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Rising airline emissions could trigger global caps as early as 2024

Rising airline traffic is expected to trigger global emissions-related requirements for some carriers as early as next year, according to a top airline trade group, even as debate broadens on the effectiveness of that approach.

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Kansas residents hold their noses as crews mop up massive U.S. oil spill

Residents near the site of the worst U.S. oil pipeline leak in a decade took the commotion and smell in stride as emergency crews labored to clean up in near-freezing temperatures, and investigators searched for clues to what caused the spill.

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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.

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Nigerian entrepreneur builds electric mini-buses in clean energy push

Nigerian entrepreneur Mustapha Gajibo has been converting petrol mini-buses into electric vehicles at his workshop, but he is now going a step further to build solar battery-powered buses from scratch in a push to promote clean energy and curb pollution.

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Plastics clampdown is key to climate change fight, EU environment chief says

Progressive reduction of fossil fuel-based plastics is crucial to tackling climate change, the EU's top environmental official said, ahead of a United Nations meeting to launch talks on a world-first treaty to combat plastic pollution.

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Maersk to tackle air pollution at ports with ship-charging buoys

Shipping group Maersk plans to install hundreds of offshore charging stations around the world to allow vessels to power themselves with electricity instead of fossil fuels while waiting outside ports.

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Valero Louisiana refinery's soot pollution surges, exceeds U.S. limit

A Valero refinery outside of New Orleans recently produced lung-damaging soot at rates that exceeded federal limits while outpacing other major U.S. refineries, according to disclosures by state and federal environmental regulators.

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Rising airline emissions could trigger global caps as early as 2024

Kansas residents hold their noses as crews mop up massive U.S. oil spill

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

Nigerian entrepreneur builds electric mini-buses in clean energy push

Plastics clampdown is key to climate change fight, EU environment chief says

Maersk to tackle air pollution at ports with ship-charging buoys

Valero Louisiana refinery's soot pollution surges, exceeds U.S. limit

Berkeley aims to tax large buildings for natural gas use after gas ban repeal

America is stuck in a climate contradiction

A broken census can’t keep up with climate migration in Louisiana

Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley

Op-ed: We mobilized to defend the EPA in Trump's first term. This time the stakes are even higher.

Scientists warn that 2023's extreme ocean heat may signal a major climate shift

Rising natural disasters overwhelm emergency responders

Floods once again devastate Pakistan, two years after 2022 disaster