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“Green Aviation” Exception in GOP Budget Bill Is a “Big, Beautiful” Bipartisan Boondoggle

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This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The “Big, Beautiful Bill” that Republicans are pushing under President Trump would roll back almost all the clean energy incentives that Democrats enacted under President Biden, shredding federal support for solar, wind, nuclear, electric vehicles, and other climate-friendly technologies. […]

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This Obscure but Powerful “Dark Roof” Lobby May Be Making Your City Hotter

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This story was reported by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action.  It began with a lobbyist’s pitch. Tennessee Rep. Rusty Grills says the lobbyist proposed a simple idea: repeal the state’s requirement for reflective roofs on many commercial buildings. In late March, Grills and his fellow lawmakers voted to […]

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After Federal Rollbacks, Corporate Interests Wage War on State Regulators

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Model legislation from right-wing policy incubator ALEC aims to extend deregulation far beyond Washington, DC.

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Trump’s Pick to Lead Workplace Safety Agency Will Derail Heat Protections, Advocates Fear

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the US prepares for what could be another record-breaking hot summer, Donald Trump and his pick to lead the nation’s workplace safety agency are expected to derail the creation of the nation’s first-ever federal labor protections from extreme heat. Trump in February nominated David […]

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Aviation Industry “Failing Dramatically” on Climate, Insiders Say

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The aviation industry is “failing dramatically” in its efforts to tackle its role in the climate crisis, according to a newly formed group of aviation professionals. They say they are torn between their passion for flying and their concern for the planet […]

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Republicans Seek to Kill California Auto Pollution Rules Using a “Blatantly Illegal” Tactic

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration On a warm July morning in 1943, in the middle of World War II, a thick cloud of acrid smoke blanketed downtown Los Angeles, turning its clear blue skies into an inscrutable brown haze that left Angelenos with burning eyes, […]

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Trump’s Rookie Moves Have Created Loads of Uncertainty—Even for Big Oil

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This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration Last week, the US Department of the Interior announced that it would speed up the approval process for certain fossil fuel projects, proclaiming that environmental analyses that previously would have taken years must now be taken down to, at maximum, a month. While the […]

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China’s Xi Prepares to Eat America’s Lunch as Trump Cedes Leadership on Clean Energy

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. China will continue to push forward on the climate crisis, Xi Jinping has said while appearing to criticize the “protectionism” of Donald Trump’s tariff policies. The Chinese president was attending a closed-door virtual meeting with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, Brazil’s president, Luiz […]

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Trump Drops or Pauses Cases Against 17 Corporations That Funded His Inauguration

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Analysis finds that corporations facing federal investigations or enforcement lawsuits donated a combined $50 million.

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Corporate Chiefs Gave Trump’s Inaugural Committee $250 Million. Benefits Abound.

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Donald Trump’s inaugural committee raised almost $250 million, much of it from donors who are seeking—and in many cases have already received—valuable favors from the administration of the famously transactional president. The Wall Street Journal, which reviewed the committee’s filing ahead of a Sunday deadline, reported that the funding haul far exceeded what the committee […]

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In “Cancer Alley,” Black Communities Get All the pollution, But Few of the Jobs

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Residents of the mostly Black communities sandwiched between chemical plants along the lower Mississippi River have long said they get most of the pollution but few of the jobs produced by the region’s vast petrochemical industry.  A new study led by Tulane University […]

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