Trump’s Climate Rollbacks Will Keep US Emissions Higher for Longer September 16, 2026 By Zahra Hirji, Eric Roston and Lili Pike President Donald Trump’s broad rollbacks of federal greenhouse gas rules since January 2025 have altered the trajectory of US energy...
EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Rules for Coal, Gas Power Plants September 15, 2026 By Zahra Hirji, Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon...
Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Are Being Struck Down by Courts August 24, 2026 By Zahra Hirji The Trump administration’s many steps to reshape and shrink the scope of federal environmental protection have been met with a...
Prediction Market Bets on Wildfires Draw Scrutiny From Senators August 5, 2026 By Lydia Beyoud and Zahra Hirji A group of Democratic senators urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in prediction market trading on wildfires, expressing...
As US Residential Solar Industry Craters, Florida Bucks Trend July 28, 2026 By Zahra Hirji While the residential solar market is collapsing nationwide after President Donald Trump ended a popular tax credit in December, one...
Overlapping Disasters Challenge States Amid Trump Cuts July 21, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Todd Woody Across the US last week, different disasters — from Canadian wildfire smoke darkening the skies in the Midwest and Northeast...
After Biden Denied Alabama Coal Waste Bid, Trump Reverses Course July 14, 2026 By Zahra Hirji The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed to approve Alabama’s application to take over issuing certain coal waste permits from...
Why the Trump Administration Is Defending Musk’s xAI Data Centers in Court June 26, 2026 By Zahra Hirji A lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines used to power adata center for Elon Musk’s company xAI Corp. and its AI...
Can Trump’s New FEMA Pick Save the Beleaguered Disaster Agency? May 13, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote a memo last spring laying out how to...
FEMA Council Backs Overhaul of Disaster Response May 8, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal President Donald Trump’s task force for reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday recommended sweeping changes to how the...