Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Tag: climate policy

Cut the Pentagon, save the planet: The $1.5 trillion climate solution...

The Pentagon budget is a clear target, with the potential to address rising environmental, economic, and public health crises globally.

Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ regulatory rollbacks fuel surge in protective climate lawsuits

With President Trump’s intensified attacks on climate policy during his second term, lawsuits challenging U.S. federal actions drove global climate litigation, a new analysis shows.

Trump’s wind blockade collapses after states force major court retreat

A federal appeals court dismissal leaves intact a ruling that found the Trump administration’s freeze on wind approvals unlawful, preserving state clean-energy investments as new data shows renewable power growing despite political and legal headwinds.

Trump invokes wartime powers to expand fossil fuel production amid rising...

Defense Production Act orders authorize federal support for oil, coal, liquefied natural gas, and grid infrastructure as industry profits increase during Iran conflict.

Big oil cashes in as Trump’s Iran war drives $30 million...

Analysis shows fossil fuel giants capturing massive gains as oil prices surge during conflict, intensifying scrutiny over war-driven economic impacts.

Oil executives reap record stock windfalls as Trump’s Iran war drives...

Record energy sector stock sales follow conflict-driven oil price spike as consumers face billions in additional fuel costs.

Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to...

Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.

Senate Democrats demand answers after EPA moves to drop monetized health...

Lawmakers say Trump administration policy could allow agency to sideline public health gains when weighing industry costs under the Clean Air Act.

Trump administration revokes EPA endangerment finding, unraveling foundation of US climate...

Rollback targets legal basis for greenhouse gas limits as environmental and public health groups prepare lawsuits.

House vote advances SPEED Act as 11 Democrats join Republicans to...

Climate and frontline groups warn the permitting bill would gut public oversight, fast track polluting projects, and undermine one of the nation’s foundational environmental laws.

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The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
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Judge dismisses the last January 6 case, writing that absolving the Oath Keepers is...

The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.
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US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none

Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.

FCC faces backlash over push to lift media ownership limits amid threats to local...

Press freedom and civil liberties groups warn that loosening media consolidation rules would further erode independent news, local coverage, and democratic accountability.