Regulation
EPA cuts through the smog with the strongest-ever clean car standards
While Build Back Better stalls, Biden tightens emissions on US cars.
Read MoreLessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia
Here are the crucial ingredients for decarbonizing an economy, and safeguarding a region.
Read MoreBeyond reusing and recycling: How the US could actually reduce plastic production
Whether it’s a cap on production or a market mechanism, it’s likely to meet industry opposition.
Read MoreBiden orders federal government to become carbon neutral by 2050
The country’s largest land owner, energy consumer, and employer aims to reduce its carbon emissions by 65 percent this decade.
Read MoreCascadia is known for strong climate action. So why are emissions still rising?
Climate-warming pollution is rising in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Action in 2022 can get the region on track for 2030 targets.
Read MoreInterior’s new oil and gas leasing plan sidesteps climate action
The report leaves the door open for new leases on public land. What does that mean for the West?
Read MoreAging fuel tanks near Pearl Harbor are leaking. Locals want the U.S. Navy to shut them down
Honolulu activists say “enough is enough”
Read MoreManchin and Cortez Masto kill chances of reforming outdated hardrock mining law
The nearly 150-year old law allows mining companies to extract resources like copper and lithium royalty-free.
Read MoreEPA restores water protections weakened under Trump
Smaller waterways and wetlands will be covered again under Clean Water Act.
Read MoreDays after COP26, US pledge to cut aviation emissions gets rerouted
Biden’s EPA will keep a Trump-era emissions standard for airplanes — that doesn’t actually cut emissions.
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