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11 Best Texas Cities To Retire Without a Car

Settling down for retirement while also owning a car adds an additional $4,000 in costs to your yearly retirement budget.

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20 Best West Coast Cities To Retire Without a Car

Owning a car on a retiree's fixed income can be expensive -- specifically, it can cost an extra $3,989 annually. That's how much a retiree pays on average for car insurance, finance charges, repair...

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Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last government shutdown, while regulators were furloughed

When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their work of monitoring and inspecting industrial sites for pollution, and stopped enforcing environmental-protection laws, including the Clean Air Act.

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State attorneys general sue Trump administration for canceled solar program funding

The attorneys general of more than a dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration over the termination of $7 billion in funding intended for affordable solar energy projects across the U.S. The coalition argued in the lawsuit that the Environmental Protection Agency’s cancellation of the Solar for All program…

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Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water

As Congress faces a Sept. 30, 2025, deadline to fund the federal government, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has put the EPA on the chopping block. But even before Congress decides about the administration’s recommendations to slash its staff, the EPA’s political leaders have made even more significant cuts…

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Elon Musk's Tesla Urges Trump To Not Repeal 2009 Endangerment Finding Amid $2.8 Billion Revenue Loss

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) has reportedly urged the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to repeal emissions standards dictating the auto industry, following the EPA's proposal to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding.

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Like Reagan, Trump is slashing US environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact

When the Trump administration announced it was moving to eliminate dozens of U.S. climate policies, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said he was sending “a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion.”

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Don’t let Donald Trump undermine your faith in the climate fight

The president’s fossil-fuel obsession can’t stop global progress, writes the former Environmental Protection Agency head

The Guardian - US

Trump's EPA is targeting key vehicle pollution rules. What that means for carmakers

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to relax rules aimed at reducing auto tailpipe emissions

The Independent UK

Dirty Is The New Defensive: Fossil Fuel Stocks Get A Regulatory Lifeline

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hasn't signed off yet – but its proposal to cancel the 2009 "endangerment finding" marks a seismic regulatory shift. That finding has long served as the bedrock for standards on vehicle tailpipe emissions, methane limits from oil fields, and power plant pollution under the Clean…

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Trump EPA Wants To Overturn 2009 Endangerment Finding That Controls Carbon Emissions To End '16 Years Of Uncertainty For Automakers'

The Trump administration's EPA, or Environmental Protection Agency, has announced a proposal to overturn 2009's Endangerment Finding, which forms the basis of key climate action initiatives as well as curbs on carbon emissions.

Benzinga

US Pushes To Revoke Scientific Ruling That Underpins Climate Regulations

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday moved to reverse a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government's authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and, more broadly, to combat climate change.

International Business Times

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the weed killer dicamba for genetically engineered soybeans and cotton

The Independent UK

EPA Employees Accuse Trump Administration Of 'Ignoring' Science

US President Donald Trump's administration is "ignoring the scientific consensus to benefit polluters," hundreds of Environmental Protection Agency employees said in a letter of dissent Monday, accusing the government of undermining the EPA's core mission.

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The Independent UK

EPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under Trump

A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees has published a declaration of dissent to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin over the agency's leadership and policies

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US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 Decarbonization Regulations: A Precarious Balance Between Climate Action and Investor Rights

The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decarbonization regulations, enacted in July 2024, aim to significantly cut emissions from the power sector, aligning with broader climate goals.

The Independent UK

EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution

The Guardian - US

Trump’s EPA announces major rollbacks to power plant pollution limits

More than 200 health experts say regulatory proposals will lead to biggest increase in pollution in decades

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The Conversation

How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science

The first time Donald Trump was president, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency developed a regulation known as the “science transparency” rule. The administration liked to call it the “secret science” rule.

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EPA Vows To 'Fix' This Gas-Saving Feature That 'Everyone Hates'

If you've ever driven a gas car with Auto Start-Stop (AST) tech, you know just how annoying it can be. You roll to a stop and after a slight delay, the RPMs drop to zero until you let your foot off the brake and the engine quickly roars back to…

The Independent UK

Energy Star, efficiency program that has steered consumer choice, targeted in cuts

Consumer and environmental groups are criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices

The Conversation

Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent to reconsider dozens of current regulations in an effort to loosen standards originally imposed to protect the environment and public health. But it’s not as simple as Trump and Zeldin just saying so.

The Conversation

EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?

Science is essential as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carries out its mission to protect human health and the environment.

Roll Call

Supreme Court weighs where ‘good neighbor’ pollution lawsuits go - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to allow challenges to EPA rules on air pollution in local courts across the country.

The Independent UK

Trump environmental rollbacks would boost pollution and endanger lives, former EPA heads say

Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders say rollbacks proposed by the Trump administration endanger the lives of millions of Americans and abandon the agency’s mission to protect the environment and human health

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