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AI was supposed to generate progress. Now it's taking us back to coal.

AI was supposed to generate progress. Now it's taking us back to coal.

David H. Petering Wisconsin's increasing reliance on data centers poses a significant challenge to its net-zero carbon emissions goal. The energy demands of these data centers, coupled with the state's existing energy infrastructure, may lead to...

Drop in haze, pollution contributes to China’s solar generation in July

Drop in haze, pollution contributes to China’s solar generation in July

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that reduced atmospheric haze helped solar irradiance surge to around 40% above the July average in Northeast China. August 1, 2025 Solcast Asia in July delivered a mixed bag...

US EPA to repeal core of greenhouse gas rules

US EPA to repeal core of greenhouse gas rules

The US Environmental Protection Agency will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, as well as tailpipe emission standards for vehicles, removing the legal foundation of greenhouse gas regulations...

The significance of EPA plan to revoke landmark greenhouse gas finding

The significance of EPA plan to revoke landmark greenhouse gas finding

The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to revoke a key scientific finding it published 16 years ago that six greenhouse gases are a threat to public health and must be regulated under the Clean Air Act. David Schechter breaks down why it...

EPA proposes elimination of greenhouse gas emission rules

EPA proposes elimination of greenhouse gas emission rules

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal to get rid of regulations that limit the amount of greenhouse gas emissions trucks and cars can produce in the US. INDIANAPOLIS — The Crossroads of America was front and center Tuesday on the...

With Concern for Patients, American Thoracic Society Sounds Alarm at EPA Proposal to Change Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

With Concern for Patients, American Thoracic Society Sounds Alarm at EPA Proposal to Change Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

Newswise — (WASHINGTON, DC) Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its intention to repeal the Endangerment Finding, a long-standing regulation that protects clean air. The American Thoracic Society President Raed Dweik, MD, ATSF,...

Trump's EPA targets key health ruling underpinning all US greenhouse gas rules

Trump's EPA targets key health ruling underpinning all US greenhouse gas rules

Washington: The Trump administration said on Tuesday it will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, removing the legal foundation for all U.S. greenhouse gas regulations. If finalized, the repeal...

EPA proposes revoking scientific finding greenhouse gases endanger public health

EPA proposes revoking scientific finding greenhouse gases endanger public health

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed revoking a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. Calling it the biggest...

Are greenhouse gases really dangerous? The EPA is reconsidering

President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The proposed Environmental Protection...

EPA moves to rescind finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose risk to the public

EPA moves to rescind finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose risk to the public

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with repeal of a 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases pose a danger to the public. The 2009 standard, called the endangerment finding, has been a declaration that six key...

Environmental activists 'horrified' by Trump administration's announcement on greenhouse gas rules

Environmental activists 'horrified' by Trump administration's announcement on greenhouse gas rules

The Trump administration is getting ready to utterly defang pollution rules stifling energy companies in order to limit greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental activists are "horrified" by the announcement. Environmental Protection Agency...

What will expanding Heathrow do to UK’s net zero plans?

What will expanding Heathrow do to UK’s net zero plans?

Expanding Heathrow would result in increased carbon dioxide emissions and could put the UK further off track on its climate goals, but the government is claiming it can offset that by investing in research on new low-carbon fuels for aircraft and...

EPA administrator formally launches bid to undo greenhouse gas rule

EPA administrator formally launches bid to undo greenhouse gas rule

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, on Tuesday called an Obama-era greenhouse gas rule politically motivated and not grounded in science. Zeldin’s remarks came at an event at a heavy...

Senator Lummis Backs EPA’s Rethink Of Greenhouse Gas Rules

Senator Lummis Backs EPA’s Rethink Of Greenhouse Gas Rules

Today Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reconsider the 2009 Endangerment Finding. This Endangerment Finding has served as the foundational legal basis for the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas...

IIT-M develops new agri-waste-based material to reduce plastic pollution

IIT-M develops new agri-waste-based material to reduce plastic pollution

The findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal Bioresource Technology Reports, offer a practical solution to two major problems -- plastic pollution and agricultural waste disposal Image for representational purpose only. Photo Courtesy:...

EPA floats ending ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

EPA floats ending ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to eliminate the government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that he will roll back the 2009 endangerment finding, which...

Experts alarmed by Trump administration plan to eliminate greenhouse gas regulations

Experts alarmed by Trump administration plan to eliminate greenhouse gas regulations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced it plans to walk back a declaration in the Clean Air Act that determined greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. Tara Molina reports.

EPA to Revoke 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

EPA to Revoke 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

The Trump administration’s push to dismantle key climate regulations took a dramatic turn this week, with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announcing plans to revoke the agency’s landmark 2009 “endangerment finding.” This...

EPA plans to get rid of clean car standards, says greenhouse gases don’t harm people

EPA plans to get rid of clean car standards, says greenhouse gases don’t harm people

https://indianapublicradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/climateendangerfindingweb.mp3 The Environmental Protection Agency wants to undo its finding that climate change harms people, and eliminate greenhouse gas standards for cars and trucks. EPA...

Trump's EPA targets basis of all US greenhouse gas rules

Trump's EPA targets basis of all US greenhouse gas rules

The Trump administration has said it will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, removing the legal foundation for all US greenhouse gas regulations. If finalised, the repeal would end current limits...

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