The Trump administration has abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the United States pay their heating and cooling bills. The firings threaten to paralyze the […]
Tag: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal in ‘Juliana’ Climate Case
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal in a landmark climate case brought by 21 young people against the federal government, ending its 10-year journey through the courts. But the case provided […]
E.P.A.’s Hunt for Shady Deals and ‘Gold Bars’ Turns Up Empty
Over the last few months, Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has made explosive accusations against the Biden administration, accusing it of “insane” malfeasance in its handling of $20 billion in climate grants. […]
Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True.
President Trump announced on Monday that he planned to relax limits on pollution from cars, saying that the move wouldn’t “mean a damn bit of difference to the environment.” But decades of science show that […]
She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target.
Fresh out of law school in 2022, Rachel Rothschild wrote a memo laying out the legal justification for a new strategy to fight climate change: States could force oil and gas companies to pay for […]