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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, several Democratic members of the House Natural Resources Committee hosted a virtual discussion calling out how far the Trump administration has gone to cater 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us/EPA Decides to Reject the Latest Science, Endanger Public Health and Ignore the Law by Keeping an Outdated Fine Particle Air Pollution Standard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
By 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.
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 polluters’ bidding, U.S. senators are telling the DC 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 Moore’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 billion of the recent economic stimulus package to fill the government’s emergency stockpile of oil, the Trump administration has taken its own steps to provi...
us/For Trump’s EPA, Back to Normal Means More Pollution
By Guest
on
This story originally appeared in Capital & Main and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration committed to strengthening coverage of the climate story....
us/Court Rules EPA Can't Keep Secret Key Model Used in Clean Car Rule Rollback
By Dana Drugmand
on
A federal appeals court 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...
us/Trump Admin Weakens Clean Car Standards Despite Its Analyses Showing Rule Favors Big Oil Over Health, Climate
By Dana Drugmand
on
The Trump administration today announced the final rule that rolls back Obama-era clean vehicle standards, a move that, according to the government’s own analyses, is expected to benefit the oil in...

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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, several Democratic members of the House Natural Resources Committee hosted a virtual discussion calling out how far the Trump administration has gone to cater 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
By 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.
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 polluters’ bidding, U.S. senators are telling the DC 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 Moore’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 billion of the recent economic stimulus package to fill the government’s emergency stockpile of oil, the Trump administration has taken its own steps to provi...
us/For Trump’s EPA, Back to Normal Means More Pollution
ByGuest
on
This story originally appeared in Capital & Main and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration committed to strengthening coverage of the climate story....
us/Court Rules EPA Can't Keep Secret Key Model Used in Clean Car Rule Rollback
ByDana Drugmand
on
A federal appeals court 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/Trump Admin Weakens Clean Car Standards Despite Its Analyses Showing Rule Favors Big Oil Over Health, Climate
ByDana Drugmand
on
The Trump administration today announced the final rule that rolls back Obama-era clean vehicle standards, a move that, according to the government’s own analyses, is expected to benefit the oil in...