EPA to regulate emissions, pollutions coming from power plants for first time Thursday, May 11 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking drastic measures to limit pollutants coming from industries that cause the most environmental harm in an effort to bring the country closer to its climate goals.The EPA plans to announce Thursday new regulation to... Read More.
Supreme Court limits EPA’s ability to reduce emissions Thursday, June 30 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the Environmental Protection Agency's power to fight climate change.The case involved how far the federal government could go in regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.The court held that Congress did not grant EPA in Section... Read More.
New York City looks to lower greenhouse gas emissions by improving public housing Friday, February 11 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As cities across the country work to meet clean energy goals in the coming years, a critical focus is being placed on public and affordable housing.There are more than 1.2 million public housing units across the country, according to the Department... Read More.
FAA to change how some planes land in effort to cut emissions Saturday, January 15 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- In an effort to cut emissions, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it's changing the way some planes land at U.S. airports.Currently, most planes that land at airports descend in a stair-step method, where aircraft repeatedly level off and power up the engines... Read More.
Why some experts say corporate ‘net-zero’ emissions pledges could have net-zero impact on climate crisis Friday, November 5 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Dubbed a "code red for humanity" by the head of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in its most-recent report that the impacts of human-induced climate change are already being seen in "every region across the globe"... Read More.
The need for water in the West will continue unless emissions are curbed. Thursday, September 30 by ABC News(SILVER SPRING, Md.) -- The thirst for water in the Western U.S. will likely not be quenched in the near future.Drought conditions are expected to persist in the West, which is already amid a decades-long megadrought, through 2022 and beyond, according to the National... Read More.
Over 200 companies pledge net-zero emissions by 2040 as pressure on private sector mounts Monday, September 20 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 90 new companies -- including multinational corporate giant Procter & Gamble, tech behemoth HP and cloud-computing titan Salesforce -- have signed onto the Climate Pledge, an Amazon-backed initiative that asks firms to commit to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.Organizers of... Read More.
Biden administration to announce actions to decrease climate-warming emissions from cars and trucks Thursday, August 5 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration will announce a set of actions on Thursday intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution from cars and trucks, reducing planet-warming emissions from the No. 1 sector contributing to climate change in the U.S.President Joe Biden is expected... Read More.
Biden seeks to slash carbon emissions in half by 2030 Thursday, April 22 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will announce a new goal on greenhouse gas emissions Thursday -- calling on the U.S., by 2030, to slash emissions by 50-52% from record-high 2005 emission levels.Biden is set to make the announcement during his global climate summit kicking... Read More.
