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Republican Congress is coming for Biden's climate wins
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A Republican Congress is coming for Biden's climate wins

If the looming GOP majority sabotages climate policy, its own voters will suffer. The party might do it anyway.
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The Supreme Court has curtailed EPA's power to regulate carbon pollution – and sent a warning to other regulators
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The Supreme Court has curtailed EPA's power to regulate carbon pollution – and sent a warning to other regulators

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court held that an Obama administration plan to regulate carbon emissions from power plants exceeded the power that Congress gave to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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The Supreme Court could hamstring federal agencies' regulatory power in a high-profile air pollution case
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The Supreme Court could hamstring federal agencies' regulatory power in a high-profile air pollution case

West Virginia v. EPA could be the opportunity that conservative justices have been seeking to curb federal power.
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​​​​​​​Biden’s biggest idea on climate change is remarkably cheap

A new analysis from researchers at the University of Chicago and the Rhodium Group, an energy-research firm, finds that one of President Joe Biden’s marquee energy proposals—the one of the most likely to make it through Congress—has a good chance of working.

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EPA to jettison major Obama climate rule, as Biden eyes a bigger push

EPA to jettison major Obama climate rule, as Biden eyes a bigger push

The Clean Power Plan had been tied up in litigation, then replaced by President Donald Trump.
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Why GM’s Super Bowl ad for electric cars is so important

Climate advocates have fought for 33 years to make electric vehicles this normal.
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Mark Whittington: How space exploration will help to address climate change

Joe Biden, like many people on the left, believes that climate change is the existential crisis of our age. NASA will be drafted to do its part by putting up more Earth observation satellites.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Big batteries are cutting emissions and reshaping the grid

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Trump faces obstacles in limiting lawsuits targeting fossil fuel industry

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Wind energy jobs grow, but safety concerns rise

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Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

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Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

CLIMATE
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Oil companies use legal loopholes to avoid well cleanup costs

A black-and-white photo of the Los Angeles skyline shrouded in pollution as viewed from nearby mountains.

L.A. is rethinking its future with housing and transit reforms