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Climate Law & Liability

Without Weighing Costs to Public Health, EPA Rolls Back Air Pollution Standards for Coal Plants

The federal Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal and oil-fired power plants were strengthened during the Biden administration.

By Kiley Bense

A view of the coal-fired Mill Creek Generating Station on Feb. 14 from the Valley Village neighborhood in Louisville, Ky. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images
A Bonaire resident sheds a tear before the Hague District Court ruled that the Netherlands breached human rights on Jan. 28. Credit: Laurens Van Putten/ANP/AFP via Getty Images

A Tiny Caribbean Island Sued the Netherlands Over Climate Change, and Won

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

Acropora corals stick out of the water during low tide on Nov. 27, 2021, in Tatakoto, French Polynesia. Credit: Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images

US Government Is Accelerating Coral Reef Collapse, Scientists Warn

By Johnny Sturgeon

A Suncor Energy oil refinery is seen in Commerce City, Colo., on April 19, 2023. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post

Supreme Court to Decide Key Issue in Fate of State and City Suits Against Oil Companies Over Climate Change

By Lee Hedgepeth

Members of a Māori community perform “karakia” to pay their respects to the carcass of a sperm whale that washed up on the shores of New Brighton, New Zealand, on Nov. 5, 2023. Credit: Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images

How a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws

By Katie Surma

A view of the coal-fired Mill Creek Generating Station in Louisville, Ky., on Feb. 14. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

Health and Climate Consequences of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal ‘Cannot Be Overstated’

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

An employee walks on a platform at TotalEnergies’ La Mède refinery near Marseille, France. Credit: Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images

Paris Court Holds Historic Climate Trial in Case Against TotalEnergies

By Dana Drugmand

Caribou graze by a portion of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System near the Dalton Highway on May 9, 2025, in Alaska’s North Slope. Credit: Lance King/Getty Images

Expanded Arctic Drilling Faces a Wave of Lawsuits

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Jen Walling, chief executive officer of the Illinois Environmental Council, spoke in support of the POWER Act at a press conference in Chicago on Feb. 11. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Could a New Illinois Bill Be a Blueprint for Curbing Data Centers’ Climate Impacts?

By Keerti Gopal

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

A view of Dow’s Seadrift chemical complex from the Victoria Barge Canal in Texas on Feb. 1. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Texas Alleges ‘Habitual Non-Compliance’ of Wastewater Rules at Dow Chemical Complex 

By Dylan Baddour

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

The ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery is seen on Jan. 13 in Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Michigan Tries a New Legal Tactic Against Big Oil, Alleging Antitrust Violations Aimed at Hobbling EVs and Renewable Energy

By Dana Drugmand

Louise Yeung is New York City’s chief climate officer. Credit: Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office for Climate and Environmental Justice

Mamdani’s New Chief Climate Officer Wants to Make New York a ‘Better Place to Live’

By Lauren Dalban

Employees walk into the U.S. Department of Energy building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Administration Dropped Controversial Climate Report From Its Decision to Rescind EPA Endangerment Finding

By Dennis Pillion

Chevrolet Equinox EVs sit at a dealership in Southfield, Mich., on Oct. 29, 2025. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

The First Casualty of Trump’s Climate Action Repeal: The U.S. EV Transition

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino

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

Smoke emits from the stacks of ABC Coke in Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Citing National Security, Trump Has Abandoned Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Ovens

By Lee Hedgepeth

StarPet, a plastics plant in Asheboro, sends wastewater containing 1,4-dioxane to the city's treatment plant, which in turn discharges it into rivers and streams that are drinking water supplies. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

N.C. Judge Upholds the State’s Limits on 1,4-Dioxane Pollution in Utilities’ Wastewater

By Lisa Sorg

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