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NEW REPORT: More than Half of all States Cut Their Pollution Control Budgets Over the Last 15 Years
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According to agency documents reviewed by The New York Times, EPA plans to stop calculating the dollar value of the health benefits derived by curbing two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone, when regulating industry. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
January 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM
According to agency documents reviewed by The New York Times, EPA plans to stop calculating the dollar value of the health benefits derived by curbing two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone, when regulating industry. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Last week, EPA sent its draft final rule proposing to repeal the endangerment finding and end the regulation of tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions to the White House for review.
January 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Last week, EPA sent its draft final rule proposing to repeal the endangerment finding and end the regulation of tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions to the White House for review.
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Oil & Gas Watch News covered a huge variety of topics in 2025, but a few rose to the top – according to you, our readers.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Oil & Gas Watch News covered a huge variety of topics in 2025, but a few rose to the top – according to you, our readers.
Read each article here: news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/the-top...
Read each article here: news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/the-top...
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“I think that a lot of these actions were straight out of the Project 2025 playbook. I think that what has been surprising or shocking has been the speed and the scope and just the complete disregard for the rule of law.” - Jennifer Duggan of @envirointegrity.bsky.social
I wrote about a terrible year for the climate for @rollingstone.com
Trump's Assault on the Environment Has Been Even Worse Than Experts Predicted
President Donald Trump's assault on the environment over his first year back in office has done real damage to the global fight against climate chage.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:36 PM
“I think that a lot of these actions were straight out of the Project 2025 playbook. I think that what has been surprising or shocking has been the speed and the scope and just the complete disregard for the rule of law.” - Jennifer Duggan of @envirointegrity.bsky.social
NEWS ALERT: Environmental and Community Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Trump’s Steel Industry Air Pollution Exemptions
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January 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
NEWS ALERT: Environmental and Community Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Trump’s Steel Industry Air Pollution Exemptions
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A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that the Trump administration could not cancel FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grants (BRIC) that states used for disaster preparation.
December 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that the Trump administration could not cancel FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grants (BRIC) that states used for disaster preparation.
Last year, a hydropower company attempted to obtain a permit for a project on Navajo land that was opposed by tribal communities and environmental groups. FERC denied the project's permit because of a new policy that FERC would not approve projects on tribal land without...
December 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Last year, a hydropower company attempted to obtain a permit for a project on Navajo land that was opposed by tribal communities and environmental groups. FERC denied the project's permit because of a new policy that FERC would not approve projects on tribal land without...
EPA has removed references to human-caused climate change from its webpages. Some pages now focus more on "natural processes" that are causing climate change, like volcanism. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
December 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
EPA has removed references to human-caused climate change from its webpages. Some pages now focus more on "natural processes" that are causing climate change, like volcanism. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
BREAKING NEWS: Texas Waterkeeper Issues Notice of Intent to Sue for Illegal Water Pollution at Texas Plastics Plant
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December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Texas Waterkeeper Issues Notice of Intent to Sue for Illegal Water Pollution at Texas Plastics Plant
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Seven states, including rapidly-growing Texas, have reduced their pollution control funding by at least a third, when adjusted for inflation. Mississippi slashed its environmental agency’s budget by 71 percent from 2010 through 2024 and South Dakota by 61 percent during this time.
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Seven states, including rapidly-growing Texas, have reduced their pollution control funding by at least a third, when adjusted for inflation. Mississippi slashed its environmental agency’s budget by 71 percent from 2010 through 2024 and South Dakota by 61 percent during this time.
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EPA Cuts Leaving Industry Increasingly Unregulated: New report from @envirointegrity.bsky.social finds that states were already largely shirking their regulatory and enforcement roles before the US EPA began retreating from its mission.
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EPA Cuts Leaving Industry Increasingly Unregulated as Petrochemical Buildout Sweeps U.S. Gulf States – Deceleration
New report from Environmental Integrity Project finds that states were already largely shirking their regulatory and enforcement roles before the US EPA began retreating from its mission. New report f...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
EPA Cuts Leaving Industry Increasingly Unregulated: New report from @envirointegrity.bsky.social finds that states were already largely shirking their regulatory and enforcement roles before the US EPA began retreating from its mission.
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During a time of rising environmental threats, 27 states cut funding for their environmental agencies from 2010 to 2024, when adjusted for inflation.
Read our new report, State of Decline, to learn more about the state budget cuts: environmentalintegrity.org/news/cuts-to...
Read our new report, State of Decline, to learn more about the state budget cuts: environmentalintegrity.org/news/cuts-to...
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
During a time of rising environmental threats, 27 states cut funding for their environmental agencies from 2010 to 2024, when adjusted for inflation.
Read our new report, State of Decline, to learn more about the state budget cuts: environmentalintegrity.org/news/cuts-to...
Read our new report, State of Decline, to learn more about the state budget cuts: environmentalintegrity.org/news/cuts-to...
NEW REPORT: More than Half of all States Cut Their Pollution Control Budgets Over the Last 15 Years
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Read the report: environmentalintegrity.org/news/cuts-to...
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW REPORT: More than Half of all States Cut Their Pollution Control Budgets Over the Last 15 Years
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BREAKING NEWS: PA Board Accepts Petition to Require No-Drill Zones for Further Study
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December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
BREAKING NEWS: PA Board Accepts Petition to Require No-Drill Zones for Further Study
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Researchers at the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University analyzed demographic data around nearly 100 proposed industrial facilities in Texas and found that about 90% are in counties with high concentrations of people of color and families in poverty.
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Researchers at the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University analyzed demographic data around nearly 100 proposed industrial facilities in Texas and found that about 90% are in counties with high concentrations of people of color and families in poverty.
On Oct. 3, EPA dropped its unlawful attempt to delay new air rules for steel industry coke ovens. But on Nov. 3, President Trump granted a two-year exemption for these coke oven facilities from the Biden-era Clean Air Act standards. thehill.com/policy/energ...
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
On Oct. 3, EPA dropped its unlawful attempt to delay new air rules for steel industry coke ovens. But on Nov. 3, President Trump granted a two-year exemption for these coke oven facilities from the Biden-era Clean Air Act standards. thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Trump Administration Proposes to Strip Protections from 70 Million Acres of Wetlands
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Trump Administration Proposes to Strip Protections from 70 Million Acres of Wetlands
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December 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Check out our latest episode of the Environmental Integrity Podcast!
Trump Administration Proposes to Strip Protections from 70 Million Acres of Wetlands
Listen Now: on.soundcloud.com/NFZaygD6uhFC...
@nrdc.org
Trump Administration Proposes to Strip Protections from 70 Million Acres of Wetlands
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On Nov. 18, EPA approved the use of the pesticide isocycloseram on golf courses, institutional settings, and decorative lawns, as well as on a host of crops, including cereal grains, dozens of types of peas and beans, tomatoes, oranges, almonds, and more. time.com/7336883/epa-...
December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
On Nov. 18, EPA approved the use of the pesticide isocycloseram on golf courses, institutional settings, and decorative lawns, as well as on a host of crops, including cereal grains, dozens of types of peas and beans, tomatoes, oranges, almonds, and more. time.com/7336883/epa-...
EPA is delaying methane-cutting requirement for oil and gas operators, pushing compliance to January 2027 and considering scrapping the rule entirely. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
EPA is delaying methane-cutting requirement for oil and gas operators, pushing compliance to January 2027 and considering scrapping the rule entirely. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Researchers from Penn State surveyed 18 abandoned oil and gas wells in and around the Allegheny National Forest and found they were leaking methane into the air and groundwater, with some sites showing elevated levels of dissolved iron and arsenic. www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Researchers from Penn State surveyed 18 abandoned oil and gas wells in and around the Allegheny National Forest and found they were leaking methane into the air and groundwater, with some sites showing elevated levels of dissolved iron and arsenic. www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...
BREAKING NEWS: PA Food Processing Plant Fined $1.1 Million for Pollution Violations in Chesapeake Tributary
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November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
BREAKING NEWS: PA Food Processing Plant Fined $1.1 Million for Pollution Violations in Chesapeake Tributary
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NEW ALERT: As of Oct. 22, three chemical plants are over EPA's action level for benzene and should take steps to reduce emissions.
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
NEW ALERT: As of Oct. 22, three chemical plants are over EPA's action level for benzene and should take steps to reduce emissions.
At an energy conference in Athens last week, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the world should focus on securing reliable supplies of fossil fuels, hoping to convince European countries to buy more American oil and gas. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
At an energy conference in Athens last week, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the world should focus on securing reliable supplies of fossil fuels, hoping to convince European countries to buy more American oil and gas. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
A new report by the UN Refugee Agency finds that climate-related disasters have forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 displacements every day.
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A new report by the UN Refugee Agency finds that climate-related disasters have forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 displacements every day.