US Reversal on Key Climate Finding Spells Uncertainty for Business August 1, 2025 By Valerie Volcovici The Trump administration has billed its plan to undo U.S. climate regulation as a way to cut costs for industry,...
EPA to Withdraw Foundation of Greenhouse Gas Rules, Sources Say July 23, 2025 By Valerie Volcovici The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to reverse its scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health, removing the...
NOAA ‘Fully Staffed’ With Forecasters, Scientists, US Commerce Secretary Says June 5, 2025 By Valerie Volcovici U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a Senate hearing that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is “fully staffed”...
Environmental Lawyers Get Ready to Pounce on Energy Deregulation Moves April 23, 2025 By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici U.S. environmental groups say they are hiring lawyers and preparing for a major legal showdown with President Donald Trump’s administration...
White House Proposes Elimination of NOAA Climate Research in Budget Proposal April 15, 2025 By Valerie Volcovici The administration of President Donald Trump aims to eliminate the arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that oversees...
Earthquakes and Blowouts Undermine Case for Carbon Storage in Texas January 7, 2025 By Valerie Volcovici and Leah Douglas Texas has seen surging interest from companies hoping to bury carbon dioxide in its oilfields, putting the state at the...
Contentious COP29 Deal Shows Climate Cooperation Fraying at Edges November 25, 2024 By Valerie Volcovici, Richard Valdmanis and Karin Strohecker When COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev stepped to the podium at the closing meeting of the Baku climate summit on Sunday...
Environmental Groups, California Sue Exxon Over Global Plastic Pollution September 24, 2024 By Valerie Volcovici California and several environmental groups sued Exxon Mobil on Monday and accused the oil giant of engaging in a decades-long...
Pressure Mounts on Texas Regulator as ‘Zombie’ Oil Wells Spill Toxic Fluids August 15, 2024 By Valerie Volcovici PECOS COUNTY, Texas – On a sprawling ranch in Pecos County in late July, oil well control specialist Hawk Dunlap...
What Do Countries and Companies Want in Global Plastic Treaty Talks? April 22, 2024 By Valerie Volcovici Global leaders will gather in Canada’s capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a first-ever global treaty to rein...