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24 States Challenge EPA's Rollback of Climate Finding

Massachusetts AG calls move a 'blatant' violation of the law

(Newser) - Two dozen states are asking a federal court to put the brakes on the Trump administration's attempt to gut climate regulation at its source. In a lawsuit filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Thursday, 24 Democrat-led states plus a dozen cities and counties...

Miss. Town Fights xAI Plant: 'It's Hard to Be Outside for Long'

Residents in Southaven complain about nonstop turbine noise, pollution from Elon Musk project

(Newser) - For one Mississippi neighborhood, the AI revolution sounds like a 24/7 jet engine. In Southaven, Elon Musk's startup xAI has revived a dormant power plant and ringed it with 27 temporary methane gas turbines that residents say roar day and night as they feed electricity to AI data centers,...

SCOTUS to Review Climate Lawsuits Against Big Oil

Case tests if federal law blocks local climate damage claims

(Newser) - The long-running effort by cities and counties to make Big Oil pay for climate damage is now headed to the nation's highest court. The Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear a case that could decide whether local governments can use state laws to pursue energy giants like...

6 Days After EPA's Big Rollback, Legal Battle Begins

Environmental, health groups file suit over scrapped 'endangerment finding'

(Newser) - The legal battle has begun over the EPA's move to strip away a central pillar of US climate policy. More than a dozen environmental and public health groups sued the agency Wednesday in the DC Circuit, arguing it acted illegally last Thursday when it scrapped its 2009 "endangerment...

Trump Scraps Landmark EPA Climate Finding

Zeldin calls it 'the single largest deregulatory action in the history of the United States'

(Newser) - President Trump has moved to erase the legal foundation of nearly every federal effort to curb climate change in the US. At the White House on Thursday, Trump announced the end of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 " endangerment finding ," the scientific determination that greenhouse gases pose a...

EPA Moves to Rescind a Major Key in Climate Regulation

'Endangerment finding' from 2009 found greenhouse gases were toxic to public health

(Newser) - President Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for US action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule rescinds a 2009 declaration that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger...

Senate's Vote Against CA Law Sets Up Legal Battle

Senate votes to block California's emissions waivers

(Newser) - The Senate has upended California's ambitious plan to phase out new gasoline cars, igniting a nationwide legal fight that could redefine the future of electric vehicles for about 40% of the US auto market, the New York Times reports. Thursday's vote was 51-44 in favor of blocking...

Obama's 'War on Coal' Begins Today—and Faces Army of Lawyers

EPA chief pushed for 'airtight' Clean Power Plan

(Newser) - President Obama will officially unveil his plan to dramatically cut greenhouse-gas emissions later today—and there is an army of lawyers ready to pounce. The Clean Power plan imposes tough limits on power plant emissions and dozens of corporations are preparing to fight what they call a "war on...

SCOTUS Smacks Down Obama Emissions Plan

Says EPA jumped gun on regulations on mercury, other pollutants

(Newser) - In a 2014 ruling , an appeals court decided that the Environmental Protection Agency "properly [put] the horse before the cart" in coming up with mandates to limit power-plant emissions of mercury and other pollutants. The Supreme Court today overturned that ruling, blocking a key White House environmental initiative because...

Air-Conditioner Thief Gets Extra Time ... for Pollution

By releasing Freon, he violated Clean Air Act

(Newser) - When Martin Eldridge and his pals started stealing air-conditioning units around Columbus, Ohio, last year, it's a safe bet they didn't factor the Clean Air Act into their possible punishment. Big mistake: Because when Eldridge and company cut the tubing that connected the units to their buildings, they...

Barbara Boxer: Green Groups Should Sue Obama

California Democrat stands against ozone decision

(Newser) - Count Barbara Boxer among those steamed about President Obama’s decision to ditch the EPA’s proposal for stricter smog standards . The California senator talked to reporters yesterday, and while Politico notes that she was more measured than many environmentalists , she did call for a lawsuit against the president. “...

'Pull the Plug on Grandma'? That's GOP Policy
'Pull the Plug on Grandma'? That's GOP Policy
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Aug 30, 2009 5:20 PM CDT

'Pull the Plug on Grandma'? That's GOP Policy

Republicans, not Obama, willing to let elderly die off: Weisberg

(Newser) - Chuck Grassley’s warning that Obamacare will “pull the plug on Grandma” has become a rallying cry for the GOP’s anti–health reform efforts. But looking at past policies, it’s the GOP that's out to get grandma, Jacob Weisberg writes in Newsweek. A wide range of Republican...

EPA Bucks Bush Policy, Lets Calif. Set Own CO2 Standard

(Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency today granted California the right to set its own strict emissions standards, an about-face from Bush-era policies, Reuters reports. In a sly rebuke to the previous administration, the EPA said the move rested on a “traditional legal interpretation of the Clean Air Act.” California...

EPA Expected to Start Limiting CO2 Emissions

Agency will act on ignored Supreme Court ruling

(Newser) - The EPA is expected to soon start regulating emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases for the first time, reports the New York Times. The agency is under an order—ignored by the Bush administration—to decide whether CO2 is a pollutant that endangers the public. Obama administration officials...

Court Reinstates Bush Clean Air Rule

Federal judges reverse position on clean air rule, giving Obama time to replace it

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has decided that a flawed clean air law is better than no clean air law, the New York Times reports. Reversing an earlier judgment, the court ruled to temporarily reinstate the Clean Air Interstate Rule—which limits emissions from coal-fired power plants in 28 states—while...

EPA to Loosen Clean-Air Rules in National Parks

Bush moves to allow coal-fired plants nearer US land preserves

(Newser) - Polluting facilities like coal-fired power plants could soon be allowed to operate closer to national parks, according to documents obtained by the Washington Post. Rules being finalized by the EPA—against strong objections from several officials—will weaken Clean Air Act protections by averaging out emission counts over a year,...

Clean-Air Changes 'Imperil Parks'

Rules make allow power plants nearby

(Newser) - Clean air rules likely to be changed this summer are causing serious concerns about future pollution at some of America's most spectacular national parks, reports the Washington Post. The changes will pave the way for 28 new coal-fired power plants near ten parks, according to a report supported by some...

National Park, Meet Coal Smog
 National Park, Meet Coal Smog 
Apr 23, 2008 4:03 PM CDT

National Park, Meet Coal Smog

Over own experts' objections, EPA moves to allow power plants closer to rec areas

(Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency is set to change its rules to allow the construction of coal power plants in previously off-limits areas near national parks, the Christian Science Monitor reports. A draft revision to the Clean Air Act would soften standards of pollution in “Class 1” areas (ie, national...

States Sue EPA for 'Foot Dragging' on Warming

Coalition aims to force agency to take action on global warming

(Newser) - States, cities and environmental groups have teamed up to take on the federal government over global warming, the New York Times reports. The 18-state coalition is aiming to force the EPA to take action in the wake of last year's Supreme Court ruling that the agency should limit vehicle emissions...

EPA Ignores Advisers on Pollution Cap

Sets higher limit than own experts' recommendations

(Newser) - Ignoring the recommendations of its own scientists, the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday reset standards for pollution-forming ozone from cars and factories at a level critics say may cost thousands of lives. The new cap is lower than the old level but still far above the limit urged by EPA experts,...

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