CAMPAIGN 2020: Kamala Harris and her connection to inmate firefighters
As California attorney general, Kamala Harris led a team that fought to keep more people imprisoned so they could fight wildfires. She said later that she was unaware of the effort.
LAW: Court spat highlights climate training for judges
A heated email exchange between judges caused a stir in Washington, D.C., federal courts last week — putting a spotlight on judicial education focused on climate science.
INVESTIGATION: Why the U.S. disaster agency isn’t ready for catastrophes
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has wasted more than $3 billion and misused thousands of its employees by responding to hundreds of undersized floods, storms and other events that states could have handled on their own, an investigation by E&E News shows.
COAL: America’s mega-emitters are starting to close
When the Navajo Generating Station in Arizona shuts down later this year, it will be one of the largest carbon emitters to ever close in American history. Other massive coal plants are also being retired.
EPA: Here’s how emissions could rise under the methane rule
Most of the oil and gas sector’s methane emissions would fall outside of regulation if EPA carries out plans to weaken Obama-era rules for the sector.
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POLITICS: Whistleblower complaint highlights CDC turmoil on climate
An expected whistleblower complaint is the latest escalation in a fight between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a former official who led its work on climate change.
COURTS: Attorney ethics rules: Another climate law frontier?
Professional rules for lawyers may be the next intersection of climate change and the law. One legal expert argues that attorneys could be open to charges of ethical breaches if they fail to disclose client activity linked to harms wrought by climate change.
ENERGY TRANSITIONS: Trump admin throws wrench into offshore wind plans
The Trump administration is ordering a sweeping environmental review of the burgeoning offshore wind industry, a move that threatens to derail the nation’s first major project and raises a host of questions for future developments.
POLITICS: Climate critics escalate personal attacks on teen activist
Greta Thunberg, at age 16, has quickly become one of the most visible climate activists in the world. Her detractors increasingly rely on ad hominem attacks to blunt her influence.
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