Environmental news from mainstream news sources Reuters, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press USA Today and BBC America.
- Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans.
- Trump’s Environmental Agenda Is Actually Toxic Trump says one thing about toxins and does another.
- Road Salt From Suburban Roads Is Damaging N.Y.C. Drinking WaterA new environmental report finds that rising salt levels in New York City’s water supply could make some of it undrinkable by the turn of the century.
- Paper Bags, Plastic Bags or Totes: What’s Best for Groceries?All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think.
- Trump and Newsom Are Attacking the California Coastal CommissionThe California Coastal Commission has been under siege like never before, alarming environmentalists and raising questions about the future of the 53-year-old state agency.
- Science Data May Soon Vanish From Government Websites.Vast quantities of climate and environmental information have been removed from official websites in the past months. Scientists are trying keep it available.
- Greenpeace Is Ordered to Pay Energy Transfer, a Pipeline Company, $660 MillionThe environmental group had said the lawsuit, over its role in a protest movement, could mean an end to its operations in the United States.
- What Oil Executives Want From President TrumpTariffs, tax credits and deregulation are among the industry’s top priorities.
- Edison’s Power Lines Were Under Strain 14 Hours Before Eaton FireNew data suggests there were faults on Southern California Edison’s transmission lines early on Jan. 7 before the fire started that evening.
- Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About TariffsEnergy executives meeting in Houston expressed concerns about President Trump’s trade and economic policy even as they praised him and his administration.
- A Story About Salmon That Almost Had a Happy EndingHow tribal leaders, commercial fisherman and a few small environmental groups won an uphill campaign against dams.
- E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its PurposeLee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses.
- E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice OfficesAn internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.
- Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024The added capacity for the year was the most from any single source in more than two decades.
- L.A. County Sues Southern California Edison over Eaton FireThe county says electrical equipment owned by the electric utility is to blame for the blaze that killed 17 people and destroyed 9,400 buildings.
- Greenland’s Minerals: The Harsh Reality Behind the Glittering PromiseThere is excitement about the potentially lucrative resources scattered around the island, especially the rare earths. But extreme weather, fired-up environmentalists and other factors have tempered hopes of a bonanza.
- Greenpeace Faces Tough Start in Trial Over Dakota Access Pipeline ProtestsThe environmental group, battling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, told the court it can’t get a fair trial.
- How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate PolicyPresident Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.
- Trump’s Tariffs Are Raising Costs for One of His Favorite Industries: OilThe cost of steel pipe used to line oil and gas wells rose after President Trump said he would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
- Biodiversity Talks in Rome EndDelegates at global biodiversity talks in Rome agreed on a framework for monitoring environmental commitments and other measures.
- Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s GoneWhen the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?
- ‘Day of Reckoning’: Trial Over Greenpeace’s Role in Pipeline Protest BeginsEnergy Transfer, which owns the Dakota Access Pipeline, is seeking $300 million, a sum that Greenpeace says could bankrupt the storied environmental group.
- An Oakland Dance Troupe Brings Vertical Choreography to BroadwayFor the Oakland dance troupe Bandaloop every surface is a stage. Now its vertical choreography and environmental ethos have come to Broadway in “Redwood.”
- Greenpeace Is Going to Trial in $300 Million Suit That Poses Bankruptcy RiskIn a closely watched case, the owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline is claiming the environmental group masterminded protests that hurt the company’s business.
- California’s Push for Electric Trucks Sputters Under TrumpThe state will no longer require some truckers to shift away from diesel semis but hopes that subsidies can keep dreams of pollution-free big rigs alive.
- How Trump’s Canadian Oil Tariff Would Hit U.S. RefineriesThe 10 percent tariff the president said he might impose in March could cause U.S. refineries to cut production and lead to higher prices.
- Caspar David Friedrich: A Solitary Wanderer Finding His Way in the FogThe first major U.S. exhibition of Germany’s great Romantic painter is a historic showcase. It’s also a blueprint for how to think, and how to feel, in a changing environment.
- Trump Tariffs Could Hurt Oil Companies and Raise Gas PricesSome oil refineries will probably struggle to replace imported crude oil if President Trump imposes 25% tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico.
- Senate Confirms Lee Zeldin to Head E.P.A.The former New York congressman has little experience in environmental policy. He is expected to follow orders to weaken climate rules.
- Chevron Wants to Tap Into A.I. Boom by Selling Electricity to Data CentersThe oil company plans to build natural gas power plants that will be directly connected to data centers used by technology companies for artificial intelligence and other services.
- After Israel-Hezbollah Truce, Lebanon Ponders How to Clear DebrisThe conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has left behind lots of rubble. Some experts fear that much of it will be dumped into the environment without controls.
- Oil Companies Embrace Trump, but Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’Oil and gas executives welcomed President Trump’s early moves on energy policy, but many said they did not plan to increase production unless prices rose significantly.
- E.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees.States are using higher registration fees for electric cars to make up for declining fuel taxes, but some are punitive, environmentalists say. A federal tax could be coming.
- Trump’s Executive Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws PushbackAutomakers and even some Republicans may fight to preserve funds, and environmental activists will likely sue, but some experts said that some changes may not survive legal challenges.
- Trump promises blizzard of executive orders on first day of presidencyAt a raucous Washington rally, the president-elect pledged to to launch deportations, slash environmental regulation and release classified files within hours of taking office.
- With a Series of Actions, Biden Races to Constrain TrumpThe president has issued policy decisions in a number of areas in the final days of his term to cement his agenda, including environmental justice, prison reform and immigration.
- Lee Zeldin, Trump’s E.P.A. Nominee, Is Short on Environmental ExperienceMr. Zeldin, a Trump loyalist, would be charged with dismantling climate rules and perhaps the agency itself. He faced questions from the Senate Thursday.
- Why Oil Industry Jobs Are Down, Even With Production UpThe industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago.
- Trump and Republicans Cannot Stop Electric Vehicles, Experts SayMore car buyers are expected to eventually pick battery-powered cars and trucks as prices fall and technology improves, even if Biden-era incentives disappear.
- Constellation Energy to Buy Power Producer CalpineConstellation Energy’s deal to buy Calpine is being driven by fast-rising demand for electricity in part by the technology industry’s investments in artificial intelligence.
- To Understand Trump and Biden, Look to Reagan and CarterForty-four years ago, Ronald Reagan took aim at Jimmy Carter’s environmental legacy. President Biden’s climate initiatives could face a similar fate.
- Dark Doldrums Overshadow Europe’s Energy MarketsPeriods of low sun and wind, a weather pattern known as a Dunkelflaute, can increase electricity prices and stoke political tensions.
- How An Underground Church for L.G.B.T. Africans Has Thrived in KenyaThe congregation in Nairobi, Kenya, has been forced to move to 10 different locations over 10 years, and yet it has survived as a sanctuary in an increasingly hostile environment.
