Climate Regulation
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Report: Oil companies are burning off natural gas — and leaving regulators in the dark
A new analysis is the first to identify what could constitute widespread illegal flaring in Texas oil fields.
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![A silhouette of a Great Lake fisherman.]()
Congress is finally starting to do something about toxic PFAS chemicals
The move follows consumption advisories for the "forever chemicals" in several states.
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Bay Area regulators just delivered on a promise to help frontline communities breathe easier
The new rules “will save lives,” one doctor said. “It will make my patients immediately healthier.”
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![A FEMA representative stands on a bridge in New Orleans surveying the area.]()
![A FEMA representative stands on a bridge in New Orleans surveying the area.]()
Flood me once, shame on me. Flood me twice, shame on FEMA?
A 20-year-old law would have made communities more resilient to climate change. FEMA didn’t enforce it.
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Carbon IOUs? A new plan to make companies pay back their climate debt
Researchers propose a new kind of carbon price that would reduce the burden of carbon clean-up on future generations.
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A proposal to make cargo ships pay for pollution is making waves
The shipping industry's emissions keep climbing.
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How the gas industry is trying to keep crappy heaters on the market
This gas industry group says it supports energy efficiency. So why is it fighting higher standards?
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A watershed moment: How Boston’s Charles River went from polluted to pristine
And what the cleanup shows us about the power of federal waterway protections
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![Aerial view of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas]()
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How homeowners of color are threatened by climate change — and climate policy
“We don’t want to create a modern form of redlining, where places that are affordable are places that are exposed to higher risk.”
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Interior secretary recommends Biden restore national monuments Trump trashed
The Biden administration looks set to undo former President Donald Trump’s attacks on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.
