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US motorists consider going electric as Iran war sparks rising gas prices

Drivers of gas-powered vehicles are much more vulnerable to fluctuating prices that result from global conflict

The Independent UK

Texas power plants and chemical companies benefit as Trump eases pollution rules, experts say

A two-year delay on new mercury rules benefits coal-fired power plants, while chemical plants got an exemption from stricter air pollution standards.

The Texas Tribune

Lost in space: MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now

This week’s announcement of the loss of a methane-detecting satellite, just days before New Zealand was meant to take over mission control, is a blow to the country’s space research sector.

The Conversation

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A $20 billion effort to avoid calamity: Here’s what Texas lawmakers did to save the state’s water supply

Among other changes is a new law that says homeowner associations can no longer fine Texans for not watering their grass during a drought.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Supreme Court pauses federal smog control plan that Texas opposed

Environmental experts say the ruling will pause measures to reduce smog in some states and influence suits in lower courts.

The Texas Tribune

EPA rule to slash toxic pollution will affect 80 Texas plants

The new federal limits target six cancer-causing chemicals and aim to reduce the cancer risk of cancer for nearby communities.

The Texas Tribune

Homes in flood zones greatly overvalued

Failure to account for climate change means low-income homeowners could see their home values plunge

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US housing market is overvalued by billions due to ignored flood risk

U.S. homes in areas prone to floods may be currently overvalued in the range of $121 billion to $237 billion, according to a report published Thursday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

Tribune News Service

Burning gas in oil fields a money pit

How poor methane rules are costing tribes and taxpayers

Salon

Texas environmentalists push the EPA to crack down on methane emissions, saying state agencies have “failed us”

Commenting on the EPA’s proposed new rule to reduce methane leaks nationally, environmentalists said Texas regulators are hesitant to address emissions of the climate super-pollutant.

The Texas Tribune

EPA strengthens smog-forming emissions rules for heavy trucks

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implemented new, more stringent limits on smog-producing emissions from heavy-duty trucks Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Here’s how companies can strong-arm their suppliers into cutting carbon emissions

The Inflation Reduction Act is both the most important federal climate legislation ever and sadly inadequate to protect the U.S. and the world from the effects of climate change. Where it falls short, states could intervene with tougher regulations — but many won’t. That leaves corporations, which can pressure their…

Los Angeles Times

Research shows oil field flaring emits nearly five times more methane than expected

Scientists took a dozen research flights over major U.S. oil and gas fields to sample flare emissions. They found more methane than was supposed to be there.

WEKU

Texas’ oil and gas industry will produce “massive amount” of toxic wastewater with few reuse options, study finds

Oil and gas companies produce 3.8 billion barrels of wastewater per year in the arid Permian Basin. A state consortium is trying to figure out whether it can be reused.

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A Skittles lawsuit raises questions over titanium dioxide — a legal food additive

A suit has been filed against the maker of Skittles over titanium dioxide, a color additive that has been on the market for decades but which has been banned in food by European authorities.

The Independent UK

Climate concerns grow as US helps Europe replace Russian gas

President Joe Biden’s point man for global energy problems knows, he says, that transitioning away from the climate-wrecking pollution of fossil fuels is the only way to go

The Independent UK

Art Cooley, co-founder of Environmental Defense Fund, dies

Art Cooley, a longtime activist who co-founded the Environmental Defense Fund, has died

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