Judge Blocks Trump’s Freeze on Climate, Infrastructure Grants April 17, 2025 By Nate Raymond A U.S. judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from freezing billions of dollars in grants Congress authorized under...
‘It’s Surreal’: Trump’s Freeze on Climate Money Sows Fear and Confusion February 4, 2025 By Zahra Hirji and Danielle Bochove When President Donald Trump’s administration last week shut off the spigot of federal grant money, which a federal judge said...
Supreme Court Allows EPA Power Plant Pollution Curbs for Now October 17, 2024 By Greg Stohr The US Supreme Court let the Environmental Protection Agency move ahead with its stringent new emissions limits for power plants,...
EU Commission Eyeing Exemptions for ‘Forever Chemicals’ Ban, Letter Shows May 9, 2024 By Kate Abnett and Ludwig Burger The European Commission is planning to allow exemptions from a proposed ban on substances known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals,”...
EPA Designates PFAS Chemicals as Superfund Hazardous Substances April 22, 2024 By Clark Mindock The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated a pair of widely used industrial chemicals as hazardous substances under the...
New Jersey Voters May Get to Decide If They Have a Right to a Clean Environment March 19, 2024 By Wayne Parry New Jersey, known as much for its beaches and blueberries as for the chemical plants and refineries that line some...
Republican-Led States Sue SEC Over Climate Risk Disclosure Rules March 7, 2024 By Clark Mindock Ten Republican-led states have sued to challenge new federal rules that require U.S.-listed companies to report climate-related risks, a spokesperson...
EPA Directs $1 Billion to 25 Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanups February 28, 2024 By Timothy Gardner The U.S. environment regulator said on Tuesday it is launching new cleanup projects at 25 hazardous waste sites from New...
Bottled Water Contains More Plastic Particles Than Previously Thought January 12, 2024 By Coco Liu A typical one-liter (33-ounce) bottle of water contains some 240,000 plastic fragments on average, according to a new study. Many...
How Much Would Carbon Damage Cost if Corporations Paid for Their Emissions? September 1, 2023 By Seth Borenstein The world’s corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they...