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US EPA Plans to Undercut State Authority to Protect Clean Water from Pipeline & Other Infrastructure Projects

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Today, the Trump administration announced a plan to limit the authority of states and tribes to protect clean water from pollution resulting from pipelines and other major infrastructure projects during the permitting process. The proposed changes to rules interpreting Section 401 of the Clean Water Act would make it more difficult for … [continued]

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Sierra Club Lawyer to Present Oral Argument to Protect Billions in EV Charging for America’s Highways

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Coalition of Nonprofits Seeks to Ensure Access to EV Charging Funds Across the Country Today, U.S. District Court Judge Tana Lin in the Western District Court of Washington will hear oral argument in State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation—a challenge brought by 21 states to the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze … [continued]

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Trump EPA Finalizes Weak Rule to Reduce Dangerous Air Pollution from New Gas-Burning Power Plants, Ignores Health Benefits and Lives Saved from Pollution Reduction

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The Trump EPA has unveiled a final rule under the Clean Air Act that revises emission limits for dangerous nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution from new gas-burning turbines used in power plants and industrial facilities. Emissions of NOx form smog and soot, which is harmful to human health and linked to serious heart … [continued]

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Europe Built Hydrogen Infrastructure Instead of the Power Grid It Needed

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The most important policy lesson from the 400 km European hydrogen backbone segment with no suppliers and no offtakers—a pipeline from nowhere to nowhere—I wrote about recently is that decarbonization succeeds or fails on demand realism, not technological aspiration. Europe knew, as early as the late 2000s, that deep electrification … [continued]

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Nissan LEAF Named World’s Best Compact Car by Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year Jury

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Nashville, Tennessee — Nissan is proud to announce that the all-new Nissan LEAF has been awarded the prestigious title of World’s Best Compact Car by the Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY) jury — the only automotive awards panel in the world comprised exclusively of women motoring journalists. The … [continued]

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