Climate Regulation
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![Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, wearing suits, stand on stage. Trump, wearing a white bandage on his ear, is saying something to Vance.]()
![Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, wearing suits, stand on stage. Trump, wearing a white bandage on his ear, is saying something to Vance.]()
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![Two men have a conversation as Royal Caribbean International's Spectrum of the Seas docked across the harbour at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.]()
![Two men have a conversation as Royal Caribbean International's Spectrum of the Seas docked across the harbour at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.]()
How cleaning up shipping cut pollution — and warmed the planet
When the maritime sector slashed sulfur emissions, it became an accidental experiment in geoengineering.
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Tribes in Minnesota are paying the steepest price for the steel industry’s mercury pollution
Steel companies that process taconite release a slew of pollutants — and they're suing the EPA over new regulations.
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![An LNG Tanker sailing under the flag of Palau is moored off the coast of Cyprus. The United States has become one of the world's largest LNG exporters over the past decade.]()
![An LNG Tanker sailing under the flag of Palau is moored off the coast of Cyprus. The United States has become one of the world's largest LNG exporters over the past decade.]()
The quick, quiet death of Biden’s natural gas export pause
Climate activists saw the policy as a major win. It fizzled out within six months.
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![Steam rises from the smokestacks to fill the night sky above the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama.]()
![Steam rises from the smokestacks to fill the night sky above the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama.]()
These Supreme Court decisions just made it harder to solve climate change
Four key rulings limiting federal power will curtail the ability of the EPA and other agencies to write and enforce climate policies.
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![animation of a recycling symbol with plastic trash in the center with one arrow moving away from and then back into the symbol on a loop]()
![animation of a recycling symbol with plastic trash in the center with one arrow moving away from and then back into the symbol on a loop]()
How to create a ‘world without waste’? Here are the plastic industry’s ideas.
A deep dive into the petrochemical industry's proposals for the global plastics treaty.
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![Three chimneys from a coal-fired electrical power plan send plumes of white smoke into a clear blue sky.]()
![Three chimneys from a coal-fired electrical power plan send plumes of white smoke into a clear blue sky.]()
Supreme Court blocks an EPA plan to curb ozone air pollution
Environmental advocates say the court’s decision in Ohio v. EPA shows it "is no longer neutral in cases involving environmental regulations.”
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![Animation of an infinite zoom through layers of recycling symbols]()
![Animation of an infinite zoom through layers of recycling symbols]()
How the recycling symbol lost its meaning
Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the logo of its worth.
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![Aerial view of refineries and storage tanks adjacent to a neighborhood of houses]()
![Aerial view of refineries and storage tanks adjacent to a neighborhood of houses]()
Real-time data show the air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than expected
A new study finds levels of the carcinogen ethylene oxide that are nine times higher than those estimated by the EPA’s models.
