orders keeping coal-fired plants running helped prevent blackouts during the recent cold snap.
https://apnews.com/article/winter-storm-power-grid-electricity-trump-7c13c74a03182c41e565ca2ac8370762
14 days ago
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Yet another judge rejects Trump effort to block offshore wind, saying NY project can resume. 5 court cases, 5 losses for Trump administration
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Yet another judge rejects Trump effort to block offshore wind, saying NY project can resume
A federal judge has ruled that an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes can resume construction.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-lawsuits-new-york-orsted-f3b2e9b4bca0d01e45c5b7ab372ae0c4
18 days ago
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Trump keeps calling Greenland 'Iceland' during Davos speech
Greenland is the object of Trump’s desire, but he keeps calling it Iceland
https://apnews.com/video/greenland-is-the-object-of-trumps-desire-but-he-keeps-calling-it-iceland-3483f4e3846f4039b73b07a5a8be3d17
29 days ago
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ICYMI: Court says Trump admin illegally blocked billions in clean energy grants to Democratic states
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Court says Trump admin illegally blocked billions in clean energy grants to Democratic states
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 el...
https://apnews.com/article/trump-clean-energy-democrats-blue-state-hydrogen-9269a5a839122e1b3fd487787747d47e?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Court
about 1 month ago
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EPA says it will stop calculating economic savings to health in key air pollution rules on soot, ozone
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EPA says it will stop calculating the economic savings to health in key air pollution rules
The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating the economic savings of health benefits from air pollution rules.
https://apnews.com/article/epa-air-pollution-health-benefits-trump-771218fb0059f4c1b07981755d3453a1?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>EPA
about 1 month ago
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'Trump’s EPA' in 2025: A fossil fuel-friendly approach to deregulation Our @AP look at a transformational year at EPA where the agency’s mission and staffing were challenged as never before
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'Trump’s EPA' in 2025: A fossil fuel-friendly approach to deregulation
The Trump administration has reshaped the Environmental Protection Agency, reversing pollution limits and promoting fossil fuels.
https://apnews.com/article/epa-trump-zeldin-fossil-fuels-transformation-1e9de2d2f9e1cba13922374478b463b1
about 2 months ago
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump administration pauses 5 offshore wind projects on the East Coast, citing national security concerns
about 2 months ago
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Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
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Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “a...
https://apnews.com/article/trump-wind-power-offshore-attorney-general-a8c2f1201ac6b0607e8c4a1c36e651ba?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Federal
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Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
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Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
The nation's immigration courts have undergone a fundamental change under the administration of President Donald Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-courts-deportations-trump-administration-8b9fab5475c0da4c0f13f3381de91448
3 months ago
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EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers. New 'Waters of the US' rule responds to 2023 Supreme Court decision and is intended to help farmers, ranchers. Critics call it a giveaway to industry. My @AP story
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EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the amount of wetlands it covers.
https://apnews.com/article/epa-clean-water-act-wetlands-protection-farmers-0b2447e3bfd86f4766d4ef74edcd6dbd?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>EPA
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Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro signs budget deal that includes Republican demand to undo state participation in regional climate change efforts. PA was only major fossil fuel-producing state w plan to force power plant owners to pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
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Trump administration moves to loosen restrictions it once supported on HFCs, a harmful pollutant used in refrigerators, air conditioners My
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Trump administration moves to loosen restrictions it once supported on a harmful pollutant
The Trump administration is loosening a federal rule that requires grocery stores, air-conditioning companies and others to reduce powerful greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
https://apnews.com/article/hfc-alternative-refrigerants-air-conditioners-trump-epa-fb2d3c8bd3029b9f924e9adb45bedfb4?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Trump
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Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling
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Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one...
https://apnews.com/article/alaska-arctic-drilling-oil-gas-trump-burgum-b3f2e701d5bdee6f840ea1849ae6716b?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Trump
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Trump administration renews push to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge
4 months ago
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Energy Department offers $1.6B loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across 5 states. Ohio-based AEP plans upgrades on 5,000 miles of power lines in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Oklahoma and W. Virginia
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Energy Department offers $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across Midwest
The Department of Energy says it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest power companies to upgrade nearly 5,000 miles of transmission lines across f...
https://apnews.com/article/trump-energy-loan-power-transmission-lines-midwest-df38cc75193e29317d706c2d7c03c1eb?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Energy
4 months ago
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Associated Press disputes Trump's false characterization of its legal fight over access
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Associated Press disputes Trump's false characterization of its legal fight over access
The Associated Press is objecting to Donald Trump’s characterization of its ongoing legal dispute over access after the president incorrectly characterized the case in a public forum.
https://apnews.com/article/ap-trump-white-house-legal-case-access-gulf-america-057b0734de60fc440e4a69dc7c1426bc?user_email=aea45d5718e54d38bd93c2e5269a3ae4757a53df517cbcb18b2fe4edc356cead
5 months ago
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RIP: Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, dies at 91.
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Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
https://apnews.com/article/jane-goodall-obit-78698397851bc7634717206f7eba07b2
5 months ago
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Trump EPA wants to end a requirement that large polluters report their greenhouse gas emissions
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The EPA wants to end a requirement that large polluters report their greenhouse gas emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to the governmen...
https://apnews.com/article/epa-greenhouse-gas-emissions-reporting-pollution-zeldin-124595af7b9c96818336701ffedae71d?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>The
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Trump admin cancels $679 million for offshore wind projects as attacks on reeling industry continue
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Trump admin cancels $679 million for offshore wind projects as attacks on reeling industry continue
The Transportation Department has canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-renewable-energy-transportation-8578da8b985b6d4eef20ec4d85c21b5d?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Trump
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Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere. Debate over higher electric bills could become key 20026 issue.
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Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere
President Donald Trump is blaming renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power for skyrocketing energy costs.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-electricity-prices-wind-solar-7c089e33bf237a218f7ea9fe54ecb019?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Trump
6 months ago
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Matthew Daly
Matt O’Brien
7 months ago
A look at how Trump's AI data center expansion plan takes aim at the 55-year-old National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), by
@melinawalling.bsky.social
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@matthewdalyap.bsky.social
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With AI plan, Trump keeps chipping away at a foundational environmental law
When big infrastructure projects spring up, one crucial law — the National Environmental Policy Act — has for decades been a key way the government has required powerful industry interests to consider...
https://apnews.com/article/national-environmental-policy-act-ai-data-centers-a1efa3f9a8b2022ded585fd8f1524cce
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Trump's Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal landmark finding that allows climate regulation
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Trump Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation
President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed revoking a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-climate-epa-endangerment-zeldin-5cba0871c880e23d044ef40a398c57b2?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Trump's
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ICYMI: EPA eliminates Office of Research and Development, begins layoffs
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EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.
https://apnews.com/article/epa-zeldin-trump-reorganization-science-research-acf0ad3a649f940e138b2a917169405f
7 months ago
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A Georgia town that solidly backed Trump could fall victim to his tax bill's green energy cuts
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A Georgia town that solidly backed Trump could fall victim to his tax bill's green energy cuts
No state may have more to lose than Georgia as Republicans in Congress look to gut federal subsidies that aid both the solar and electric vehicle industries.
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-cartersville-solar-electric-vehicle-battery-congress-e48856feda02a4c1462dc783c5f6a126?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>A
8 months ago
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GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules. Utah Sen. Mike Lee says he is not giving up on land sale plan. Democrats vow to block him.
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GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules
A plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal by Senate Energy ...
https://apnews.com/article/public-land-sales-senate-mike-lee-bf4c3a046a107efc7d4ffe005fdb9d2d?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>GOP
8 months ago
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‘Roadless rule’ in national forests to be repealed, Trump admin says
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Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands
The Trump administration plans to rescind a nearly quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging on national forest lands.
https://apnews.com/article/logging-national-forests-0607a77e0ab812ea6fa609034fbb20d9
8 months ago
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - NAACP files intent to sue Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company over air pollution from Memphis supercomputer
8 months ago
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Trump fires Democratic commissioner of independent agency that oversees nuclear safety
President Donald Trump has fired a Democratic commissioner for the federal agency that oversees nuclear safety as he continues to assert more control over independent regulatory agencies.
https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-regulatory-commission-trump-hanson-fired-cd6208b400acf1a9f22862179331a2a4
8 months ago
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Trump EPA set to roll back rules that limit greenhouse gases and mercury from US power plants
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EPA set to roll back rules that limit greenhouse gases and mercury from US power plants
The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to eliminate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas.
https://apnews.com/article/epa-power-plants-trump-coal-natural-gas-climate-b6421bf170e69b54a3ded2e575f1bc10?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>EPA
8 months ago
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Transportation chief seeks to weaken fuel economy standards, calls Biden-era rule 'illegal'
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says Biden-era fuel economy standards for gas-guzzling cars and trucks are illegal and moved to reverse the rules.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-fuel-economy-standards-electric-vehicles-56b5e293bf575b413dc054da0903e789
9 months ago
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Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars, thousands of lives. My
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Trump EPA moves to roll back rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives
When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy.
https://apnews.com/article/epa-zeldin-pollution-rules-analysis-savings-health-0a289aec2507ed38d386680afdd0ea45
9 months ago
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO analysis says
9 months ago
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Maryland county may pay $57M for upkeep of high-polluting trash incinerator it wants to close. News you can use in my home county
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Maryland county may spend $57 million on incinerator it wants to close
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich vowed to shut down the aging facility, which is a nuisance to area residents, when he first ran for office in 2018.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/06/02/expensive-repairs-moco-incinerator/
9 months ago
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$14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled in the US this year, analysis says
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$14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled in the US this year, analysis says
A new analysis finds that more than $14 billion in clean energy projects in the U.S. have been canceled this year.
https://apnews.com/article/climate-clean-energy-investments-trump-solar-wind-349e80c0d9c2cc768e63de9d48813d31
9 months ago
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AP: Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long
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Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long
Whether it's No Mow May or Let It Bloom June or Leave The Leaves, homeowners are finding more ways to adopt a low mow lifestyle instead of keeping up with short, manicured lawns.
https://apnews.com/article/no-mow-may-lawns-pollinators-3025eb0c6c2a127da649a02bbcf06d22?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Bored
9 months ago
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US Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that's sacred to Apaches. The justices left in place lower court decisions allowing transfer of forest land known as Oak Flat to Resolution Copper to mine one of world's largest copper deposits
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The Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that's sacred to Apaches
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Apaches who want to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-arizona-oak-flat-copper-mining-apache-64bb0d7c2bbf544f707ce3a421b67209?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>The
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Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits
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Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits
The budget reconciliation bill passed by House Republicans early Thursday would gut clean energy tax credits that Democrats approved three years ago.
https://apnews.com/article/congress-clean-energy-reconciliation-tax-credits-trump-c66009b4ac41a37517429bc08df26251?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Tax
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Budget cuts at Trump EPA become flashpoint at a heated hearing — and, Democrats say, may kill people
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Budget cuts at Trump EPA become flashpoint at a heated hearing — and, Democrats say, may kill people
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed angrily with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an “aspiring fiction writer” and saying another does not “care about wasting m...
https://apnews.com/article/zeldin-schiff-epa-pollution-cancer-environment-3d61818ecc3ca951dc7df3420cbe1e71?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Budget
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US Senate will try to block California vehicle standards that would phase out gas-powered cars
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Senate will try to block California vehicle standards that would phase out gas-powered cars
The U.S. Senate will move this week to block California from enforcing a series of vehicle emissions standards that are tougher than the federal government’s, including first-in-the-nation rules phasi...
https://apnews.com/article/senate-california-epa-vehicle-emission-standards-656614ff3248f970a7b9aa91182e1139
9 months ago
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Developer to resume Empire Wind NY project after Trump administration lifts pause on offshore project in NY state. Reason for Interior Dept. reversal unclear, but NY officials hail project’s resumption, call it key to electricity production in state
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Developer to resume NY offshore wind project after Trump administration lifts pause
The Trump administration is allowing work on a major offshore wind project for New York to resume. The developer, the Norwegian energy company Equinor, said Monday it was told the stop-work order has ...
https://apnews.com/article/offshore-wind-energy-trump-empire-wind-f8054a8199cfae813a6afdf3b2e4cc73
9 months ago
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EPA chief Zeldin faces bipartisan anger in Senate over funding freeze, grant cancellations
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EPA chief Zeldin faces bipartisan anger in Senate over funding freeze, grant cancellations
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has come under bipartisan criticism over his agency’s actions to cancel billions of dollars in congressionally approved spending to address chronic poll...
https://apnews.com/article/epa-congress-budget-funding-freeze-staff-cuts-17df474609c2b76dc6f88281b2bd1283?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>EPA
9 months ago
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House Republicans push to sell thousands of acres of public lands in the West
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House Republicans push to sell thousands of acres of public lands in the West
House Republicans have added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package that would authorize the sale of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah.
https://apnews.com/article/public-lands-sale-nevada-utah-housing-republicans-98184c59528a92eca51ca6ab89e751cc?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>House
10 months ago
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Carney rebuffs Trump push for 51st state in Oval Office, says Canada 'won't be for sale, ever'
10 months ago
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The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates
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The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates
A new study estimates that the world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, which is a shade less than the sum of all goods and services produced in the United States last ...
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-liability-lawsuits-damage-trillions-5ad21e47b2aa16cc90cb7669f56297f1?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top
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Environmental groups fear Trump's order to speed deep-sea mining will harm ecosystems
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Environmental groups fear Trump's order to speed deep-sea mining will harm ecosystems
Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for ores and minerals.
https://apnews.com/article/climate-deep-sea-mining-ores-minerals-trump-bd8c98390b3711439c055023b77e31b5
10 months ago
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Chemical industry seeks exemptions from US pollution rules as part of Trump administration offer
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Chemical industry seeks exemptions from US pollution rules as part of Trump administration offer
Industry groups representing hundreds of chemical and petrochemical manufacturers are seeking blanket exemptions from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsen...
https://apnews.com/article/trump-epa-toxic-chemicals-exemption-mercury-97feb73daa61df0cfbe537bf580ef99a
11 months ago
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