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Connecticut Organizations Urge Federal Leaders to Protect Climate Accountability Efforts
Advocates warn that fossil fuel industry efforts to secure federal legal immunity could undermine Connecticut’s climate accountability and polluter pays efforts. CONNECTICUT — As Big Oil lobbies Congress and the Trump administration for legal immunity from laws and lawsuits aiming to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis, 78 Connecticut … [continued]
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After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections for Plastic Waste Recycling
The ExxonMobil Baytown Complex in Baytown, Texas, at dusk in 2023. The company developed what it calls advanced recycling of plastic waste involving pyrolysis in part of this complex. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News
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High Gas Prices? No Worries, Just Use More Ethanol
The EPA says it will lower gas prices by raising the percentage of ethanol in gasoline to 15% and waiving clean air regulations.
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California’s Hydrogen Infrastructure Collapse Proves What We’ve Known All Along
The Explosive Tipping Point Late on the night of Tuesday, February 24, 2026, California’s hydrogen mobility market ground to a sudden halt when an explosion tore through an industrial truck storage yard located at 3994 Miguel Bustamante Parkway in Colton, California. According to fire department reports, the blast occurred while … [continued]
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From Fuel Shock to Financial Stability in Hawaiʻi
Iran and the Strait of Hormuz are not abstractions for Hawaiʻi. They are a reminder that the state still buys its energy from global fuel markets it does not control. The International Energy Agency described 2022 as the first truly global energy crisis, and recent reporting on the Gulf shock … [continued]
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