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Republicans question EPA 'good neighbor' rule

The EPA's recently finalized rule intended to help downwind states reach air quality standards has drawn the ire of Republican leaders who have questioned whether the agency has adequately considered its effects on industry and electric generation.

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‘Tireless fighter’ for social justice Rep. Donald McEachin dies at 61

Since coming to Congress in 2017, one of McEachin’s main priorities was to reduce the impact of climate change on marginalized communities.
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Trump’s energy plan was vacated and Obama’s is outdated. What's next?

A month after a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., vacated the Trump administration's primary regulation on electric power generation, a top air pollution official at EPA said the agency will not reactivate the Clean Power Plan, the Obama-era emissions rule for utilities that Trump's EPA tried to replace.

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Biden’s EPA pick has experience lifting a discouraged agency

Michael Regan, President-elect Biden's choice for EPA administrator, won kudos for his work to rejuvenate a beleaguered North Carolina environmental agency.
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For Democrats, infrastructure equals fighting climate change, creating jobs

Joe Biden is putting an infrastructure proposal that calls significant green investments front-and-center in his campaign.
Trump EPA answer to Obama Clean Power Plan ‘does virtually nothing‘ to curb CO2

Trump EPA answer to Obama Clean Power Plan ‘does virtually nothing‘ to curb CO2

The Trump EPA rule, replacing the Obama EPA's Clean Power Plan, combines a Clean Power Plan repeal with new, less stringent emissions reductions guidelines.

Some GOP lawmakers are thawing on climate change

Some GOP lawmakers are thawing on climate change

Congressional Republicans seem to be thawing on climate.Rep. Mark Meadows, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus who has denied the science behind climate change, told reporters Wednesday he was open to confront the peril of the warming planet.
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