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Cross-Sector Working Group Releases Embodied Carbon Action Plan for New York State

BackgrounderNew YorkMikhail Haramati
As state, county, and municipal programs make strides in reducing the operational emissions associated with our buildings, these strategies will enable state entities to also reduce the emissions from materials.
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Where There’s Smoke, Heat, and Drought…

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesDavid Doniger
The Trump administration is failing the nation with a backward-looking energy policy that is driving up costs, shortchanging factory workers, and fueling climate catastrophe.

Allowing Deep Sea Mining off Coast of American Samoa Is Dangerous and Reckless

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Interior Department’s decision today to advance deep-sea mining off American Samoa could cause widespread harm to the marine environment and biodiversity. This would be the first ever commercial deep-sea mining leasing in the world.

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Enviro Groups Challenge EPA’s Rejection of Hawaiʻi’s Clean Air Plan

Press ReleaseHonolulu
A coalition of conservation and public health groups today filed a court challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s rejection of the State of Hawaiʻi’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan. The EPA rejected the state’s plan, which would have cleaned up…

Where There’s Smoke, Heat, and Drought…

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesDavid Doniger

The Trump administration is failing the nation with a backward-looking energy policy that is driving up costs, shortchanging factory workers, and fueling climate catastrophe.

Court Orders the EPA to Implement National Soot Standard 

Press ReleaseUnited States
This court ruling follows on last month’s ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholding the 2024 soot standard after the Trump administration’s EPA requested that the court strike it down. 

Second Major Heat Wave in Weeks Is Breaking Records

Press ReleaseUnited States
After highs of 111°F in Billings and 115°F in Miles City, Montana, this week's heat dome is driving heat-index values toward 110°F across the northern tier, while East Coast cities could approach 100°F midweek with little relief overnight.

EPA Proposal Could Delay Smog Cleanup

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A coalition of environmental organizations submitted comments urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposed "Ozone Reclassification State Implementation Plan Rule," which would allow states to miss deadlines for reducing dangerous ozone pollution and sidestep the consequences the…

Lawsuit Challenges Approval of Nation’s Largest Rail Facility in California

Press ReleaseCalifornia
A coalition of conservation and environmental justice groups sued the city of Barstow today for approving a 5,000-acre rail yard and warehouse project that will worsen already poor air quality and destroy desert habitat without performing the required environmental reviews.