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Healthcare professionals, scientists, and children sue the EPA for backtracking on greenhouse gas regulation

Widely anticipated legal challenges question the agency’s reversal of the 2009 endangerment finding. The decision is “reckless, illogical and ignores the vast majority of public comments,” plaintiffs say.

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E.P.A. plans to loosen mercury rules for coal plants, documents show

Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter.

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Trump dispatches EPA boss in Newsom brawl

The president called Lee Zeldin his “secret weapon” as the Environmental Protection Agency boss's profile rises in Trump world.

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US Interior secretary ‘takes jurisdiction’ over case that reversed 3,500-well Wyoming gas field

State attorneys have also petitioned the administrative court, asking that federal land managers be given the chance to fix a "discrete error" in planning documents.

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Trump administration keeping power plants open in effort to befriend coal industry

President Trump signed an executive order last week, requiring military installations to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants – some of which were slated to be retired.

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US pressures global energy body to drop net zero modeling

Donald Trump’s energy chief Chris Wright told other ministers in Paris that a net zero world was fantasy, officials familiar with the discussions told POLITICO.

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Coral bleaching: How warming seas are transforming the world’s reefs

Mass coral bleaching occurs when unusually warm ocean temperatures disrupt the partnership between corals and the microscopic algae that supply most of their energy.

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