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After the GOP-led House ignored rules to revoke the Golden State’s authority to implement the nation’s toughest vehicle pollution rules, Senate Republicans followed suit.

In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s electric-vehicle mandates, revoking the state’s right to implement the nation’s toughest emissions standards.

Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air

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Global Climate Panel Faces Strife, Potential Funding Crunch

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Major reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are still on track, but procedural gridlock and a looming funding shortage hint at future problems.

At a time when cascading climate shocks are unfolding faster than scientists can track them, the UN’s scientific body that assesses global warming risks and response options is mired in procedural gridlock and staring at a potential budget crunch.

Global Climate Panel Faces Strife, Potential Funding Crunch

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The Warm, Dry Winter Has Left Firefighters in Wyoming Nervous

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A national forecast underscored the elevated risk of wildfire across the West, which just experienced a climate change-fueled heatwave after a winter with little snow.

On the heels of one of the warmest and driest winters on record, parts of Wyoming show “significant fire potential” this spring and summer, according to a national forecast released on April 1.

The Warm, Dry Winter Has Left Firefighters in Wyoming Nervous

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After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections for Plastic Waste Recycling 

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Environmental advocates are bracing for a potential exemption from the Clean Air Act to promote so-called “advanced” or “chemical” recycling through pyrolysis.

When former top Environmental Protection Agency official Judith Enck noticed a cavalcade of chemical and plastics industry lobbyists visiting the agency’s Washington headquarters in February, she wondered what could be up.

After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections for Plastic Waste Recycling 

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