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us/Leader of Gas Industry Front Group Used Public Health Threat to Cancel Climate Policy Vote in California
By Dana Drugmand
on
A gas industry union leader and chair of a group funded by Californiaโ€™s largest gas utility threatened to protest with โ€œno social distancingโ€ a vote last month on a city policy in San Luis Obispo t...
us/Colorado Plans to Eliminate Emissions from Road Transportation
By Dana Drugmand
on
Colorado is moving ahead with a plan to get nearly 1 million electric vehicles (EV) on its roads by 2030 and, for the first time, has adopted a long-term goal of transitioning to 100 percent electr...
us/House Democrats Highlight Impacts of Trump Admin's Favors for Fossil Fuels During Pandemic
By Dana Drugmand
on
On Tuesday, May 5,ย several Democratic members of the House Natural Resources Committee hostedย a virtual discussionย calling out how farย the Trump administration has gone toย caterย to fossil fuel inte...
us/EPA Decides to Reject the Latest Science, Endanger Public Health and Ignore the Law by Keeping an Outdated Fine Particle Air Pollution Standard
By Guest
on
Byย H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University The COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown have temporarily produced clearer skies across the U.S. Meanwhile, however, the U.S. Environme...
Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End of Easy Pipeline Permits
By Steve Horn
on
A ruling from a Montana judge could have far-reaching implications for a water-crossing permit frequently used by fossil fuel pipeline construction projects.
A ruling from a Montana judge could have far-reaching implications for a water-crossing permit frequently used by fossil fuel pipeline construction projects.
us/EPA Has Been Captured by Fossil Fuel Interests, Democratic Senators Tell Court
By Dana Drugmand
on
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump administration is run by fossil fuel allies determined to do pollutersโ€™ bidding, U.S. senators are telling the DCย Circuit Court of Appeals....
Fossil Fuel-Backed Climate Deniers Rush to Promote Michael Moore Documentary 'Planet of The Humans'
By Richard Collett-White and Zak Derler
on
Climate science deniers and long-time opponents of renewable energy, many with ties to oil and gas companies, have seized on Michael Mooreโ€™s latest documentary to argue the case for continued fossi...
us/Trump Admin Bypasses Congress, Offers Backup Storage to Boost Troubled Oil Industry
By Dana Drugmand
on
After Congress declined to allocate $3 billionย ofย the recent economic stimulus package to fillย the governmentโ€™s emergency stockpile of oil, the Trump administration has takenย its own steps to provi...
us/For Trumpโ€™s EPA, Back to Normal Means More Pollution
By Guest
on
This story originally appeared inย Capital & Mainย and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration committed to strengthening coverage of the climateย story....
us/Court Rules EPA Can't Keep Secret Key Model Used in Clean Car Rule Rollback
By Dana Drugmand
on
A federal appeals courtย ruled April 1 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had no basis to withhold one key part of a computer model used by the agency to develop its less stringent green...

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us/Leader of Gas Industry Front Group Used Public Health Threat to Cancel Climate Policy Vote in California
ByDana Drugmand
on

A gas industry union leader and chair of a group funded by Californiaโ€™s largest gas utility threatened to protest with โ€œno social distancingโ€ a vote last month on a city policy in San Luis Obispo t...
us/Colorado Plans to Eliminate Emissions from Road Transportation
ByDana Drugmand
on

Colorado is moving ahead with a plan to get nearly 1 million electric vehicles (EV) on its roads by 2030 and, for the first time, has adopted a long-term goal of transitioning to 100 percent electr...
us/House Democrats Highlight Impacts of Trump Admin's Favors for Fossil Fuels During Pandemic
ByDana Drugmand
on

On Tuesday, May 5,ย several Democratic members of the House Natural Resources Committee hostedย a virtual discussionย calling out how farย the Trump administration has gone toย caterย to fossil fuel inte...
us/EPA Decides to Reject the Latest Science, Endanger Public Health and Ignore the Law by Keeping an Outdated Fine Particle Air Pollution Standard
ByGuest
on

Byย H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University The COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown have temporarily produced clearer skies across the U.S. Meanwhile, however, the U.S. Environme...
Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End of Easy Pipeline Permits
BySteve Horn
on

A ruling from a Montana judge could have far-reaching implications for a water-crossing permit frequently used by fossil fuel pipeline construction projects.

A ruling from a Montana judge could have far-reaching implications for a water-crossing permit frequently used by fossil fuel pipeline construction projects.
us/EPA Has Been Captured by Fossil Fuel Interests, Democratic Senators Tell Court
ByDana Drugmand
on

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump administration is run by fossil fuel allies determined to do pollutersโ€™ bidding, U.S. senators are telling the DCย Circuit Court of Appeals....
Fossil Fuel-Backed Climate Deniers Rush to Promote Michael Moore Documentary 'Planet of The Humans'
ByRichard Collett-White and Zak Derler
on

Climate science deniers and long-time opponents of renewable energy, many with ties to oil and gas companies, have seized on Michael Mooreโ€™s latest documentary to argue the case for continued fossi...
us/Trump Admin Bypasses Congress, Offers Backup Storage to Boost Troubled Oil Industry
ByDana Drugmand
on

After Congress declined to allocate $3 billionย ofย the recent economic stimulus package to fillย the governmentโ€™s emergency stockpile of oil, the Trump administration has takenย its own steps to provi...
us/For Trumpโ€™s EPA, Back to Normal Means More Pollution
ByGuest
on

This story originally appeared inย Capital & Mainย and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration committed to strengthening coverage of the climateย story....
us/Court Rules EPA Can't Keep Secret Key Model Used in Clean Car Rule Rollback
ByDana Drugmand
on

A federal appeals courtย ruled April 1 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had no basis to withhold one key part of a computer model used by the agency to develop its less stringent green...
Series: Koch vs Clean
Series: Koch vs Clean