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Trump’s OSHA pick led safety at a company cited for heat sickness

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 6:10am
David Keeling would help decide if the Occupational Safety and Health Administration should pursue the nation's first rule to protect workers from extreme heat.

Late for school: Trump’s funding freeze halts e-bus delivery

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 6:09am
A Missouri school district used an EPA grant to buy 24 electric school buses. But most are sitting unused because of federal spending restrictions.

FEMA restricts media communications

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 6:08am
The agency's acting administrator directed employees to not engage with the media without "prior authorization."

California emission rules under threat with order for congressional review

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 6:07am
The unprecedented move is Republicans’ latest attempt to undermine California electric vehicle policies.

‘Sustainable’ investors flee online references to climate change

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 6:06am
After four years of declining prices for green investments, sustainable investors are shifting their past talking points in increasing numbers.

Big EU countries push expanded carbon border tax to help repay Covid debt

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 6:05am
France, Italy and Poland support the move, but others fear it might prompt President Donald Trump to retaliate in anger.

EU to propose by end of March interim 2040 aim to cut 90% emissions

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 6:05am
The goal will be included in an amendment to the European Climate Law.

Zeldin’s $20B take-back bid risks plunging EPA into legal peril

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 6:24am
The new EPA chief wants to claw back cash from a Biden administration green banking program. It could spur a court fight.

Trump administration starts firing probationary employees

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 6:21am
The Department of Energy, Forest Service and Office of Personnel Management are among agencies that have begun axing staffers.

US will skip first climate meeting under Trump

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 6:17am
The move marks an escalation from the president's first term, when American diplomats continued to attend international climate meetings.

Trump taps weather company lobbyist for top NOAA role

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 6:16am
Taylor Jordan would join the agency at a time when its workforce has been targeted for sharp reductions in staff.

Newsom asks Trump to extend wildfire aid deadline, setting aside bitter rift

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 6:16am
The California governor wants the president to give wildfire survivors more time to apply for emergency assistance.

Climate group blames Biden for imminent end to environmental justice program

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 6:14am
Biden's EPA selected, but never finalized, the award before the former president left office.

JPMorgan launches climate note by ex-NOAA science chief

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 6:12am
The first message announces a “new climate era” in which people who build climate wareness into business strategy are likely to beat out competitors who don’t.

Trump’s era of climate retreat is already on show in New Zealand

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 6:11am
The country has ushered in a series of green reversals since Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s center-right coalition took office in late 2023.

Despite slow uptake, EVs star at Indonesia’s motor show

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 6:09am
Electric vehicles and motorbikes only make up a small fraction of the vehicles in the world’s fourth most populated country.

Republicans want IEA to stop predicting ‘peak oil’

Thu, 02/13/2025 - 6:17am
Promoters of fossil fuels accuse the International Energy Agency of promoting liberal ideas about clean energy.

Zeldin will try to take back $20B in IRA grants

Thu, 02/13/2025 - 6:15am
The EPA administrator accused the Biden administration of trying to hide the money by depositing it in a bank.

FEMA chief contradicts Trump’s claims that disaster aid went to migrants

Thu, 02/13/2025 - 6:14am
A document filed in court by the acting FEMA administrator, Cameron Hamilton, undercuts the administration’s misinformation campaign on disaster aid.

Amazon, Exxon, Microsoft try to strengthen global carbon market

Thu, 02/13/2025 - 6:13am
A new expert panel aims to ensure the integrity of projects that polluters fund to offset their own carbon emissions.

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