Climate change
Burning Gentleman sues Biden administration over geothermal challenge
A bagpipe player and a tummy dancer on stilts, participants in the “Burning Gentleman” competition, cross a segment of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Mike Nelson | AFP | Getty Photographs Organizers of the art and cultural competition Burning Man and many environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) […]
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Oil companies sue Los Angeles over ban on oil and gas drilling
An oil pumpjack operates in the Inglewood Oil Field on January 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images An oil company with a drilling operation in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit against the city over its law to ban new wells and phase out all drilling within city […]
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Powell reiterates Fed is not going to become a ‘climate policymaker’
Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Jerome H. Powell participates in a panel during a Central Bank Symposium at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden, January 10, 2023. Claudio Bresciani | TT | via Reuters Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday said the central bank will not get involved […]
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U.S. tax credits could profit global automakers — but Europe would like a lot more
European officers are still looking for more concessions from the United States to be certain European electrical motor vehicle brands will not depart the bloc amid historic subsidies stateside. Perspective Push | Corbis Information | Getty Photographs The European Union is nonetheless not totally content with latest concessions from Washington on its historic established of […]
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The Earth’s ozone layer is slowly and gradually recovering, UN report finds
In this NASA untrue-color impression, the blue and purple reveals the hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer about Antarctica on Oct. 5, 2022. Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly and gradually but significantly therapeutic at a rate that would absolutely mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 yrs, a new United Nations report says. […]
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Biden declares emergency in California as more winter storms advance
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House January 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Monday declared an emergency in California after a barrage of deadly winter storms have prompted widespread power outages and flooding since last week. […]
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Biden proposes tougher limits on deadly soot pollution
Seen from the window of an Amtrak train, smoke billows up from power plants alongside the tracks in Northern Virginia. Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis Historical | Getty Images The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed a rule that would strengthen federal limits on industrial soot, one of the country’s most deadly air pollutants that […]
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California braces for powerful atmospheric river storm
An aerial view shows the damage after rainstorms caused a levee to break, flooding Sacramento County roads near Wilton, California, U.S., January 1, 2023. Fred Greaves | Reuters Another atmospheric river storm is threatening California with flooding, landslides, and power outages on Wednesday as millions of residents recover from several destructive storms, one of which caused […]
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EPA issues clean water rule that repeals Trump administration changes
Saltwater wetland, Waquoit Bay Estuarine Research Reserve, Mass. Photo: Ariana Sutton-Grier, CC BY-ND The Biden administration on Friday issued a rule that defines which types of waterways in the U.S. will receive federal water quality protections under the 1972 Clean Water Act, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts rejected and that environmental groups argued left waterways open […]
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The U.S. passed a historic climate deal this year — here’s a recap of what’s in the bill
U.S. President Joe Biden holds out his pen to U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) look on after Biden signed “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” into law during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in […]
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