Democrats are pushing for the next coronavirus package to include a litany of green infrastructure provisions in defiance of past GOP rebukes of mixing such measures with efforts to combat Continue Reading
Before the pandemic halted daily life and shattered economies, the European Union had set a course for a difficult re-invention. By 2050, the bloc had decreed, under the banner of Continue Reading
An mall in lower Manhattan on March 29, 2020, emptied out by the city’s shelter-in-place order imposed to combat Covid-19. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images The sudden drop in emissions tied Continue Reading
The Trump administration Tuesday issued final fuel economy targets for 2021-26 model-year light-duty vehicles, rolling back the existing targets to an annual efficiency increase of 1.5% from 5%. Receive daily Continue Reading
President Donald Trump attacked automakers for the second time in a matter of days, chiding their “foolish executives” as his administration completed the final step of a three-year quest to Continue Reading
Water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico are running more than three degrees above average, increasing the prospects for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes this spring and potentially stronger hurricane activity Continue Reading
Three states have moved toward enacting criminal penalties for protesting against fossil fuels amid the coronavirus pandemic. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) was the first to enact such a law, Continue Reading
President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the Continue Reading
The Trump administration is expected on Tuesday to announce its final rule to roll back Obama-era automobile fuel efficiency standards , relaxing efforts to limit climate-warming tailpipe pollution and virtually Continue Reading
Here’s one thing that hasn’t changed because of the coronavirus pandemic: NASA and the European Space Agency keep delivering climate data from satellites, even as mission control headquarters empty and some scientists fall ill. The Continue Reading
