Biodiversity Talks in Rome End
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Biodiversity Talks in Rome End

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines While the Trump administration in Washington was cutting environmental programs, delegates at U.N. biodiversity talks in Rome made modest progress Thursday on a series of measures to support nature. Governments gathered to tackle global biodiversity losses that are unprecedented in human history, driven…

Trump Says E.P.A. Layoffs Will Cut Staff by 65 Percent
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Trump Says E.P.A. Layoffs Will Cut Staff by 65 Percent

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines During his cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Trump casually mentioned that Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, intended to fire 65 percent of employees, an incision so deep that officials said it would hobble the E.P.A. Mr. Trump said Mr….

Trump Plan to Repeal Climate Policy Could Upend Shift to Electric Cars
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Trump Plan to Repeal Climate Policy Could Upend Shift to Electric Cars

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are preparing an unusual legislative maneuver in an effort to eliminate one of the country’s most ambitious climate policies, an order that was designed to shift the auto industry toward electric cars. They plan to vote…

Shell and Equinor Oil and Gas Production Is Blocked at Sites Off British Coast
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Shell and Equinor Oil and Gas Production Is Blocked at Sites Off British Coast

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A court in Scotland blocked the production of oil and gas on Thursday at two large project sites being developed in British waters until their impact on climate change can be assessed. The decision was a blow for the sites’ developers, Shell and…

Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists
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Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections. Lee Zeldin, Mr. Trump’s choice to…

Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged
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Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels even miles from the flames, according to early detailed measurements obtained by The New York Times. Levels of chlorine, which is also toxic…

Biden Administration Creates Final Limits for Oil Drillers in Alaska
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Biden Administration Creates Final Limits for Oil Drillers in Alaska

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Biden administration announced new protections for 1.3 million acres in the North Slope of Alaska, a final effort to shield it from oil companies eager to drill in the ecologically sensitive Arctic environment. President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to the White House…

Lee Zeldin, Trump’s E.P.A. Nominee, Is Short on Environmental Experience
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Lee Zeldin, Trump’s E.P.A. Nominee, Is Short on Environmental Experience

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Of all the government agencies that President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened to shrink or eliminate, perhaps none has been a greater target than the Environmental Protection Agency. During the first Trump administration, the nation’s top regulator of air and water pollution and…

In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Fertilizer
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In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Fertilizer

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health risks, saying in a study on Tuesday that, in some cases, the risks could exceed the agency’s…

Biden Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Along Most U.S. Coasts
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Biden Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Along Most U.S. Coasts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Biden announced on Monday what he called a permanent stop to new oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal waters, saying he was making the move because drilling posed unnecessary risks to the environment, public health…