Tag: Regulation
When oil and gas companies are done extracting from a well, they’re supposed to plug it and clean it up: This prevents both physical hazards to wildlife and the …
Extreme flooding has struck almost every corner of the country over the past year, from rural areas in Tennessee and California to the Michigan suburbs and the streets of …
This story is published in collaboration with Belt Magazine. On a warm morning in July of 2020, FBI agents and local sheriff’s deputies converged on a farmhouse just outside …
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection earlier this week adopted a rule to phase out diesel-powered trucks – meaning anything bigger than a delivery van – starting in …
Scientists have known for decades that bisphenol A, or BPA, a plastic additive used in products like food storage containers and food can liners, is harmful to human health. …
The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, finalized new greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks produced through model year 2026 on Monday, a move that will cut carbon …
A panel of experts last week made a simple, common-sense recommendation for dealing with the U.S.’s plastic pollution problem: Stop making so much plastic. “Not producing waste in the …
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday instructing federal agencies to become carbon-neutral by 2050. The order includes a set of concrete goals to help decarbonize the government’s …
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On the Friday after Thanksgiving — a day the …
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Amid the recent skirmishes over revising the reconciliation bill, …