Pollution

"Herbicides in forestry kill broadleaf vegetation that compete with softwoods, which are more flammable" 

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed new measures aimed at speeding construction of infrastructure needed for the rapid buildup of data centers for artificial intelligence that would enable companies to start building before obtaining air permits."

"U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright is in Europe this week to lobby for oil and gas, and some European policy experts say his pro-fossil fuel arguments are based on disinformation, including a misleading climate report his department published this summer."

"Transit agencies have been warning for years that the twin problems of diminished ridership and rising costs could send entire public transportation systems into a tailspin. Now, some worry that day has come."

"N.C. research would have provided crucial data on understudied effects of the burgeoning industry on predominantly Black, Indigenous and Latino residents."

"The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage." 

"Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”"

"Despite MAHA promises to reduce chemical exposures, experts warn the Trump administration is approving a wave of ‘frightening’ pesticides."

"The EPA couldn’t justify scaling back startup, shutdown, and malfunction liability shields in Title V air permitting rules, according to a Friday judgment from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit."

"As US reneges on climate breakdown pledges, China’s response to crisis will shape geopolitics and our future"