Trump’s EPA Surprises Critics by Toughening Rules on Big-Rig Truck Pollution
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new effort to slash pollution from heavy-duty trucks, surprising critics who say the move is the Trump administration’s first to increase regulations on emitters. Flanked by the heads of trucking industry associations, Acting EPA Administrator Andrew…
The California Wildfires Have Already Claimed 31 Lives and Displaced 150,000 People
Mason Trinca for The Washington Post via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Camp Fire in northern California has become the most destructive wildfire in the state’s history, incinerating the town of Paradise, and displacing more…
Good News! The Ozone Layer Is On the Road to Recovery!
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a rare piece of good news about the environment—and proof of what concerted global action can achieve—the United Nations announced in a Monday report that the ozone layer, which was significantly damaged over the course of decades by humans, is on…
As California Burns, Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Funding
Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Taking a moment from the fires burning in his own backyard, President Donald Trump went on Twitter this morning to opine on the devastating fires currently burning in California—and to threaten to cut off federal funding if his wishes aren’t followed: There…
Trump’s New Attorney General Is a Global Warming Skeptic
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump’s new acting attorney general shares the president’s views on more than just the Russia investigation. As it turns out, Matthew Whitaker—who will oversee the department tasked with defending federal environmental regulations—is also a global warming skeptic. The climate change views expressed…
A Good Climate Policy Rises Above Politics
Britta Pedersen/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the results of the midterms continue to trickle in, one thing is clear: Bipartisan climate action in the US is over. For decades, there’s been the dream that one…