Judges side with Trump EPA over canceled Inflation Reduction Act grants to nonprofits

Judges side with Trump EPA over canceled Inflation Reduction Act grants to nonprofits

The battle over $20 billion worth of climate-related funding authorized by Congress continues as an appellate court ruled on Tuesday in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency, which had terminated Biden-era grants made to nonprofits. The legal tussle stems from EPA administrator Lee Zeldin’s decision to cancel grants dispersed as part of the Inflation Reduction…

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#Biden cracks down on power plants’ climate emissions, pollution

#Biden cracks down on power plants’ climate emissions, pollution

The Biden administration on Thursday cracked down on planet-warming emissions and other pollution from power plants, aiming to make these power sources more environmentally friendly. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday it had finalized a suite of rules that aim to cut the plants’ pollution.  One such rule, which regulates greenhouse gas emissions…

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#Recycling won’t solve the plastic problem. Here’s what will.

#Recycling won’t solve the plastic problem. Here’s what will.

There is no shortage of news about plastic’s ubiquity or its harms. Microplastics are in clouds, drinking water, playgrounds and our blood. Marine mammals are entangled in and ingest plastic at alarming rates. Plastic exacerbates climate change and biodiversity loss, and high-income countries increasingly consume and export used plastic to lower-income countries for disposal. The…

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#Biden orders weekend door-to-door checks in Ohio after train derailment

#Biden orders weekend door-to-door checks in Ohio after train derailment

Biden orders weekend door-to-door checks in Ohio after train derailment President Biden issued an order Friday directing federal agencies to check-in with residents of East Palestine, Ohio, after a train derailment earlier this month. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency and Federal Emergency Management Agency will go door-to-door, visiting homes to…

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#How Congress can rein in gas prices — and unelected bureaucrats

#How Congress can rein in gas prices — and unelected bureaucrats

“How Congress can rein in gas prices — and unelected bureaucrats” What if Congress could stop President Joe Biden from spiking gas prices? We shouldn’t have to daydream. With the president pursuing a slew of costly mandates and executive actions restricting oil and gas development and driving up energy costs, Republicans must rally behind a dramatically expanded and…

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#Putin’s mall-strike strategy and other commentary

#Putin’s mall-strike strategy and other commentary

“Putin’s mall-strike strategy and other commentary” Foreign desk: Putin’s Mall-Strike Strategy The “busy shopping center” in Ukraine with more than 1,000 people inside when Russian missiles struck it Monday was far from the front lines, had no strategic value and posed no danger to Russian forces, note The Wall Street Journal’s editors, quoting President Volodymyr…

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