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Pollution
The U.S. is cutting carbon emissions despite Trump policy
by
Jed Kim
Sep 12, 2018
A coalition of elected officials and business leaders sees progress toward Paris climate agreement targets.
U.S. businesses worried over Chinese policy initiative
by
Jennifer Pak
Apr 16, 2018
"Made in China 2025" aims to make China the technology leader in several sectors.
Top German court gives cities a green light for diesel restrictions
Feb 27, 2018
Germany’s top administrative court today ruled that cities can now ban older diesel vehicles from high-pollution areas. Before Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal a few years ago, more than half of the new cars sold in Europe had diesel engines. They’ve been losing market share ever since, and today’s ruling only hastens the decline of diesel. That’s […]
China is drowning in a sea of cardboard — so is the U.S.
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
, Jennifer Pak
and Shaheen Ainpour
Feb 26, 2018
Online shopping comes with a lot of packaging, and that packaging is becoming a problem.
The EPA adds sites to its Superfund list, but no budget increase for oversight
by
Jed Kim
Dec 11, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced 21 new places to be deemed Superfund sites, areas with toxic pollution around the country. Being added to the Superfund list means federal officials oversee the cleanup. Yet the White House budget proposal includes a 30 percent cut for the Superfund program.
New leaders want to add their states to carbon trading program
by
Jed Kim
Nov 9, 2017
As the United Nations climate change talks continue in Germany, the U.S. could see an increase in commitments to the cause — from states, not federal programs. The governors-elect of Virginia and New Jersey want to add their states to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The cap-and-trade program includes nine states already, and the addition […]
Study: Fines for illegal pollution plummet under Trump
Aug 11, 2017
Environmental offenders were also required to perform less cleanup.
For public good, not for profit.
What it's like to drive an electric vehicle
by
Eliza Mills
Jul 7, 2017
It's green, but the infrastructure's not all there yet.
Could California’s cap-and-trade system control other pollution, too?
by
Jed Kim
Apr 20, 2017
Even as the White House rolls back national climate change programs, California is moving forward on a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet the Golden State still has some of the highest air pollution in the nation from other pollutants its industrial plants spew. A new bill would use California’s cap-and-trade rules to […]
Executive order will discount the cost of carbon pollution
by
Scott Tong
Mar 28, 2017
The White House says it will try to roll back a host of climate initiatives from the Obama administration. These are rules that apply to power plants and coal mines, for instance. But also look out for a sweeping attempt to undercut the government’s way of measuring climate pollution. Right now, federal agencies have to […]