Open access notables Evaluating IPCC Projections of Global Sea-Level Change From the Pre-Satellite Era , Törnqvist et al., Earth's Future Open Access 10.1029/2025ef006533 With an acceleration of global sea-level rise during the satellite altimetry era (since 1993) firmly established, it is now appropriate to examine sea-level projections made around the onset of this time period. Here we show that the mid-range projection from the Second Assessment Report of the IPCC (1995/1996) was strikingly close to what transpired over the next 30 years, with the magnitude of sea-level rise underestimated by only ∼1 cm. Projections of contributions from individual components were more variable, with a notable underestimation of dynamic mass loss...
The Department of Justice said it is looking into a hiring policy at the California EPA that is intended to advance racial equity.
Saskatchewan's $349 million deficit could grow to roughly $800 million depending on the industrial carbon tax.
In a glimpse at the Trump administration’s tilt toward polluting industries, EPA embraced the aid of manufacturers in easing a new rule.
[Liberian Observer] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week that it has developed a national policy on carbon markets -- ahead of a two-day stakeholder's dialogue aimed at enhancing consultation around the policy.
Cummins has to pay one of the largest penalties in U.S. environmental history. Find out why the EPA decided that the engine company had broken the rules.
Electric utilities urged the agency to preserve its ability to regulate power plants for greenhouse gases.
Critics say the agency should have done more following a leak at an Archer-Daniels-Midland facility in Illinois.
Even as the EPA moves to block greenhouse gas reporting, satellites and aircraft are stepping in to expose the truth. The post Climate polluters may be allowed to stop reporting their emissions. That doesn’t mean they can hide them. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
In its first six months, the Trump administration has filed 11 civil cases against polluters compared with the Biden administration’s 30.
Austria tried a combination of taxes and rebates to reduce emissions.
The only way to control most greenhouse gases is to mandate less use of fossil-fuel-derived energy. Absurd federal rules and regulations resulted.
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink I’ve been traveling with my family on vacation in Iceland for the past week, so the timing of recent events has been less than ideal. Given that I am cited in both the recent DOE report and EPA proposed rule, I thought it would be useful to address how my work was used and misused in more detail. Expect more on the broader topics covered in the report in coming weeks. Moving away from current policy In their proposed rule titled “Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards”, the EPA cites my work (among others) to argue that the original 2009 endangerment finding was too pessimistic. Specifically, they say that: With respect to projected increases in GHG concentrations and...
In today’s newsletter: Inside a critical summit of 179 countries at the UN in Geneva to secure a treaty that will combat plastic pollution Good morning. Not only does plastic waste clog up waterways, beaches and strangle sea life, it also causes havoc inside the human body. Tiny fragments – invisible to the human eye – are probably swimming around your lungs, blood and liver right now. This represents a “growing and underrecognised danger” to human health, the latest report in the Lancet warns , as 10 days of tense talks kick off in Geneva today, with 179 countries due to hash out a kind of “Paris agreement for plastic pollution”. Weather | Gusts of more than 100mph from Storm Floris have brought travel disruption, power cuts and the widespread cancellation of events across large parts...
Documents outlining the EPA's plan to roll back vehicle emission standards reference California by name 27 times.
The US Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump is pushing to reverse a landmark 2009 declaration that deemed CO2 and other greenhouse gases harmful to people's health. What's at stake?
The Trump administration’s latest and greatest assault on climate change mitigation would eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions regulations for motor vehicles and engines.
The United Kingdom says it will recognize a Palestinian state in September if Israel doesn't agree to a ceasefire in Gaza. And, in a win for automakers, the EPA proposes reversing pollution limits.
The agency proposal would rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which says that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to revoke key scientific finding that allows for US climate regulation Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for US action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule rescinds a 2009 declaration that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. Continue reading...
The Trump administration has effectively eliminated two rules designed to promote cleaner cars. Now, as the EPA suggests not considering carbon dioxide to be pollution, the last is poised to fall.
A passage from the proposal indicates the agency will argue that its statutory authority is too narrow to support regulating greenhouse gases.
Donald Trump is coming for the “holy grail” of climate regulations. As multiple media outlets reported this week, the administration plans to roll back the “endangerment finding,” an Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency decision at the center of the government’s ability to address climate change. On paper, the endangerment finding states that greenhouse gases like methane […]
Architect of landmark EPA ‘endangerment finding’ says repealing it will lead to more extreme weather in US One of the architects of a landmark 16-year-old finding on pollution’s impact on health that the Trump administration now wants to eliminate says that doing so would ignore “clear cut” science that has only become clearer today because of extreme weather. The Trump administration plans would sweep away the US government’s legal authority to limit greenhouse gases in order to address the climate crisis. Continue reading...
The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis for much of the United States' climate change regulations.
The EPA announced Wednesday its plan to re-register dicamba, a herbicide widely used on soybean and cotton farms that has been banned twice by federal courts.
NY Times: Existing EPA tool that allows US to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions would go.
Rising levels of the potent greenhouse gas prompt “delicate” steps into new kind of geoengineering
[IPS] Kaunas, Lithuania -- Nearly ten years after the Paris Agreement -- a legally binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -- the gap between climate goals and government actions remains stubborn.
Nearly ten years after the Paris Agreement — a legally binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — the gap between climate goals and government actions remains stubborn. The consequences are real: 2024 saw 150 extreme weather events, leading to the highest number of new population displacements recorded in the past 16 years, raised food […]
Administration’s move to cut thousands of agency jobs will be devastating for US public health, union warns The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees. One union leader said the moves “will devastate public health in our country”. The agency’s office of research and development (ORD) has long provided the scientific underpinnings for the EPA’s mission to protect the environment and human health. The EPA said in May it would shift its scientific expertise and research efforts to program offices that focus on major issues such as air and water. Continue reading...
“I don’t know what will be left of the EPA,” one employee said.
Victoria’s environmental protection agency launches investigation over pollution of Banyule creek in Rosanna Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A creek in Melbourne’s north-east has turned a lurid blue after chemicals used in construction of a major road project washed into the waterway. The Environmental Protection Agency began investigating after a community member reported blue discoloration in the waters of Banyule creek, south of Lower Plenty Road in Rosanna, on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the EPA said. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
[Liberian Observer] In an innovative move to tackle Liberia's growing waste management challenges, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC), the Liberia Marketing Association (LMA), and Community-Based Enterprises (CBEs), launched the Solid Waste Management Transformative Pilot Project at Jorkpen Town Market over the weekend.
Lee Zeldins Social-Media-Beiträge über Wetterphänomene sorgten für Verwirrung, viele dachten, er unterstütze Verschwörungstheorien Lee Zeldin, von Trump ernannter Leiter der Umweltschutzbehörde EPA, versuchte am Donnerstag, einen schmalen Grat zu beschreiten. Einerseits Verschwörungstheoretiker zu besänftigen und andererseits Fehlinformationen zu widerlegen. Leider hinterließ er viele Menschen im Unklaren darüber, was die tatsächliche Politik und das Handeln der Behörde betrifft. Zwischen Klarstellung und Verwirrung „Die Amerikaner haben Fragen zu Geoengineering und... Der Beitrag Trump-Admin wollte Chemtrails widerlegen – aber niemand las den Bericht erschien zuerst auf Rolling Stone.
“Instead of simply dismissing these questions and concerns as baseless conspiracies, we're meeting them head on,” the EPA administrator said about geoengineering and contrails theories.
Rainfall on Sunday temporarily shut down three Seine swimming sites in Paris according to the city hall website, just one day after the river reopened to bathers for the first time in a century.
Trump officials have placed 139 employees who signed a letter of dissent protesting the Environmental Protection Agency’s current direction and policies on leave Thursday.
The Trump administration requested its fourth extension for developing its position on the rule holding polluters responsible for PFAS cleanups.
Proposal faces the surprising opposition of France – despite most Europeans being firmly in favour of climate measures Europe live – latest updates For most of the past 30 years, the EU has led the world on climate action. The bloc had the deepest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto protocol ; the first climate laws came from EU member states; the first emissions trading scheme, in 2005; and the Paris agreement in 2015 . At times when other major countries – the US, Japan, Canada, China and India at various points – have stepped back, the EU has often stepped forward. There would be no Paris accord had the bloc not won a key battle at the Durban climate summit in 2011 that paved the way. Continue reading...
The precedent-setting move makes it easier to meet haze reduction goals for national parks without setting new pollution controls on power plants.
More than 300 current and former employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put out a statement Monday to criticize the efforts of current EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
A letter to Administrator Lee Zeldin decries "harmful deregulation, mischaracterization of previous EPA actions, and disregard for scientific expertise.”
They love hunting, fishing and conservatism. And they hate a plan by a conservative senator to sell millions of acres of public lands.
Nicole Cantello wants EPA employees to speak up as the Trump administration eyes deep cuts to the agency.
The Center for Biological Diversity says EPA has ignored a Freedom of Information Act request asking for names of companies that have sought exemptions to Clean Air Act regulations.
A proposal to sell off up to 3 million acres of public lands across the West is in limbo after the Senate parliamentarian ruled it out of the reconciliation bill.
"It will leave communities more vulnerable."
Geoengineering comes in many forms and the risks and potential benefits vary widely. But many researchers now feel it’s time to investigate this controversial idea
An EPA analysis found the proposed relaxation of air toxics rules may require states "to pursue emissions reductions from other sources."
It's possible for you to make your LLM use "greener," according to new research.
EPA cannot "thumb its nose at Congress" by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.
Richard Tice says voters will turn on government unless energy bills fall A useful enemy? Why Tories and Reform are calling net zero policy into question Labour will back down on its policies aimed at achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions, the deputy leader of the Reform has predicted. Richard Tice, the energy spokesperson for Reform and MP for Boston and Skegness, told the Guardian his party would withdraw from the 2015 Paris agreement that tries to limit global heating to 1.5C. Continue reading...
Proposals this week to weaken EPA restrictions will help tiny group of owners while ‘the American people will breathe dirtier air’ Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed on Wednesday that its plan to eviscerate power plant pollution standards will save the US around $1bn a year. In reality, though, this represents a starkly uneven trade-off, experts say. The savings for “Americans” will go entirely to power plant operators who won’t have to cut their pollution, while at the same time climate and health benefits for all Americans that are 20 times larger in dollar terms will be deleted. Continue reading...
The Environmental Protection Agency extended the deadline for reporting health and safety data for 16 toxic chemicals, including benzene, BPA and vinyl chloride.
The EPA announced proposals to significantly loosen Biden-era regulations on pollution from power plants, including mercury and carbon dioxide.
A state law that mandated diversion of organic waste from landfills is being blamed for exacerbating illegal dumping in remote desert areas.
No Democrat supported David Fotouhi for EPA deputy administrator.
Air quality can be impacted by smoke from wildfires. Our reporter set out to build an air filter — in a style the EPA praised, using only things she already had at home.
The administration and Congress divert funds away from conservation. The post Trump looks to suffocate public lands appeared first on High Country News.
Public speaks out against EPA plan to rescind Endangerment Finding.
But the agency will allow California to require trucks registered in the state to be subject to an inspection and maintenance program aimed at curbing smog.
[New Dawn] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the auspices of the National Climate Change Steering Committee (NCCSC), headed by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, will convene a two-day National Dialogue on the Draft Carbon Trading Policy in Ganta, Nimba County, from August 21 to 22, 2025.
A former Yosemite National Park biologist involved in hanging the flag on El Capitan in May was fired last week.
Three sterilization facilities in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties have been granted EPA exemptions to emit cancer-linked ethylene oxide.
The move comes two months before 108 nations will vote on the emissions fee.
Members of an EPA advisory panel welcomed an agency pledge to stop PFAS discharges. But that would not help already contaminated communities.
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Executive Director of Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, has strongly opposed a proposal by Hon. Thomas Romeo Quiah, Representative for Sinoe County District #2, to de-gazette Sapo National Park (SNP), warning that such a move would cause "irreversible damage" to Liberia's environmental, economic, and cultural heritage.
In the face of federal cuts, volunteers, businesses and others help keep programs afloat. The post Public lands and wildlife turn to stopgap solutions appeared first on High Country News.
The proposal could compel California to adopt new cleanup plans and levy new pollution fees in one of the nation's areas most plagued by dirty air.
Mike Stoker, who led an EPA regional office from 2018 to 2020, is now a national adviser at law and consulting firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.
Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants The Trump administration’s decision to abruptly terminate a $3bn program helping hundreds of communities prepare for climate disasters and environmental hazards is unconstitutional and should be overturned, a court will hear on Tuesday. A coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, for terminating the entire Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) block grant program – despite a legally binding mandate from Congress to fund the Biden-era initiative. Continue reading...
The plan follows a proposal in the Trump administration's fiscal 2026 budget plan to redirect $276.1 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to maintenance of national parks and other public lands.
The Trump administration plans to rescind a long-standing finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health. It would end limits on pollution from vehicle tailpipes, power plants, smokestacks and other sources.
The agency has extended administrative leave for staffers who openly criticized EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and the Trump administration through mid-August.
The Trump EPA wants to reverse the “endangerment finding” that’s allowed the government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
The EPA, along with the “Climate Working Group” of usual suspects (plus Judith Curry and Ross McKitrick) at DOE, have just put out a document for public comment their attempt to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding for greenhouse gas emissions. Here are some relevant links: This is a placeholder post for links and comments while […] The post The Endangerment of the Endangerment Finding? first appeared on RealClimate.
Environmental Protection Agency officials might end the agency's prior "endangerment finding" for greenhouse gas emissions and repeal vehicle regulations.
The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA's climate change regulations for power plants and cars.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Is the greenhouse effect still debated among climate scientists? There has been broad agreement about the greenhouse effect for over a century. In 1824, Joseph Fourier calculated that Earth ought to be much colder given its distance from the sun, and theorized that the atmosphere acts as a blanket, trapping heat and keeping the planet warmer than it would be otherwise. Scientists later hypothesized that higher concentrations of greenhouse gases could raise temperatures. In 1896, Svante Arrhenius attempted to quantify this; his predictions remain on the high end of current climate models. ...
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is planning to announce the move at an Indiana transportation facility.
[New Dawn] Liberia's Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung underscores the importance of an efficient laboratory in strengthening Liberia's compliance with international climate commitments, as he launches a US$100,000 state-of-the-art laboratory at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Monrovia.
This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Employees of the crucial scientific research arm of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been left with more questions than answers as the agency moves to officially wind down the office following months of back-and-forth. On Friday evening, the EPA issued a press release announcing a […]
Die Regierung hebt Berichten zufolge eine bahnbrechende Erklärung über die Gefährlichkeit von Treibhausgasemissionen für den Menschen auf Donald Trump hat den Klimawandel seit Langem als „Schwindel“ bezeichnet. Einige seiner Ernennungen in der Umweltschutzbehörde (EPA) haben in den ersten sechs Monaten der zweiten Amtszeit des Präsidenten deutlich gemacht, dass sie ähnlich denken. Zweifel an der Gefährdung durch Treibhausgase Die EPA bereitet Berichten zufolge die Aufhebung einer bahnbrechenden Erklärung aus dem Jahr 2009 vor.... Der Beitrag Trumps EPA versucht, Amerikas Kampf gegen den Klimawandel zu beenden erschien zuerst auf Rolling Stone.
The longtime grants attorney criticized EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for making "false statements" about the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
The agency proposes to overturn the 2009 “endangerment finding,” which underpins nationwide greenhouse gas emission limits on vehicles and power plants.
As the EPA moves to shut down the Office of Research and Development, leadership is unable to answer questions as basic as when it will close and how many will lose their jobs.
The office created under President Joe Biden to run the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund has been turned into an oversight arm.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 14, 28 July 2025.
Court documents show EPA and developers of the Alaska mine haven't reached agreement on the 2023 Clean Water Act veto.
EPA officials say President Donald Trump’s massive policy law is a death blow to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. But the courts could have the final word.
The proposed development could affect ecologically sensitive areas like Cedar Breaks National Monument.
[Liberian Observer] The Liberian Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is leading the country's entry into the carbon market, aiming to sell carbon credits to companies and individuals seeking to offset their emissions.
The Georgia Republican said she spoke with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and will hold a hearing on weather-changing technology.
The new terms of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is the third major change to the program since it began in 2009.
Letter from workers, which EPA claims is ‘unlawful’, says agency is no longer living up to its mission The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday put on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a “ declaration of dissent ” about its policies, accusing them of “unlawfully undermining” the Trump administration ’s agenda. In a letter made public Monday, the employees wrote that the agency is no longer living up to its mission to protect human health and the environment. The letter represented rare public criticism from agency employees who knew they could face blowback for speaking out against a weakening of funding and federal support for climate, environmental and health science. Continue reading...
The Environmental Protection Agency suspended 144 employees on Thursday and began investigating their participation in signing a recent dissent letter accusing the Trump administration of politicizing the agency.
Document detailing the new program says zebrafish and rats from a North Carolina lab will be up for adoption The US Environmental Protection Agency is launching a new program to adopt some of its 20,000 lab animals in the wake of Trump administration plans to dramatically cut the regulator’s research arm. The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) nonprofit obtained and revealed an EPA document announcing the adoption program . The document announced adoptions for zebrafish and rats from an EPA lab in North Carolina. Continue reading...
The nation’s premier law enforcement agency picked the Ronald Reagan Building as its new home. Another tenant, EPA, should be out within months.
US President Donald Trump's administration is "ignoring the scientific consensus to benefit polluters," hundreds of Environmental Protection Agency employees said in a letter of dissent Monday, accusing the government of undermining the EPA's core mission.
More than 170 EPA employees signed letter, with about 100 more signing anonymously out of fear of retaliation US politics live – latest updates A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees on Monday published a declaration of dissent from the agency’s policies under the Trump administration , saying they “undermine the EPA mission of protecting human health and the environment”. More than 170 EPA employees put their names to the document, with about 100 more signing anonymously out of fear of retaliation, according to Jeremy Berg, a former editor-in-chief of Science magazine who is not an EPA employee but was among non-EPA scientists or academics to also sign. The latter figure includes 20 Nobel laureates. Continue reading...
As the West braces for wildfire season, officials want cows to make public lands less fire-prone.
Employees uncertain about their fates peppered EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin with questions.
Freighters emit more greenhouse gases than jets, but a tech startup believes a simple and effective technique can help the industry change course An industrial park alongside the River Lea in the London suburb of Chingford might not be the most obvious place for a quiet revolution to be taking place. But there, a team of entrepreneurs is tinkering with a modest looking steel container that could hold a solution to one of the world’s dirtiest industries. Inside it are thousands of cherry-sized pellets made from quicklime. At one end, a diesel generator pipes fumes through the lime, which soaks up the carbon, triggering a chemical reaction that transforms it into limestone. Continue reading...
Scrutiny of how companies plan to meet climate commitments is growing, with many successful legal challenges Judges across the world are proving sceptical of companies’ attempts to offset their greenhouse gas emissions by buying carbon credits, a report has found. In an analysis of nearly 3,000 climate-related lawsuits filed around the world since 2015, the latest annual review of climate litigation by the London School of Economics found action against corporations in particular was “evolving”, with growing scrutiny of how companies plan to meet their stated climate commitments. Continue reading...
EPA revealed details on its approach to the Biden-era rule establishing authority to put polluters on the hook for "forever chemicals" remediation.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 12, 28 June 2025.
California's drive for electric vehicles faces challenge in Congress, the White House and Supreme Court
A Republican lawmaker is facing backlash after urging users to "reject Marx" as he proposes privatization of some public lands as part of the GOP spending bill.
[FrontPageAfrica] Yekepa, Nimba County -- An environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and two official permits issued by Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have debunked recent claims by Senator Nya Twayen that ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) constructed its multi-million-dollar iron ore concentrator in Toledeh, Nimba County without proper environmental clearance.
Utah used actors, AI, stagecraft and NDAs as it sought to sway public opinion and take control of 18.5 million acres of federal public land. The post Inside Utah’s PR campaign to seize public lands appeared first on High Country News.
President Trump signed legislation that would overturn California's ambitious auto emission standards
“It would be a dishonest argument for anyone in America — to me — to say that the air is going to get dirtier because of this,” said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
More than 200 health experts say regulatory proposals will lead to biggest increase in pollution in decades US power plants will be allowed to pollute nearby communities and the wider world with more unhealthy air toxins and an unlimited amount of planet-heating gases under new regulatory rollbacks proposed by Donald Trump’s administration , experts warned. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a plan on Wednesday that would repeal a landmark climate rule that aims to mostly eliminate greenhouse gases from power plants by the 2030s and would, separately, weaken another regulation that restricts power plants’ release of hazardous air pollutants such as mercury. Continue reading...
EPA argues that the second-largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution contributes too little to the world’s climate problem to be worth regulating.
[Liberian Observer] Ivanhoe Atlantic Inc. has announced a significant milestone in the development of its Kon Kweni Iron Ore Project, with the Republic of Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approving the Scoping Report and Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the project's proposed infrastructure in Liberia.
by Sharon Lerner and Lisa Song ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a legal complaint filed last year against the GEO Group, a major donor to President Donald Trump that has more than $1 billion in contracts with the administration to run private prisons and ICE detention facilities. The administrative complaint, which the EPA filed last June under the Biden administration, involved the GEO Group’s use of a disinfectant...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The Trump administration has taken an ostrich-like approach to climate change. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is required to publish a report about the country’s sources of climate-changing pollution each year by April 15. This year, that didn’t happen. But the completed report was recently made public as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by the Environmental Defense Fund. This latest U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report provides granular detail on U.S. emissions in 2023. It’s unclear why the administration withheld this report, which had been completed, and thus its suppression offered no budgetary benefit. But suppressing the report lines up with the Trump...
EPA Region 9 Administrator Josh F.W. Cook aired concerns that the company is leaving the state, rather than upgrading its refineries.