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Biden preps green team with McCarthy, Granholm,and Buttigieg in the frame
Biden preps green team with McCarthy, Granholm,and Buttigieg in the frame

Reports suggest former Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy is set to be appointed as domestic climate czar

  • Policy
  • 16 December 2020
Carmakers lobby EU to delay CO2 standards as Covid-19 slams brakes on industry
Carmakers lobby EU to delay CO2 standards as Covid-19 slams brakes on industry

Auto trade bodies call for 'some adjustment to timing' of EU CO2 standards, as White House seeks to weaken fuel efficiency rules in US

  • Legislation
  • 31 March 2020
Global briefing: EPA suspends environmental law enforcement in response to pandemic
Global briefing: EPA suspends environmental law enforcement in response to pandemic

All the key green business news from around the world this week

  • Management
  • 27 March 2020
Trump administration acknowledges 4C warming risk, to justify higher vehicle emissions
Trump administration acknowledges 4C warming risk, to justify higher vehicle emissions

Washington Post reveals draft statement accepts risk of extreme climate change, and uses it to argue there is no point trying to curb emissions

  • Legislation
  • 01 October 2018
Sick of coal yet?
Sick of coal yet?

The recent EPA decision doesn't just fail sustainability professionals — it will trigger a public health crisis

  • Energy
  • 31 August 2018
'Wholly inadequate': White House seeks to boost coal with Clean Power Plan overhaul
'Wholly inadequate': White House seeks to boost coal with Clean Power Plan overhaul

EPA proposes 'Affordable Clean Energy Rule', predicting relaxation of emissions rules will cut coal power polluters' compliance costs by up to $400m a year

  • Energy
  • 21 August 2018
Tilting at 'windmills': Trump's energy and climate policy rollback faces fresh blows
Tilting at 'windmills': Trump's energy and climate policy rollback faces fresh blows

Courts continue to challenge the Trump administration's attempts to dilute environmental rules, but that is not stopping the President raving once again against renewable energy

  • Legislation
  • 20 August 2018
Trump steps up war on environmental policy
Trump steps up war on environmental policy

From lashing out at 'radical environmentalists' to plotting a watering down of light bulb standards, it has been a busy week for the Trump administration

  • Politics
  • 10 August 2018
Scott Pruitt has gone - for all the wrong reasons
Scott Pruitt has gone - for all the wrong reasons

Tom Chivers argues that despite the federal government's corruption and incompetence, there are still reasons to hope the US can drive global climate action

  • Politics
  • 11 July 2018
Scott Pruitt is out but his impact on the environment will be felt for years
Scott Pruitt is out but his impact on the environment will be felt for years

Pruitt's actions at the EPA have left a demoralized agency where staff fear their ability to protect public health is diminished

  • Politics
  • 06 July 2018
18 US states sue Trump administration over emissions rules rollback
18 US states sue Trump administration over emissions rules rollback

California and 17 other states are challenging EPA move to relax vehicle emissions standards

  • Automotive
  • 02 May 2018
As Trump readies green auto rules rollback, polling reveals rising public concerns over pollution
As Trump readies green auto rules rollback, polling reveals rising public concerns over pollution

Reports suggest a watering down of auto emissions rules is imminent, but could the move provide more ammunition for Trump's opponents at the midterms?

  • Automotive
  • 30 April 2018
Green Apple: Tech giant confirms it is now 100 per cent powered by renewables
Green Apple: Tech giant confirms it is now 100 per cent powered by renewables

Apple announces renewables milestone, as company sets out opposition to EPA attempts to scrap Clean Power Plan

  • Legislation
  • 09 April 2018
State lawmakers hit back at EPA moves to relax car emission standards
State lawmakers hit back at EPA moves to relax car emission standards

Trump administration decision on Monday to roll back Obama-era vehicle emission standards sparks vocal opposition from US state governors, attorney generals, and mayors

  • Automotive
  • 04 April 2018
EPA moves to relax US vehicle emission standards
EPA moves to relax US vehicle emission standards

Potential blow for carbon reduction efforts, as EPA chief Scott Pruitt reveals plans to roll back Obama rules on vehicle emissions

  • Automotive
  • 03 April 2018
Will these popular corporate sustainability programs survive the next US budget?
Will these popular corporate sustainability programs survive the next US budget?

The US spending bill due March 23 could make or break many clean energy and sustainability programs

  • Policy
  • 02 March 2018
 Trump's infrastructure plan aims to sweep away 'inefficient' environmental reviews
Trump's infrastructure plan aims to sweep away 'inefficient' environmental reviews

Trump's plan would threaten endangered species or fragile habitats with limits for environmental reviews

  • Infrastructure
  • 13 February 2018
Vehicles are now America's biggest CO2 source but EPA is tearing up regulations
Vehicles are now America's biggest CO2 source but EPA is tearing up regulations

Transport overtook power generation for climate-warming emissions in 2017 but the Trump administration is reversing curbs on auto industry pollution

  • Automotive
  • 02 January 2018
Legal action looms as EPA launches Clean Power Plan repeal effort
Legal action looms as EPA launches Clean Power Plan repeal effort

Scott Pruitt signs notice proposing scrapping of Clean Power Plan, as EPA fails to confirm whether it will come forward with a replacement

  • Legislation
  • 11 October 2017
Trump administration aims axe at Clean Power Plan, but does it matter?
Trump administration aims axe at Clean Power Plan, but does it matter?

EPA chief Scott Pruitt expected to formally start proceedings to scrap clean power rules, as he signals he wants to kill off renewables tax breaks

  • Legislation
  • 10 October 2017
EPA reverses decision to delay US ozone pollution deadline
EPA reverses decision to delay US ozone pollution deadline

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt U-turns on plan to delay deadline to comply with ozone air pollution rules following lawsuit from 15 states

  • Legislation
  • 04 August 2017
EPA chief downplays human impact on climate as Energy Star program faces cut
EPA chief downplays human impact on climate as Energy Star program faces cut

Climate scientists respond angrily to Scott Pruitt's climate denial comments as more EPA green programmes reportedly face budget cuts

  • Politics
  • 10 March 2017
Trump poised to scrap US Clean Power Plan and cut green budgets
Trump poised to scrap US Clean Power Plan and cut green budgets

US President expected to sign executive order to rescind major industrial emissions regulation this week with NOAA budget cuts also in the offing

  • Policy
  • 07 March 2017
EPA moves confirm Trump's climate hostility, but what of the Paris Agreement?
EPA moves confirm Trump's climate hostility, but what of the Paris Agreement?

Reports suggest major internal battle between Trump advisors over whether to stick with the Paris Agreement

  • Politics
  • 03 March 2017
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