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![Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks on during an announcement with US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House]()
![Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks on during an announcement with US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House]()
The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act
New guidance from the EPA takes away one of the most reliable tools for tracking pollution from power plants — and encourages data centers to build their own.
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![A row of oil pumpjacks in a field surrounded by mountains]()
![A row of oil pumpjacks in a field surrounded by mountains]()
The fossil fuel industry is spending record amounts to keep California from regulating it
In the first half of this year, oil and gas interests poured more than $17 million into fighting climate and worker-safety legislation.
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![a forest is seen across a lake, with mountains rising in the background]()
Trump administration advances a plan to open national forests to development
The proposal would repeal the roadless rule, opening up nearly 45 million acres of national land to roadbuilding and logging, despite widespread opposition from scientists and the public.
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![blue polysilicon wafers move down the production line on the way to making solar panels]()
![blue polysilicon wafers move down the production line on the way to making solar panels]()
How this Georgia factory is surviving America’s solar policy whiplash
Biden’s incentives gave Qcells a leg up. Now Trump’s tariffs may help it thrive.
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![Car tire in a field of orange California poppies]()
![Car tire in a field of orange California poppies]()
California’s new tire efficiency rules could save drivers $1B a year
The nation’s first tire efficiency standards target an overlooked drag on fuel economy that can cost drivers more at the pump.
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![A yellow sign reading No Uranium Mining against a desert landscape with red dirt and a hill in the background]()
![A yellow sign reading No Uranium Mining against a desert landscape with red dirt and a hill in the background]()
Mining executives bought stock in their own firm days before Trump shrank Bears Ears
House Democrats have opened an investigation for insider trading.
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The EPA’s data on cancer risk from air pollution has gone dark
For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing.
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![A construction worker in a bright yellow shirt wearing a white work helmet with a towel underneath takes a drink of an electrolyte beverage in the oppressive summer heat.]()
![A construction worker in a bright yellow shirt wearing a white work helmet with a towel underneath takes a drink of an electrolyte beverage in the oppressive summer heat.]()
Congress may kill the federal heat rule before OSHA can
The Biden-era heat safety rule was already languishing. Now, in a summer of record-breaking heat, a congressional committee has moved to block it entirely. What gives?
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![A burned out truck sits amid white trees scorched by the Cottonwood Fire]()
![A burned out truck sits amid white trees scorched by the Cottonwood Fire]()
Wildfire prevention has always been a challenge in the West. Hotter, drier weather is making it worse.
In an overheating era, the old ways of keeping fires from raging out of control may no longer work.
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![Black-and-white photo of the chimneys at a refinery emitting thick white smoke under a cloudy sky]()
![Black-and-white photo of the chimneys at a refinery emitting thick white smoke under a cloudy sky]()
The EU might weaken its landmark climate law — the ‘most impactful’ in the world
Lawmakers in Europe have proposed rolling back the bloc's cap-and-trade program, long considered the gold standard for reducing companies' carbon emissions.
