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Ex-EPA head urges US to resist Trump attacks on climate action: ‘We won’t become numb’

Expanded climate action from cities and states could slash planet-heating pollution despite Trump's opposition.

www.theguardian.com
The protective helmet of an oil worker is stained with oil and fuel oil.

Donald Trump's fossil fuel agenda advances despite government shutdown

The government shutdown isn’t stopping the Trump administration from advancing its policy priorities, especially when it comes to fossil fuels.

thehill.com
Coal jobs are disappearing on the Navajo Nation. Can Trump bring them back?

Coal jobs are disappearing on the Navajo Nation. Can Trump bring them back?

As the economic engine for the region, coal offered solid work. But it has also used up water, polluted the air and raised health concerns.
www.nytimes.com
Two construction workers on a hot roof

Growing threat to heat-exposed workers: chronic kidney disease

Some experts believe CKD is the first chronic illness directly linked to climate change.
publichealthwatch.org
A warehouse or data center sited in the middle of green fields.

AI is pushing climate goals out of reach, new reports say

Without a big increase in investment in renewable energy globally, humanity will not limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, but much of the data center boom is powered by fossil fuels.
insideclimatenews.org
Pipeline running through mountainous region

Can the US and Canada revive Keystone XL?

An earlier push to build the pipeline ended during the Biden administration. Both countries could try again if they settle their trade war.
www.eenews.net
Electric car battery. Lithium-ion cell pack.

The quest to make American EV batteries without destructive mining

Mining is the dirty side of the “green” transition to electric vehicles. Battery recycling could give the U.S. a cleaner, domestic source of critical minerals.
www.washingtonpost.com
EPA chief, Lee Zeldin speaking into mic

EPA flush with cash for ‘priority’ staff

The agency is taking an unprecedented approach to furloughs during this latest government shutdown.
www.eenews.net
Smokestacks from a factory spewing smoke and pollution into the air.

Air pollution from industrial facilities is far worse than estimated

The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer.
www.propublica.org
View of wind turbines on a hillside

Utah regulators deny clean energy petition but signal support for future renewable opportunities

The Utah Public Service Commission rejected a request from clean energy advocates to compel Rocky Mountain Power to speed up renewable energy procurement, saying it lacks authority to direct resource decisions. Still, the ruling encourages the utility to pursue tax-credit-eligible projects to reduce costs for ratepayers.

utahnewsdispatch.com
Wind turbines being built in the ocean

Potential wind slowdown threatens renewable energy and fuels heat domes

Climate change may be causing long-term global wind speeds to slow down, a shift that will likely lead to a dangerous rise in local temperatures, worsening air pollution and disruption to renewable energy systems.

news.mongabay.com
Luxury interior of a private gulfstream jet with large cabin aircraft

America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam

Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.

www.theguardian.com
a close up of a mosquito on a human's skin.

How climate change is making us sick

The recent discovery of mosquitoes in Iceland is just one way in which the climate crisis is creating health hazards. A new scientific report says these risks are unprecedented.
www.dw.com
The car burned down in the garage of a house. Explosion and fire in the workshop. Soot and coal around.

In a ‘disheartening’ era, the nation’s former top mining regulator speaks out

Joe Pizarchik, who led the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement from 2009 to 2017, says Alabama’s move in the wake of a fatal 2024 home explosion increases risks to residents living atop “gassy” coal mines.
insideclimatenews.org
An illustration of storage containers with the word Hydrogen on them, solar panels, and wind turbines

California continues hydrogen push after federal funding cuts

The federal government pulled $1.2 billion in hydrogen funding for California. Los Angeles is pressing ahead anyway — starting with the Scattergood power plant.
calmatters.org
An aerial view of a tanker ship at a dock

In New York, a pipeline proposal that just won’t die

Why some think a “lurid political shakedown” by President Trump will get a pipeline built off Rockaway Beach.
grist.org
a picture of the earth in a ring of fire

Climate plans don't limit dangerous warming, UN says ahead of COP

A new UN review finds that countries’ current carbon-cutting plans will reduce emissions by only 10% by 2035—far below the 57% drop needed to keep global temperature rise within the 1.5C target set by the Paris Agreement.

www.bbc.com
a factory with smoke coming out of its stacks

Trump moves to boost greenhouse, toxic emissions in Gulf states

Expansions at five petrochemical plants in Texas and Louisiana could add the equivalent of more than 1 million cars’ worth of pollution, advocates say.

floodlightnews.org
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