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Public health and green groups sue EPA over repeal of greenhouse gases rule
The Obama-era finding underpins nearly all climate regulations under the Clean Air Act.
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EPA reverses climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and wellbeing.
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EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases harm the environment
The decision, which established emission standards for cars and trucks, is expected to upend most U.S. policies aimed at reducing climate pollution.
Record snow drought in Western U.S. raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires
Scientists say snow cover and snow depth are both at the lowest levels they’ve seen in decades.
Looming water supply 'bankruptcy' puts billions at risk, U.N. report warns
Widespread water insecurity is the result of decades of overuse, as well as shrinking supplies from lakes, rivers, glaciers and wetlands, the researchers found.
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2025 was the third-hottest year ever recorded on Earth, data shows
The finding comes as the U.S. reverses rules meant to lower carbon pollution and walks away from international climate treaties.
EPA to stop calculating deaths avoided and health care savings from air pollution rules
The change means the EPA will focus rules for two pollutants only on the cost to industry, part of a realignment under Trump.
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Carbon pollution rose last year. Experts blame a cold winter, natural gas prices and data centers.
The U.S. spewed 2.4% more heat-trapping gases from fossil fuels in 2025 than in the year before, according to new research.
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Trump's exit from global climate treaty leaves U.S. without a voice in negotiations
The president put an end to more than three decades of U.S. support for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Mercedes-Benz agrees to pay $149.6 million in emissions settlement
A coalition of attorneys general said devices on more than 211,000 vehicles enabled them to far exceed legal limits for nitrogen oxides.
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Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
OMB Director Russell Vought said the National Science Foundation "will be breaking up" the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.
