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Trump’s EPA wants to demolish the bedrock of US climate regulation. It won’t be easy.
The little-known “endangerment finding” has quietly enshrined climate action in U.S. policy.
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Can solar power avoid Trump’s culture wars?
The industry is rebranding itself as a symbol of American "energy dominance."
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A Project 2025 advisor takes the reins at EPA Region 6
Scott Mason IV is the new administrator for the EPA region covering Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and 66 tribal nations.
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The uncertain future of the Green New Deal
Trump can't stop talking about a law that never passed. Should activists pick a new demand?
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![EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaking at a podium with a background of gold bars]()
![EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaking at a podium with a background of gold bars]()
Republicans once embraced ‘green banks.’ Trump is trying to raid them.
EPA chief Lee Zeldin has launched an attack on the agency’s $20 billion clean energy loan program.
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Trump’s attack on paper straws is mostly symbolic — but the plastics industry is celebrating
Trade groups are seizing the moment to call for fewer restrictions on plastics.
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![A wildland firefighter in a helicopter looks down on a fire in Everglades National Park]()
How the federal funding and hiring freezes are leaving communities vulnerable to wildfire
Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from President Trump's executive orders has limited wildfire training and postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation.
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Mayors across the US urge Congress not to repeal clean energy tax credits
The Inflation Reduction Act incentives for developing clean energy have created thousands of jobs in local communities across the country. The Trump administration froze further spending on them.
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Trump’s funding freeze is wreaking havoc on climate science
Federal dollars have bankrolled some of humanity's biggest breakthroughs. What happens when they disappear?
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Was the world’s most influential climate target doomed from the start?
As the world passes 1.5 degrees C of warming, a Cambridge scholar argues that putting a deadline on climate action was the wrong way to frame it.
