“The Supreme Court has directed a lower court to rethink a ruling that upheld Biden-era efficiency regulations for commercial water heaters and consumer furnaces."
"Environmental groups on Wednesday sued attempting to stop the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres (280 hectares) of wildlife refuge in Texas, claiming it would worsen ecological risks to a Gulf Coast region already transformed by billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket operations."
“Extreme drought and rising temperatures in the US are poised to overwhelm the Trump administration’s plans to control wildfire by logging federal forests, scientists say."
“JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say.”
“Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee wants to overhaul the National Historic Preservation Act. That may be a step too far for many Democrats.”
“EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them ‘pencils down.’”
“New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.”
“The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.”
“The agency’s regulatory rollback for grocery refrigerators has sparked a backlash from U.S. manufacturers.”
“A handful of Democratic-led states are targeting energy-efficiency programs in an attempt to provide relief on soaring utility bills. It’s surprising, given the broad support energy-efficiency programs have among Democrats — and the fact that these incentives produce energy savings that benefit both the climate and all consumers. The short-term savings may be tempting, advocates say, but chasing them is misguided."
