Climate Regulation
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![Heat waves emanate from the exhaust pipe of a bus as it passes an American flag.]()
![Heat waves emanate from the exhaust pipe of a bus as it passes an American flag.]()
With its new tailpipe rules, the EPA eyes an electric future
Automakers back the tighter emissions regulation, which climate advocates welcome but feel "falls far short of what is needed."
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Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn’t.
Trackers placed in 93 bundles of Amazon packaging marked for "store drop-off" recycling showed many of them were buried or burned.
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![Waves crash over a broken pier as people watch from a seawall during Tropical Storm Henri in New London, Connecticut, in August of 2021.]()
![Waves crash over a broken pier as people watch from a seawall during Tropical Storm Henri in New London, Connecticut, in August of 2021.]()
Connecticut wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil fuel projects
A new bill could impose a fee on any company insuring a fossil fuel project in the state.
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EPA finally cracks down on the carcinogen used to sterilize medical equipment
Although the rule will slash ethylene oxide emissions by some 90 percent, "there's still a lot more to be done."
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![Playground in foreground with petrochemical plant in background]()
![Playground in foreground with petrochemical plant in background]()
Your tax dollars may be funding the expansion of the plastics industry
Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012.
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Climate change and boat strikes are killing right whales. Stronger speed limits could save them.
Nearly a century after we almost hunted them to extinction, fewer than 360 right whales remain.
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![Laundry detergent pods spilling from a container.]()
Detergent pods are only the start of clothing’s microplastic pollution problem
A New York City bill to ban laundry pods is just one of many proposed solutions.
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SEC will require companies to disclose emissions, with one glaring gap
The agency's new rule excludes 75% of companies' climate pollution.
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A new EU ecocide law ‘marks the end of impunity for environmental criminals’
Advocates hope that the EU’s move will have influence beyond Europe’s borders.
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![a collage with squares of solar panels, a peach, power lines, and people's faces]()
![a collage with squares of solar panels, a peach, power lines, and people's faces]()
Want clean electricity? These are the overlooked elected officials who get to decide.
As the Georgia Public Service Commission writes, "Very few governmental agencies have as much impact on people's lives."
