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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief, Lee Zeldin, on Wednesday announced 31 deregulatory actions to “Power the Great American Comeback.” In doing so, Zeldin noted the agency’s commitment to “fulfilling President Trump’s promise to…restore the rule of law, and give power back to states to make their own decisions.” Stating that these “historic actions” [...]

West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, joined by 21 other states, sued New York Thursday over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute some $75 billion to a fund to pay for damages caused by climate change. McCuskey stated that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce through the Commerce Clause, and [...]

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva signed a bill authorizing the development of offshore wind farms into law on Friday. The bill seeks to enhance Brazil’s energy security and stimulate investment. The legislation establishes the regulatory framework for offshore wind energy utilization in Brazil, provides incentives for industry development and job creation, and strengthens [...]

Indigenous peoples and rural communities in the Philippines are facing human rights abuses amid nickel mining expansion, according to a report published by Amnesty International on Thursday. Amnesty International found that nickel mining in the country has undermined the communities’ right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Amnesty’s business and human rights researcher Alysha [...]

US President Joe Biden issued two memoranda on Monday to prohibit new offshore drilling within three ocean and coastal regions, compromising over 625 million acres. One of the memoranda includes the withdrawal of the entire eastern US Atlantic coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico as well as the Pacific Coast along California, Oregon and [...]

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a climate change bill into law, empowering the state government to levy heavy fines on fossil fuel companies. The fines will go to a “superfund” that pays for addressing environmental damages caused by human-driven climate change. The Climate Change Superfund Act creates a climate adaptation cost recovery [...]

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a state law violated the youth plaintiffs’ right to a clean and healthful environment under the state constitution. The court found that an exemption in the Montana Environmental Policy Act violated the right to a clean and healthful environment by “preclud an analysis [...]

The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a challenge to California’s vehicle emissions standards as well as a Wisconsin case concerning tax exemptions for religious organizations. In Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency, the court will consider a challenge from fuel producers against the Clean Air Act provision allowing California to [...]

The Presidency of the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) on Friday released a draft financial plan, calling on developed countries to jointly mobilize $250 billion per year by 2035 to support developing countries in addressing climate change. However, the proposed deal faced widespread criticism from various groups for being inadequate and inefficient. Following [...]

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against multiple heavy-duty truck manufacturers. The lawsuit asserted that the manufacturers “conspired” to restrict the availability of diesel-powered semi-trucks in support of California’s Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, which mandates a transition to electric trucks by 2035. Hilgers stated that the “conspiracy” violated US antitrust laws by “unreasonably [...]