Author: Matthew Daly
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Trump’s EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president to roll back climate regulations. The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government…
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Court says Trump administration illegally blocked $7.6B in clean energy grants to Democratic states
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. The grants supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, including battery plants, hydrogen technology projects, upgrades…
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Trump administration moves to dissolve national climate research lab in Colorado
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, moving to dissolve a research lab that a top White House official described as “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.″ White House budget director Russ Vought criticized the lab in a social media post…
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A US appeals court ruling could allow mine development on Oak Flat, land sacred to Apaches
An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona has suffered a significant blow
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Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks
The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution
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Conflict in the Middle East is affecting a key energy lifeline for Europe. How big is the risk?
Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are disrupting a key trade route for energy supplies to Europe
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Supreme Court ruling weakens Biden’s clean water protections
WASHINGTON • The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them. The rule would require that wetlands be more clearly connected to other waters like oceans and rivers, a policy shift that departs from a…
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Biden announces modest climate actions
SOMERSET, Mass. • President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, “This is an emergency, and I will look at it that way.” The president stopped short, though, of declaring a formal climate emergency, which Democrats and environmental groups have been seeking…
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Democrats seek criminal charges against Coloradan who headed Interior for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to investigate whether the Coloradan who served as secretary of the interior in the Trump administration engaged in possible criminal conduct while helping an Arizona developer get a crucial permit for a housing project. The criminal referral says David…
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Biden launches $6B effort to save distressed nuclear plants
WASHINGTON • The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to rescue nuclear power plants at risk of closing, citing the need to continue nuclear energy as a carbon-free source of power that helps to combat climate change. A certification and bidding process opened Tuesday for a civil nuclear credit program that is intended…