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EPA Rollbacks Could Raise AC, Refrigeration Costs Despite Promise of Lower Prices

A new Trump administration rule will likely cost consumers more money while creating higher emissions of climate-warming superpollutants, industry and environmental groups warn.

By Phil McKenna

President Donald Trump is joined by grocery store owners and supermarket corporation executives as he announces regulatory rollbacks on chemical refrigerants at the White House on May 21. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
An aerial view of a coal ash pond in Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Environmentalists Turn Out in Force to Oppose Trump Coal Ash Rollbacks

By Arcelia Martin

The construction site of a data center developed by Related Digital for Oracle and OpenAI is seen on May 6 in Saline, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA Seeks Looser Construction Rules for Gas Plants, Data Centers and Factories

By Charles Paullin

A chemical fire continues to burn at the Intercontinental Terminals Co. on March 19, 2019, in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Chemical Threats Nearby? Trump’s EPA Doesn’t Want You to Know.

By Liza Gross

Lee Zeldin, keynote speaker at the Heartland Institute’s 16th International Conference on Climate Change, thanks attendees for electing Donald Trump. Credit: Gabriel Castilho/Inside Climate News

Zeldin Celebrates Endangerment Finding Repeal With Climate Skeptics

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (left) and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announce the EPA’s draft Contaminant Candidate List on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

EPA Flags Microplastics as ‘Priority’ Water Contaminants, but the Move Doesn’t Guarantee Regulation

By Anika Jane Beamer

A grain bin stands in a corn field in Marne, Iowa. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

As Prices Soar, EPA Greenlights Higher Ethanol Blends in Gasoline

By Georgina Gustin

The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is seen on Dec. 30, 2025. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

One Year After Green Bank’s Demise, Court Mulls Future of Grant-Based Climate Policy

By Marianne Lavelle

EPA employees from the Boston area participate in a demonstration at Angell Memorial Square. Credit: Brett Phelps/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

EPA Hits 40-Year Lows in Staffing After Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts

By Marianne Lavelle, Peter Aldhous

An electric school bus is parked at Coral Reef High School in Richmond Heights, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

EPA’s Clean School Bus ‘Revamp’ Means Less Support for EVs

By Marianne Lavelle

Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, speaks at the Health Action Conference on Jan. 22 in Washington, D.C. The American Public Health Association is among several health organizations involved in the suit. Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Community Catalyst

Healthcare Professionals, Scientists and Children Sue the EPA for Backtracking on Greenhouse Gas Regulation

By Anika Jane Beamer

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) speaks during a hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Feb. 10 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Senate Democrats Say Trump’s EPA Curries Corporate Favor By Weakening Air Pollution Standards

By Lisa Sorg

President Donald Trump speaks alongside EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin during an event announcing the rollback of the endangerment finding at the White House on Thursday. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge Trump’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding

By Kiley Bense

The photo in the White House shows other administration officials and coal miners.

As the Trump EPA Prepares to Revoke Key Legal Finding on Climate Change, What Happens Next?

By Marianne Lavelle

Steam rises from one of the plants near the Houston Ship Channel on Jan. 26 in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds

By Kiley Price, Marianne Lavelle

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (C) and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought (L), the architects of the Trump administration's climate and environmental justice grant terminations, at a 911 ceremony in Arlington, Virginia. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Trump’s Grant Terminations Upheld by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

By Lisa Sorg

EPA civil servants from the Boston area participate in a demonstration at Angell Memorial Square on March 25, 2025. Credit: Brett Phelps/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA Focus: Delay, Rescind, Dismantle Environmental and Health Protections

By Liza Gross

Contractors install solar panels on a roof in Hamilton Township, N.J. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

New Jersey Joins Multi-State Lawsuit Over EPA’s Cancellation of $7 Billion Solar for All Program

By Agya K. Aning

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (center) signs a proposed rule in Washington, D.C., on Monday that would revise the definition of “waters of the United States,” scaling back which bodies of water are subject to federal protections. Credit: Aidan Hughes/Inside Climate News

Trump Administration Moves to Weaken Federal Protections for Waterways and Wetlands

By Aidan Hughes

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