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US Officials to Skip UN Climate Talks Trump Derided as ‘Scam’

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By Jennifer A Dlouhy Pavilions at the Parque da Cidade, the main venue for the COP30 summit, in Belem, Brazil. Photographer: Alessandro Falco/Bloomberg High-level US representatives are staying away from the UN climate negotiations in Brazil, even as President Donald Trump seeks to influence energy policy globally. The plan to forgo senior representation at the …

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Australia Proposes Environment Law Overhaul to Speed Up Projects

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By Keira Wright and Paul-Alain Hunt Australia plans to overhaul national environmental laws to better protect nature, while speeding up approvals for major projects in sectors including natural gas, renewable energy and mining. On Thursday, the center-left Labor government will introduce long-awaited legislation to Parliament to amend the widely criticized Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation …

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Canada May Drop Oil Emissions Cap as Part of New Climate Plan

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Canada’s government is in discussions with energy companies and Alberta about eliminating a federal cap on emissions from the country’s oil and gas sector if the industry and province reduce their carbon footprint in other ways, three sources with knowledge of the talks said. The sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the …

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Trump’s EPA to Repeal Core of Greenhouse Gas Rules in Major Deregulatory Move

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(Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, as well as tailpipe emission standards for vehicles, setting off what it describes as the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history. Republican President Donald Trump’s pick to run the EPA Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s plan to …

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US Delays Rule on Gulf of Mexico Whale Protections by Two Years

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Summary Legal agreement delays Rice’s whale critical habitat designation until 2027 Delay follows legal disputes over oil and gas drilling impacts on endangered whale Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remain in Gulf of Mexico July 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will delay by two years a final rule designating protections for the …

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Companies with the Most Fossil Fuel and Cement CO2 Emissions – Visual Capitalist

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By Bruno Venditti Companies with the Most Fossil Fuel and Cement CO2 Emissions This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways Half of the world’s fossil fuel and cement carbon dioxide emissions in …

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US Senate Parliamentarian Says Oil, Gas Projects Can’t Skirt Environmental Review

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(Reuters) – The massive U.S. tax and budget bill being finalized by Congress cannot pass a provision that automatically enables offshore oil and gas projects to skip over the federal environmental review process unless it gets at least 60 Senate votes, the body’s parliamentarian said on Monday. This is among the latest provisions that have …

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US Supreme Court to Hear Chevron, Exxon Appeal Over Louisiana Coastal Damage

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By Nate Raymond Federal court friendlier venue for companies in such cases Appeal involved suits by Plaquemines and Cameron parishes June 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Chevron (CVX.N), Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) and other oil and gas companies to have lawsuits brought by two Louisiana localities …

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Trump Poised to Repeal Biden Curb on Power-Plant Pollution

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By Ari Natter and Jennifer A Dlouhy The Trump administration will propose scrapping Biden-era climate mandates requiring the nation’s power plants to curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. The Environmental Protection Agency is also set to advance a plan for unwinding limits on mercury and …

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EPA Proposes Giving Texas Authority to Oversee CO2 Injection Permits

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed approving Texas’ application to oversee its own permitting for projects to inject carbon dioxide underground, a move long sought by that state’s regulators and oil and gas companies with projects in the wings. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said Texas is best positioned to protect its drinking water …

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