Environment

Trump Just Killed the EPA’s Ability to Fight Climate Change

Jake Bittle / Grist Feb 13, 2026 The EPA’s repeal of the “endangerment finding” could threaten automakers and oil companies — if it survives in court. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Environment

The EPA Just Used the Clean Air Act to Prop Up Coal

Joe Fassler / DeSmog Feb 10, 2026 The Environmental Protection Agency threw out Colorado’s entire haze reduction plan, a move critics called "illegal" and a possible warning to other states not to close fossil fuel plants. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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Suing Like the Future Depends on It

Dana Drugmand / Truthdig Jun 30, 2025 Trump wants to “unleash” fossil fuels to fight an "energy emergency." This youth-led lawsuit seeks to stop him. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

California Air Boss: Open to Compromise in Mileage Standoff

TOM KRISHER and ELLEN KNICKMEYER / The Associated Press Jul 9, 2019 A bitter standoff over fuel efficiency has been threatening to unleash years of court fights and confusion in the U.S. auto industry. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

EPA Defies Climate Warnings, Gives Coal Plants a Reprieve

ELLEN KNICKMEYER / The Associated Press Jun 19, 2019 On Wednesday, the Trump administration completes one of its biggest rollbacks of environmental rules. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Is the Tide Turning in Trump’s War on Science?

Elliott Negin / Independent Media Institute Feb 28, 2019 The last two years have seen an all-out assault on environmental safeguards, but there may be a glimmer of hope on the horizon. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump Proposes Car-Mileage Rollback; States Sue in Protest

ELLEN KNICKMEYER and TOM KRISHER / The Associated Press Aug 2, 2018 If the proposed rule becomes final, it could weaken one of the government's chief weapons against climate change—regulating vehicle emissions. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia are objecting to the change. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Fouling the Clean Air Act

By Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang Mar 4, 2011 In a largely hidden component of its attack on the federal budget, the House of Representatives has approved a key Republican campaign promise to big business: protecting it from what the new majority calls the handcuffs of environmental safeguards. If the Republicans prevail in the Senate and overcome a White House veto, they would hobble the Clean Air Act. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama on His Own

By Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang Dec 4, 2009 In Copenhagen, a major binding agreement at the global warming summit is not to be Not this year In Washington, the Senate is so divided that it became clear months ago that climate legislation will be pushed off until 2010 at the earliest Still, the United States can meet the challenge of a world demanding that it take the lead on global warming Here's howThe United States can meet the challenge of a world demanding that it take the lead on global warming. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )