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E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electric Car Sales Tenfold
In what would be the nation’s most ambitious climate regulation, the proposal is designed to ensure that electric cars make up the majority of new...
E.P.A Lab Helps Plan the Fastest Road to an EV Future
Government scientists have spent a year analyzing electric vehicles to help the E.P.A. design new tailpipe rules to trigger an electric car revolution.
California to Require Half of All Heavy Trucks Sold by 2035 to Be Electric
The state is setting strict limits to try to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from transportation, the sector of the American economy that generates the most...
Biden Creates Two National Monuments in the Southwest
The Spirit Mountain area in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas will be off limits to development.
Senator Whitehouse Puts Climate Change on Budget Committee’s Agenda
For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch.
How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive
Cotton farmers in Texas suffered record losses amid heat and drought last year, new data shows. It’s an example of how global warming is a...
Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly Air Pollution
A new rule would, for the first time in a decade, reduce emissions of soot that disproportionately harm communities of color.
Climate Change for Preschoolers: A TV Show Explores Unmapped Ground
There are almost no books, TV shows or other tools to help parents and teachers talk to preschoolers about climate change. “Octonauts: Above and Beyond”...
Court Decision Leaves Biden With Few Tools to Combat Climate Change
A Supreme Court ruling, combined with an energy crunch and intraparty politics, makes it nearly impossible for President Biden to achieve his climate goals.