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EPA Clean Air Panel Chair Dismisses His Oil Industry Ties, Slams Harvard Study on Air Pollution and COVID Risks
By Dana Drugmand
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The head of a federal committee tasked with advising the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on air quality science recently disparaged a new Harvard study examining the link between air pollutio...
us/Former Inslee Staffers Urge Biden and House Dems to Embrace $1.2 Trillion Green Stimulus as Part of COVID-19 Recovery
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By Julia Conley, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Staffers who helped develop Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's widely-praised climate policy during his 2020 ...
us/Climate Deniers Argue Carbon Pollution Is Beneficial, Again Take Aim at EPA's Endangerment Finding
By Dana Drugmand
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Climate science deniers at think tanks with fossil fuel ties are doubling down on attempts to undermine the bases for regulating climate pollution, from attacking estimated carbon pollution costs u...
us/Leader of Gas Industry Front Group Used Public Health Threat to Cancel Climate Policy Vote in California
By Dana Drugmand
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A gas industry union leader and chair of a group funded by California’s largest gas utility threatened to protest with “no social distancing” a vote last month on a city policy in San Luis Obispo t...
us/Colorado Plans to Eliminate Emissions from Road Transportation
By Dana Drugmand
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Colorado is moving ahead with a plan to get nearly 1 million electric vehicles (EV) on its roads by 2030 and, for the first time, has adopted a long-term goal of transitioning to 100 percent electr...
us/House Democrats Highlight Impacts of Trump Admin's Favors for Fossil Fuels During Pandemic
By Dana Drugmand
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On Tuesday, May 5, several Democratic members of the House Natural Resources Committee hosted a virtual discussion calling out how far the Trump administration has gone to cater to fossil fuel inte...
us/EPA Decides to Reject the Latest Science, Endanger Public Health and Ignore the Law by Keeping an Outdated Fine Particle Air Pollution Standard
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By H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University The COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown have temporarily produced clearer skies across the U.S. Meanwhile, however, the U.S. Environme...
Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End of Easy Pipeline Permits
By Steve Horn
on
A ruling from a Montana judge could have far-reaching implications for a water-crossing permit frequently used by fossil fuel pipeline construction projects.
A ruling from a Montana judge could have far-reaching implications for a water-crossing permit frequently used by fossil fuel pipeline construction projects.
us/EPA Has Been Captured by Fossil Fuel Interests, Democratic Senators Tell Court
By Dana Drugmand
on
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump administration is run by fossil fuel allies determined to do polluters’ bidding, U.S. senators are telling the DC Circuit Court of Appeals....
Fossil Fuel-Backed Climate Deniers Rush to Promote Michael Moore Documentary 'Planet of The Humans'
By Richard Collett-White and Zak Derler
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Climate science deniers and long-time opponents of renewable energy, many with ties to oil and gas companies, have seized on Michael Moore’s latest documentary to argue the case for continued fossi...

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EPA Clean Air Panel Chair Dismisses His Oil Industry Ties, Slams Harvard Study on Air Pollution and COVID Risks
ByDana Drugmand
on

The head of a federal committee tasked with advising the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on air quality science recently disparaged a new Harvard study examining the link between air pollutio...
us/Former Inslee Staffers Urge Biden and House Dems to Embrace $1.2 Trillion Green Stimulus as Part of COVID-19 Recovery
ByGuest
on

By Julia Conley, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Staffers who helped develop Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's widely-praised climate policy during his 2020 ...
us/Climate Deniers Argue Carbon Pollution Is Beneficial, Again Take Aim at EPA's Endangerment Finding
ByDana Drugmand
on

Climate science deniers at think tanks with fossil fuel ties are doubling down on attempts to undermine the bases for regulating climate pollution, from attacking estimated carbon pollution costs u...
us/Leader of Gas Industry Front Group Used Public Health Threat to Cancel Climate Policy Vote in California
ByDana Drugmand
on

A gas industry union leader and chair of a group funded by California’s largest gas utility threatened to protest with “no social distancing” a vote last month on a city policy in San Luis Obispo t...
us/Colorado Plans to Eliminate Emissions from Road Transportation
ByDana Drugmand
on

Colorado is moving ahead with a plan to get nearly 1 million electric vehicles (EV) on its roads by 2030 and, for the first time, has adopted a long-term goal of transitioning to 100 percent electr...
us/House Democrats Highlight Impacts of Trump Admin's Favors for Fossil Fuels During Pandemic
ByDana Drugmand
on

On Tuesday, May 5, several Democratic members of the House Natural Resources Committee hosted a virtual discussion calling out how far the Trump administration has gone to cater to fossil fuel inte...
us/EPA Decides to Reject the Latest Science, Endanger Public Health and Ignore the Law by Keeping an Outdated Fine Particle Air Pollution Standard
ByGuest
on

By H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University The COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown have temporarily produced clearer skies across the U.S. Meanwhile, however, the U.S. Environme...
Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End of Easy Pipeline Permits
BySteve Horn
on

A ruling from a Montana judge could have far-reaching implications for a water-crossing permit frequently used by fossil fuel pipeline construction projects.

A ruling from a Montana judge could have far-reaching implications for a water-crossing permit frequently used by fossil fuel pipeline construction projects.
us/EPA Has Been Captured by Fossil Fuel Interests, Democratic Senators Tell Court
ByDana Drugmand
on

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump administration is run by fossil fuel allies determined to do polluters’ bidding, U.S. senators are telling the DC Circuit Court of Appeals....
Fossil Fuel-Backed Climate Deniers Rush to Promote Michael Moore Documentary 'Planet of The Humans'
ByRichard Collett-White and Zak Derler
on

Climate science deniers and long-time opponents of renewable energy, many with ties to oil and gas companies, have seized on Michael Moore’s latest documentary to argue the case for continued fossi...

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