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New U.S. and EU regulations on methane emissions strengthen calls for a binding international agreement to curb the climate pollution.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced new regulations at the COP28 global climate summit in Dubai on Saturday that will reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by nearly 80 percent. The move followed new rules from the European Union that will limit methane emissions on natural gas imports starting in 2030.

Government, Corporate and Philanthropic Interests Coalesce On Curbing Methane Emissions as Calls at COP28 for Binding Global Methane Agreement Intensify

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After a Slow Start on Climate, Zohran Mamdani Faces Scrutiny Over Parks Budget and Environmental Promises

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Climate-conscious New Yorkers hope the mayor hasn’t forgotten them.

During his New York City mayoral campaign, Zohran Mamdani courted votes from environmentalists. He promised to expand green spaces in public schools and equip them with renewable energy, to meet the demands of the city’s building electrification laws and to increase investments in city parks.

After a Slow Start on Climate, Zohran Mamdani Faces Scrutiny Over Parks Budget and Environmental Promises

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Who Loses in the Trump Administration’s $1 Billion ‘Deal’ to Abandon Offshore Wind?

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That would be American ratepayers—i.e., you.

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Katharine Kollins, the president of Southeastern Wind Coalition.

Who Loses in the Trump Administration’s $1 Billion ‘Deal’ to Abandon Offshore Wind?

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Minneapolis Activists Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Polluting Trash Incinerator

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County officials have said they will eventually close the incinerator, located in a predominantly Black community. Advocates want a concrete plan.

Minneapolis activists are escalating a decades-long fight by going on a hunger strike to demand that local officials shut down a polluting trash incinerator.

Minneapolis Activists Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Polluting Trash Incinerator

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