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EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health
In the world of cost benefit analysis, if an impact isn’t monetized, it doesn’t exist. A former EPA official explains what’s changing now and why it matters.
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Trump’s EPA Proposes to Reward States for Being Bad Neighbors
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Trump administration released yet another coal industry handout by proposing to undo the Environmental Protection Agency’s previous disapproval of State Implementation Plans from states failing to meet their Clean Air Act obligations under the federal ozone air quality standard. Previously in 2023 the EPA had … [continued]
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Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Illegal Craig Coal Plant Extension
Order required broken plant to stay online to address unproven emergency DENVER — Public interest organizations today challenged the Department of Energy’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Unit 1 at Colorado’s Craig Station. The groups include Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund, and Earthjustice on behalf of GreenLatinos, Vote Solar, … [continued]
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Adoption of Electric Vehicles Tied to Real-World Reductions in Air Pollution, Study Finds
Using satellite data, Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers reported the first statistically significant decrease in nitrogen dioxide linked to zero-emissions vehicles. When California neighborhoods increased their number of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) between 2019 and 2023, they also experienced a reduction in air pollution. For every 200 vehicles added, … [continued]
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California Takes A ZEV Sales Victory Lap Around Trump, And His Enablers
California continues to celebrate strong ZEV sales despite the efforts of President Trump, and his Republican enablers in Congress, to throttle down the vehicle electrification movement.
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