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As California’s Emissions Rules Faces Court Battles, States Scramble To Save Their Climate Goals

With or without authority to regulate heightened tailpipe emissions, states plan to meet climate goals.

By Rambo Talabong

Vehicles move slowly through midtown Manhattan traffic in New York City on June 6, 2024. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a town hall event with other West Coast state attorneys general to discuss protecting democracy in Seattle on June 2. Credit: Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images

California Sues Trump Administration Over Right to Clean Air

By Liza Gross

Seneca Meadows applied for a new state permit to add 47 acres of new landfill liner area and to increase its height by 69.5 feet. Credit: Peter Mantius

Environmentalists Sue to Block Expansion of New York State’s Largest Landfill

By Peter Mantius

Jay Schabel, president of the plastics division at Brightmark, holds waste plastic from what he described as medical hip replacement parts at the company's new chemical recycling plant in northeast Indiana at the end of July. The plant is designed to turn plastic waste into diesel fuel, naphtha, and wax. Credit: James Bruggers

EPA Spurns Trump-Era Effort to Drop Clean-Air Protections For Plastic Waste Recycling

By James Bruggers

A local brass band leads environmental protesters as they approach the EPA’s office on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Emma Ricketts

Environmental Advocates Protest Outside EPA Headquarters Over the Slow Pace of New Climate and Clean Air Regulations

By Phil McKenna, Emma Ricketts

Jay Schabel, president of the plastics division at Brightmark, holds plastic pellets in his hand the company's new chemical recycling plant in northeast Indiana at the end of July. The pellets are made from plastic waste and sent into chemical processing equipment to make diesel fuel, naphtha, and wax. Credit: James Bruggers

Congress Urges EPA to Maintain Clean-Air Regulations on Chemical Recycling of Plastics

By James Bruggers

Failing to Meet Federal Air Standards Cost Californians $193M in Hospital Stays Alone

By Leslie Berliant

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