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April 9, 2026
Climate Change Denial Sees a Resurgence in Trump’s Washington
A conference near the White House drew dozens of people who reject the scientific consensus on climate change. The mood was triumphant.
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April 2, 2026
E.P.A. Targets Microplastics and Drugs in Drinking Water
The move drew praise from leaders of the Make America Healthy Again movement who had recently criticized the agency’s handling of toxic chemicals.
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March 31, 2026
‘God Squad’ Waives Environmental Rules for Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
The panel voted to override Endangered Species Act restrictions on oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico, home to critically endangered whales and other imperiled wildlife.
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March 31, 2026
Edward Russo Says Donald Trump Is an ‘Environmental Hero’
Edward Russo, the only member of a White House task force, thinks the president doesn’t get enough credit for conservation at his golf courses, among other things.
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March 23, 2026
Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms
In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere.
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March 17, 2026
Trump Officials Weigh New Plan to Stop Offshore Wind Farms
Proposed settlements would block wind farms off New York State and North Carolina, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
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March 13, 2026
E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on Ethylene Oxide
The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer and other ailments.
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March 12, 2026
Brian Joondeph’s Appointment to Air Pollution Advisory Board Draws Pushback
Brian Joondeph, a Colorado-based ophthalmologist and political commentator, has not published peer-reviewed research on air pollution science.
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February 20, 2026
E.P.A. Weakens Limits on Mercury From Coal Plants
The move appeared to undercut the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a onetime campaigner against mercury pollution.
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February 18, 2026
E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show
Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter.
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February 18, 2026
As Trump Obliterates Climate Efforts, States Try to Fill the Gap
Across the country, Democratic-led states are accelerating their initiatives to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Their role just became much more important.
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February 17, 2026
Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight
A D.C. utility had been working for weeks to repair a collapsed sewer line when the president blamed Maryland’s governor for the contamination on Monday.
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February 16, 2026
Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges G.O.P. to Protect Public Lands
In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of the former president oppose mining near a wilderness area in Minnesota.
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February 12, 2026
What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation
The Trump administration has repealed the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change.
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February 10, 2026
Behind the E.P.A.’s Rush to Repeal the Endangerment Finding
The agency is racing to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight global warming. Experts say the goal is to get the matter before the justices while President Trump is still in office.
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February 10, 2026
A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’
A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.
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February 7, 2026
Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing
Off the coast of Cape Cod, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is a unique stretch of ocean that had been protected for a decade.
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February 2, 2026
Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects
The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of New York State. The Trump administration had ordered work to stop in December.
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January 27, 2026
Judge Revives Wind Farm That Trump Halted Off Martha’s Vineyard
The project, known as Vineyard Wind, was already 95 percent complete when the Trump administration ordered construction to stop.
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January 22, 2026
National Park Service Removes Sign on Climate Change From Fort Sumter
The historic site, on an island in South Carolina, could be inundated by rising seas in decades to come. A display on the threat has been removed.
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January 21, 2026
What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars.
The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.
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January 12, 2026
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
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