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Supreme Court Ruling Could Dampen Government Efforts to Rein in Big Tech
The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch up to changes wrought by the internet.
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Supreme Court's EPA Ruling Extends Beyond Climate Fight. What You Need to Know
A look at how the court ruling could impact efforts to slow global warming and other regulatory actions, from education to transportation and food.
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Can the U.S. Meet its Climate Goals After EPA Court Decision?
Power plants are the second-largest source of greenhouse gas pollution behind transportation. And the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in West Virginia v. EPA has limited the EPA’s authority to require companies to use greener methods, like solar and wind, to generate power. LX News climate storyteller Chase Cain explains and brings us some insight from Lissa Lynch of the Natural...
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SCOTUS Hands Down Final Decisions of Its Term
Melissa Russo with the latest.
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SCOTUS Limits EPA in Major Blow to Climate Change Fight
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to regulate greenhouse gases created by power plants.
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Supreme Court Limits EPA's Power to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions
In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
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EPA to Give $60M to 12 States to Help Curb Water Pollution
The federal government says it will distribute $60 million among 12 states that have waterways that flow into the Mississippi River to help them control farm runoff and other pollution that contribute to a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
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EPA, NJ Announce $588M in Water Infrastructure Spending
More than half a billion dollars in federal and state funds will go to nearly 30 water systems in New Jersey, serving about 6 million residents, or about two-thirds of the state’s population.
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Big Oil Touted Recycling to Sell More Plastic, and Left Cities Grappling With a Costly Waste Problem
Plastics recycling is littered with misleading claims and waste. Here’s what that recycling symbol really means, its history and why more than 75% of your plastic waste ends up in landfills
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Biden Waiving Ethanol Rule in Bid to Lower Gasoline Prices
President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline in the summer.
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Supreme Court Reinstates Trump-Era Water Rule for Now
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated, for now, a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
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EPA Names Part of Hackensack River to Superfund List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named a 19-mile stretch of the Hackensack River in northern New Jersey to its list of Superfund sites
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House Dems Seek Probe of USPS Plan for New Mail Truck Fleet
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles
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US Officials Reverse Finding That Toxic Pesticide Could Lead to Dozens of Wildlife Extinctions
U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction.
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EPA Rule Would Make Heavy Trucks Cut Smog, Soot Pollution
The Biden administration is proposing stronger pollution regulations for new tractor-trailer rigs that would clean up smoky diesel engines and encourage new technologies during the next two decades
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Justices Wrestle With EPA Power to Curb Carbon Emissions
The Supreme Court is wrestling with the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s power plants, a case that could hamstring the Biden administration’s plans to combat climate change
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Biden Boosts Fuel-Economy Standards to 40 MPG by 2026 in Climate Change Fight
The Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage standards to significantly reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases, reversing a Trump-era rollback.
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EPA Releases $1B to Clean Up Toxic Waste Sites in 24 States
Federal environmental officials have announced a $1 billion infusion to the Superfund program
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EPA to Tighten Rules for Lead in Drinking Water, Details Plan to Replace Nation's Pipes
The agency on Thursday announced the first investment of $2.9 billion under the law to replace aging lead pipes, which can leach particles of the heavy metal into drinking water, potentially causing severe developmental and neurological issues.
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EPA Head: ‘Journey to Justice' Tour ‘Really Personal for Me'
EPA Administrator Michael Regan says a recently completed “Journey to Justice” tour from Mississippi to Texas enabled him to put “faces and names with this term that we call environmental justice