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Environmental cases to watch in 2023

Youth plaintiffs who claim pro-fossil fuel government policies violate the law will head to trial for the first time, marking one of several important climate and environmental cases in the coming year alongside a potential blockbuster year at the U.S. Supreme Court.

St. Croix refinery cannot restart without new permit, air pollution tech -EPA

U.S. regulators will require a new Clean Air Act permit for a troubled oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which could cost its owners hundreds of millions of dollars and take three years or more to obtain, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday.

Politics

New Mexico House race wrangles oil and gas, climate change

The candidates vying for a New Mexico U.S. House seat are clashing over fossil fuel industry jobs and climate change, setting up voters to decide whether to focus on the environment or the economy.

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Greens say vacate 3,500 drilling permits in new climate change lawsuit

The Biden administration must vacate thousands of permits it has issued to drill for oil and gas on federal lands and stop issuing any more until it considers the cumulative, nationwide effect of increased greenhouse gas emissions from new wells, two environmental groups said in a new lawsuit.

Chevron, other energy giants must face California climate change cases in state court

A federal appeals court on Tuesday sent lawsuits by six California cities and counties accusing ExxonMobil, Chevron Corp and other energy giants of fueling climate change back to state court after the U.S. Supreme Court required it to take another look.

Politics

Biden spending bill ignites debate over dairy methane pollution

As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups and the farm industry are at odds over proposed subsidies aimed at offsetting agriculture’s substantial contribution to global warming.

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Environmental cases to watch in 2023

St. Croix refinery cannot restart without new permit, air pollution tech -EPA

New Mexico House race wrangles oil and gas, climate change

Interior denies it ignored impact of 3,500 oil, gas permits on climate

Greens say vacate 3,500 drilling permits in new climate change lawsuit

Chevron, other energy giants must face California climate change cases in state court

Biden spending bill ignites debate over dairy methane pollution

Study finds wildfires are now four times more frequent due to climate change

Online attacks threaten major climate-friendly diet report

Lifting the ‘constant black cloud’: how a smog-bound city cut dangerous levels of air pollution

New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

Damage from Trump's $8B energy hit list would spill into GOP districts

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas