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E.P.A. proposes first limits on climate pollution from existing power plants
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E.P.A. proposes first limits on climate pollution from existing power plants

It’s the last in a string of major regulations proposed by the Biden administration to sharply cut the greenhouse gases produced by the United States.
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E.P.A. lays out rules to turbocharge sales of electric cars and trucks

The Biden administration is proposing rules to ensure that two-thirds of new cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold in the U.S. by 2032 are all-electric.
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Biden administration to curb toxic pollutants from chemical plants
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Biden administration to curb toxic pollutants from chemical plants

The rule would chiefly affect plants along the Gulf Coast, the Ohio River Valley and in West Virginia.
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E.P.A. to tighten limits on mercury and other pollutants from power plants

A new rule would reduce mercury, arsenic, nickel and lead emissions, which the Biden administration said would protect public health.
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E.P.A. crackdown on smokestacks
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E.P.A. tells dozens of states to clean up their smokestacks

The Biden administration is strengthening the ‘Good Neighbor’ rule, to cut pollution from power plants and factories in the West and Midwest that wafts east.
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E.P.A. struggles with its mission
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Depleted under Trump, a ‘traumatized’ E.P.A. struggles with its mission

Despite an injection of funding, the agency still has not recovered from an exodus of scientists and policy experts, both insiders and critics say.
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EPA tightens rules on pollution from vans, buses and trucks

For the first time in decades, the agency has restricted nitrogen dioxide emissions from heavy vehicles.
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Kamala Harris climate policy

A Harris presidency could reshape the US climate policy

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Trump's push for fossil fuels could clash with Europe's green transition

The US funds lithium mining, risking water supplies

The US funds lithium mining, risking water supplies

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Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

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extreme heat & vulnerable populations

Construction worker's tragic end highlights the deadly impact of extreme heat on workers

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way