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236 Mayors Urge EPA Not to Repeal U.S. Clean Power Plan
The mayors, representing 51 million people across 47 states, told Scott Pruitt the Obama-era emissions rules are needed to protect their cities from climate change.
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Fightback Begins Over Trump's "Illegal and Irresponsible" Clean Power Repeal
New York AG Eric Schneiderman said he'll sue the Trump administration to prevent its “irresponsible and illegal efforts to turn back the clock on public health,” and more than a dozen states stand behind him. So do Apple, Amazon, Google and others.
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Will the Fossil Fuel Industry Finally Be Kicked Out of UN Climate Talks?
As the Bonn climate talks wrap up, a group of developing countries is seeking to remove big polluter lobbyists from UN climate change negotiations – but the proposal is being met with fierce opposition by the U.S., E.U. and other countries with oil interests.
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From Europe to China to India, Uncertainty and Fear Over Trump's Climate Rollback
"We regret the U.S. is rolling back the main pillar of its climate policy, the Clean Power Plan. It remains to be seen by which other means the United States intends to meet its commitments under the Paris Agreement."
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California Attorney General Sues Utility for Methane Leak As Study Reveals Dire Climate Costs
The civil suit accuses Southern California Gas of violating state health and safety laws when it failed to promptly control the release of 80,000 metric tons of methane, a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
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Climate Protests In 10 U.S. Cities Call For Tougher Clean Power Plan
Environmental justice leaders from communities hardest-hit by climate change will converge Jan. 19 on regional EPA headquarters to denounce the mining, fracking, burning and dumping of waste threatening U.S. towns and cities.
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The Climate Battle Of 2016 Will Be Waged In The States
Following the Paris climate treaty and President Obama's Clean Power Plan, the ball is now in the court of the states to develop emission reduction strategy to hit their customized targets.
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Obama's Clean Power Plan Hailed As America's Strongest Ever Climate Action
The rules are expected to trigger a “tsunami” of legal opposition from states and utilities who oppose the plans, which will significantly boost wind and solar power generation and force a switch away from coal power.
