Solutionscommons.wikimedia.org Democrats designed the climate law to be a game changer. Here's how In a first, the measure legally defines greenhouse gases as pollution. That’ll make new regulations much tougher to challenge in court.
Politics www.nytimes.com The oil industry’s covert campaign to rewrite American car emissions rules Energy giants and conservative groups have been aggressively pushing Trump’s rollback of fuel efficiency rules for automobiles, a Times investigation found.
Politics www.nytimes.com Senators: E.P.A. files undercut Pruitt’s need for first-class travel In a letter, two Democratic senators claim to have a document disputing the E.P.A. chief’s need for costly travel and other security measures.
Politics www.nytimes.com New candidates emerge for trump’s top environmental adviser A new candidate was needed after the White House withdrew its previous nominee, who had drawn criticism for calling carbon dioxide the “gas of life.”
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