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California high court says county can’t enforce oil well ban as state debates future of fossil fuels

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Monterey County cannot enforce a voter-approved ban on new oil and gas wells, a decision that comes amid an ongoing battle over how the state should address the health and climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction. The ruling comes a day after environmental advocates announced Read More…

Colorado sues EPA to stop public access to air pollution records

Feds are holding up approving a state air quality improvement plan unless Colorado agrees to share information. The Attorney General punches back. The Environmental Protection Agency says Colorado agencies and citizen watchdogs cannot possibly enforce the Clean Air Act against polluters unless everyone has open public access to the polluters’ records of what they spew Read More…

The EPA’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. The Environmental Protection Agency in April announced new strict emissions limits that the agency says are vital to slowing climate change as Read More…

California air regulators vote to ban chrome plating by 2039

California air regulators voted Thursday to ban the use of a highly toxic metal for restoring classic car parts, protecting aviation components and producing a lustrous metallic finish for a variety of consumer products. From car bumpers to kitchen faucets, hexavalent chromium, known as chrome-6, has given a range of consumer products a gleaming decorative Read More…

Ranked: The 20 Most Air-Polluted Cities on Earth

Ranked: The 20 Most Air-Polluted Cities on Earth According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits. In the above map, we use 2022 average PM2.5 concentrations from IQAir’s World Air Quality Report to visualize the most air-polluted major cities in the world. World’s Air Pollution Hot Read More…