Climate Regulation

Interior secretary recommends Biden restore national monuments Trump trashed

The Biden administration looks set to undo former President Donald Trump’s attacks on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

Cargo ships are cleaning up smog — by dumping pollution into the seas

How a fix for air pollution leads to tons of contaminated water.

Should customers be able to repair their devices? This federal agency says yes.

Tech lobbyists say letting people fix their own stuff is too dangerous. The Federal Trade Commission isn't buying it.

Gridlocked: These policies might put Biden’s transmission infrastructure plans on hold

Biden wants to spend billions on electricity transmission — but current projects are stuck in red tape.

Eminent domain opens doors for fossil fuels — could it do the same for renewable energy?

Environmentalists have long opposed it for fossil fuel projects. Now, the legal power could be vital to building renewable infrastructure.

There are massive chemical dumps in the Gulf we know almost nothing about

In the 1970s, the EPA allowed chemical companies to dump toxic waste into the deep sea. Now, oil giants are drilling right on top of it.

It’s dangerous to be an environmental activist in Latin America. A new treaty is trying to change that.

The agreement, which goes into effect on Earth Day, has been signed by 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells

‘No teeth and no funding’: How regulators failed to police the oil industry

Thirty years of data show Texas and New Mexico officials struggled to identify and fine violators.

Report: It’s time for the U.S. to research solar geoengineering

We might never do solar geoengineering. But government science advisers say studying it is better than flying blind.