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.
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.
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.
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.
The Congo River basin is one of the planet’s most biodiverse ecosystems. But it is also home to a growing population and relentless trade in timber and charcoal.
Legislation in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island would allow small solar panels to plug directly into home outlets, expanding access to clean energy.
The Environmental Protection Agency is overlooking the wide range of negative economic effects of allowing greenhouse gas emissions to run rampant, which directly hurt human health as a result of tailpipe pollution and contribute to more extreme weather events as the planet heats up.
Dominion Energy’s 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which was ordered by the Trump administration to stop work in December, is now on track for completion by early next year -- but at a considerably higher cost.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's climate rollback comes just as Wisconsin communities, farms and businesses invest in clean energy and resilient infrastructure.
Critics say the move to prop up aging coal facilities could lead to dozens of premature deaths annually while shifting financial burdens onto ratepayers.
