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DOT shutters information hub for climate funding

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 6:30am
The Climate Change Center provided technical assistance that helped state and local governments bring in $13 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law.

Democrats mobilize to defend EPA climate action

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 6:30am
Lawmakers are escalating their protests following news EPA wants to undo a finding allowing the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Zeldin’s critiques of Canadian bus-maker Lion Electric, explained

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 6:28am
The Trump EPA has homed in on the electric school bus manufacturer as alleged evidence of the Biden administration’s mismanagement of grant funds.

California to make ‘substantive modifications’ to its fuel emissions trading program

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 6:26am
The notice comes after the Office of Administrative Law rejected changes to the low-carbon fuel standard.

Sustainable aviation fuel boss wants more EU regulations

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 6:25am
Finland’s Neste blames the airlines for not keeping their promise to guarantee voluntary demand for sustainable aviation fuel.

Why reaching net-zero emissions is getting cheaper in the UK

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 6:24am
A report said the country can reach the net-zero goal by 2050 while spending as little as 0.2 percent of its gross domestic product.

Trump darkens financial outlook for clean tech companies

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:18am
Solar, wind and battery executives expressed caution in earnings reports delivered five weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term.

Energy industry to EPA: Keep endangerment finding

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:17am
Petroleum companies and utilities fear a regulatory "patchwork" if the administration repeals the 2009 scientific finding that underpins federal climate rules.

Virginia Supreme Court rejects youth climate case

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:15am
Young activists in Virginia had sought to make the case that state energy policies are hurting them by worsening the effects of climate change.

Court advances racketeering claims against oil and gas industry

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:15am
A magistrate judge in Puerto Rico said municipalities suing fossil fuel companies should get their day in court.

Wisconsin faces lawsuit over attorney tied to climate interests

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:13am
The challenge is the latest effort by conservatives to block state attorneys general from partnering with a Michael Bloomberg-backed fellowship program in environmental cases.

GAO warns about FEMA staffing as Trump fires hundreds

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:12am
The delivery of disaster aid is on the Government Accountability Office's High-Risk List for the first time as climate-related costs soar and Federal Emergency Management Agency staffing lags.

California greenhouse gas prices continue their decline

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:10am
Prices for carbon allowances are trading at $12.49 less per ton than at this time last year.

Rail coalition jumps into California’s cap-and-trade debate

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:09am
The U.S. High Speed Rail Coalition said its first target is supporting a cap-and-trade extension for the state’s high-speed rail project.

Big EU countries push expanded carbon border tax to help repay Covid debt

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:08am
France, Italy and Poland support the move, but others fear it might prompt President Donald Trump to retaliate in anger.

China must cut 15% of steel capacity to meet 2025 climate goals

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:08am
According to a report, in order for the country to get back on track, its annual blast furnace capacity has to shrink by at least 200 million tons from its 2020 base.

Computer simulations show nightmare Atlantic current shutdown less likely this century

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:06am
A possible climate-change-triggered shutdown of what's called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could play havoc with global rain patterns, dramatically cool Europe while warming the rest of the world and goose sea levels on America's East Coast, scientists predict.

FEMA memo: Replace ‘noncitizen’ with ‘alien,’ remove ‘climate’ from documents

Wed, 02/26/2025 - 6:55am
The disaster agency is scrubbing dozens of words targeted by President Donald Trump, prompting complaints of discrimination.

Social cost of carbon — axed by Trump — shapes Calif. climate program

Wed, 02/26/2025 - 6:51am
The state's cap-and-trade program is under scrutiny for how much it charges businesses for releasing pollution.

Grid monitor, advocates pitch renewables as key to power reliability

Wed, 02/26/2025 - 6:50am
As Republicans eye cuts to tax credits, the clean energy industry argues that wind and solar can be built faster than natural gas and nuclear projects.

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