Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
Cryptomining Capacity in U.S. Rivals Energy Use of Houston, Findings Show
Seven of the largest Bitcoin mining companies in the United States are set up to use nearly as…
E.P.A., Curbed by Supreme Court, Falls Back on a Piecemeal Plan for Climate Change
WASHINGTON — Following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last week limiting the government’s ability to restrict the pollution…
Trump E.P.A. Chief ‘Endangered Public Safety’ by Ordering His Drivers to Speed
WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, while in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency during the Trump administration, repeatedly pressured…
Gas Prices Force Biden Into an Unlikely Embrace of Fossil Fuels
WASHINGTON — President Biden came into office promising to tackle the planet’s climate crisis. But rising gas prices,…
Biden to Allow Higher-Ethanol E15 Gas to Be Sold All Summer
WASHINGTON — President Biden will announce on Tuesday a suspension of a summertime ban on sales of higher-ethanol…
Supreme Court Considers Limiting E.P.A.’s Ability to Address Climate Change
WASHINGTON — Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday questioned the scope of the Environmental Protection…
California Returns as Climate Leader, With Help From the White House
Under the 1970 Clean Air Act, the E.P.A. had granted California a waiver to set tailpipe standards that…