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EPA is 'falling behind' on power plant rules, report says

If the rules are issued in the waning days of Biden's first term, a future Republican-controlled Congress could overturn them using the Congressional Review Act.

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Four ways the United States can still fight climate change

With the president’s most potent tools to fight climate change stripped by Congress and the courts, the administration will now have to rely on smaller, less powerful actions.

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Global dismay as Supreme Court ruling leaves Biden’s climate policy in tatters

Biden’s election was billed as heralding a ‘climate presidency’ but congressional impasse and judicial roadblocks mean he has little to show.

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Pennsylvania court blocks governor's carbon emissions plan

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania court on Tuesday blocked the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, the latest challenge to the Democrat's effort to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy.

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Supreme Court case could restrict Biden’s effort to tackle climate crisis

Court to hear West Virginia case that takes aim at EPA’s ability to issue strict rules to curb pollution from fossil fuel power stations.

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The Supreme Court will hear cases that could undercut Biden's climate agenda. Here's what to know

Environmental lawyers say some conservative justices might want to curtail the EPA's authority to regulate power plant emissions beyond the fence line.

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Don Grant: Make a major dent in the climate crisis by targeting the 'super polluters'

New evidence suggests that society could make tremendous progress towards reducing carbon emissions simply by targeting a small set of power plants responsible for the lion's share of electricity-based carbon pollution.

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EPA is 'falling behind' on power plant rules, report says

Four ways the United States can still fight climate change

Global dismay as Supreme Court ruling leaves Biden’s climate policy in tatters

Pennsylvania court blocks governor's carbon emissions plan

Supreme Court case could restrict Biden’s effort to tackle climate crisis

The Supreme Court will hear cases that could undercut Biden's climate agenda. Here's what to know

Don Grant: Make a major dent in the climate crisis by targeting the 'super polluters'

A climate-themed version of Catan sparks new conversations

Opinion: Building climate resilience fails to protect human health

Montana’s Supreme Court debates climate law's constitutionality

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

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