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EPA chief pledges to secure toxic sites in Irma's storm path.
The Trump administration is applying lessons from Hurricane Harvey’s drenching of southeast Texas as it secures toxic waste sites in the path of Hurricane...
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A satellite image of Hurricane Irma on Wednesday. (NOAA/RAMMB/AFP)With the destruction from Hurricane Harvey, now closely followed by the extraordinary intensity of Hurricane Irma...
EPA chief says ready to further relax fuel standards due to hurricanes.
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Groups sue U.S. over delayed fines for gas-guzzling vehicles.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Thursday for delaying the rollout of higher “gas-guzzler”...
How not to run the EPA.
Op-Ed ContributorBy CHRISTINE TODD WHITMANSeptember 8, 2017I have been worried about how the Environmental Protection Agency would be run ever since President Trump appointed Scott Pruitt, the...
New cooling method literally sends heat out of this world.
Stanford University researchers have developed roof-mounted cooling panels that could help air-conditioning systems by beaming excess heat into outerspace.
The panels, which require almost no...
Silicon fires up renewable energy revolution.
Large blocks of silicon storing wind and solar power as heat are the latest innovation in the battle to replace all fossil fuels with...
Record drop in electricity emissions cancelled out by rises in other sectors.
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Australia’s overall greenhouse gas emissions last financial year were the highest since 2011, despite the closure of the Hazelwood coal-fired power plant
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Australia’s most...
Germany set to miss 2020 climate goals by far: Study.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is set to miss its goal to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by a far wider margin than previously thought,...
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