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The article focuses on new rules released by the Biden administration aimed at expediting permits for clean energy projects while requiring federal agencies to prioritize environmental benefits and consider impacts on low-income communities when approving projects like highways and oil wells.

The article examines the consequences of U.S. President Donald Trump's regulatory rollback on the health and safety of Americans. It discusses reports which claims that farm workers in California are being sickened by a previously banned pesticide. Also discussed are claims that West Virginia is still being contaminated with hundreds of pounds of selenium, while pollutants from energy production are threatening health problems in the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

The article focuses on the fierce political debate in Britain over how to curb climate change, sparked by a recent election win by the Conservative Party in a London suburb, where the party used opposition to an emission zone plan as a wedge issue to prevail in a district.

The article focuses on a new study that concludes natural gas can be as harmful to the climate as coal if even a small percentage of it leaks.

The article presents the author's views on environmental issues related to the West part of the U.S. He notes that though the area is the fastest-growing part of the country, it is also the driest and climatic changes there could make things more difficult. He believes that the problem of the West is its bigger populations and environmental regulations. He says that the water problem of the West is known as the "other" problem and that even water managers don't know how long will a drought last.

The article offers information on nun and shareholder of ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Patricia Daly, questioning the company's plans regarding global warming. In her view the company was just involved in profit making even at the stake of environmental issues. She also attended the company's annual meeting that was held on May 30, 2007 in Dallas, Texas and raised concerns over the company's activities leading to global warming and environmental degradation.

The article discusses the proposed rule released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 29, 2019 which plans to cut back on the regulation of methane emissions, the gas tied to climate change. Topics covered include the aims of the proposed regulation, how the rule would reopen the discussion of whether the agency had the legal authority to regulate methane as a pollutant, and the benefits of the new methane standards on the oil and gas industry.

Reports that after a decade of cautious circling, some scientists and policy makers are now trying to agree on how much global warming is too much. Meeting at Exeter, England, at the invitation of Prime Minister Tony Blair; Fresh findings which show that potentially enormous environmental changes lie ahead; Danger level set at 2.5 degrees of additional warming.

Comments on former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Christie Whitman's political memoir “It's My Party Too.” Whitman's puzzling loyalty to U.S. president George W. Bush despite his complicity with reversals in environmental policy that in part led to her resignation from EPA; Whitman's agenda of deploring the hijacking of the Republican Party through her book.

Reports that Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich has ordered the closure of a landfill, managed by his wife's cousin in Joliet, Illinois, for violating state regulations. Inspection of the landfill by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in response to complaints that the owner of Land Reclamation Services had told contractors he could evade regulations because of his family ties.

Reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has sued Illinois-based exterminator company Clarke Environmental for improperly spraying mosquito pesticide in New York City. Allegation that the company failed to properly train its employees on how to apply pesticides against mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus and to provide them with adequate protective equipment.

Reports that New Haven, Connecticut, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. asked the city in 2004 to replace his Lincoln Navigator with a Toyota Prius, a hybrid car that offers improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions. Response to criticism against DeStefano's use of the gas-guzzling Navigator; Environmental issues prioritized by the city government; Implications on environmental policy.

Focuses on the European Climate Exchange, the first mandatory carbon emissions trading market that will go live in February 2005 and is intended to prepare the 25 European Union (EU) countries for the requirements of the Kyoto Climate Protocol. Concerns raised by some EU companies about the new limits on their carbon emissions; Views of Peter Koster, chief executive and founder of the exchange, regarding the experiment that formalizes a system to fight global warming; Treaty's requirement to nations that signed it to cut carbon emission beginning 2008.

Comments on the efforts of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to alter rules protecting the national forests against commercial exploitation. Forest Service's decision to weaken agreements aimed at preserving old-growth trees and wildlife in the Pacific Northwest and in the Sierra Nevada; Threat to overturn former President Bill Clinton's roadless rule protecting the most remote areas of the forests; Administration's call for radical overhaul of the rules governing the management of the nation's 155 national forests; Possible elimination of vital environmental reviews.

Reports on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's disclosure on December 17, 2004, that about a third of Americans live in counties that do not meet standards for microscopic particles of pollution. Deadline set by the agency for affected states to develop plans to bring their problem counties into compliance; Provisions of the Clean Air Act; Measures proposed by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to reduce emissions of particulate matter and other regulated air pollutants.

Reports on opposition of the Earth Liberation Front, a group of eco-terrorists, to suburban sprawl. Fight of local citizens in Charles County, Maryland to preserve the Araby Bog, one of the few remaining magnolia magnolia bogs in the mid-Atlantic region; Relocation to rural areas of sophisticated transplants who know their way around a county government; Desire for isolation.

Focuses on the Bush administration's plan to allow developers to complete construction and other projects even after belated discoveries that the work could endanger protected species.

Reports that the Connecticut government is planning to resume testing vehicles for emissions six months after the program was suspended because of technical problems with tests conducted by Agbar Technologies Inc.

Editorial. Comments on the plan of Florida governor Jeb Bush to initiate a multibillion dollar project that would restore the stream of fresh water back to the Florida Everglades. Involvement of the national government in the project through federal funding; Concern for the state leader's capitulation to the sugar industry which is a party responsible for the pollution of the nature conservation project.

Focuses on the environmental agenda of U.S. President George W. Bush's Administration and the Republican Party after Bush's re-election. Proposals to revamp laws on air pollution and endangered species; Energy bill to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to energy exploration; Emphasis of the administration's environmental conservation efforts.

Focuses on the proposal by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to eliminate a policy requiring state monitors at most hazardous waste sites. Potential benefit of the proposal to owners of the sites; Contention by environmental groups that the proposed change would weaken the policing of the state's worst polluters and jeopardize natural resources and the health of residents.

Reports on the announcement made by the Connecticut state government on the resumption of its automobile emissions testing program six months after suspending it. Resumption of the tests on November 2004; Problems with false readings and allegations of fraud experienced by its main tester, Agbar Technologies; Compliance of the state with the federal clean air requirements.

Comments on the risk of extinction of salmon species in the Columbia and Snake River basins due to the rejection of a recovery plan devised by the administration of Bill Clinton by a federal judge who found its recommendations too speculative and ordered the administration of President George W. Bush to draw a better one.

Reports on the suspension of plans by the Bureau of Land Management to allow natural gas exploration and development along the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana. Reasons for the suspension of the environmental study; Details about the project; Emphasis on the possible negative effects of noise, pollution and degradation in the area; Environmental considerations.

Reports on New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey's opposition to the New York City government's plan to redevelop the far West Side of Manhattan and build a stadium for the New York Jets. Claim that untreated sewage from the projects would wash up on New Jersey's shoreline during rainstorms; Environmental review of the project; Plan of New Jersey officials Richard J. Codey and George Zoffinger to open talks with the New York Mets about building a baseball stadium in the Meadowlands.

Editorial. Argues that the administration of United States president George W. Bush distorts science to override basic environmental protections in favor of industry. Undermining of the authority of science itself; Conclusion of the Bush administration that is contrary to that of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the threatened seabird marbled murelet.

Reports on the federal lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of New York and Connecticut calling for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue stricter national standards to limit storm water pollution seeping from construction sites.

Reports on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's plan to reduce mercury pollution from power plants to protect children and pregnant women.

Reports on the New Jersey Supreme Court's ruling that the State Department of Environmental Protection overstepped its bounds in curtailing residential construction near freshwater wetlands. Developers' legal battle against environmentalists; Overturning of departmental regulations prohibiting home building within 20 feet of wetlands and wetlands buffer zones.

Reports on the downsizing of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation since 1994. Environmental Advocates of New York's argument that the job cuts weaken oversight and allow more violations; Agency's insistence that the state was continuing to enforce environmental laws.

Reports on the implementation of regulations to prevent global warming in the U.S. through the reduction of emissions and fuel consumption. Cost and benefit analysis for the regulations; Implications for the automobile industry; Environmental policies.

Comments on developments related to environmental protection in the U.S. Decision of U.S. President George W. Bush to open U.S. forest lands to development; Emphasis of the Bush administration on commercialization of natural resources; Call on environmentalist groups to encourage more people to have contact with the outdoors.

Comments on President Vladimir Putin's announcement that Russia will move to ratify the Kyoto Protocol which aims to contribute to a long-term solution to global warming. Recognition of the emissions trading which can help reduce the greenhouse gas emissions at low cost; Need for the U.S. to negotiate a trans-Atlantic climate trade agreement under which it and the European Union would accept binding limits on heat-trapping gases.

Reports that Engelhard Corp. has been fined and ordered to donate to a Hudson River environmental group after pleading guilty to two counts of solid-waste violations at a pigment manufacturing plant it owns in Peekskill, New York.

Reports on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to add New York City's suburbs to the list of areas it believes are not meeting federal small-particle air pollution standards.

Reports on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's identification of counties that fail federal air standards. Discovery of microscopic soot from diesel-burning trucks, power plants and other sources; Results of preliminary analysis by the agency suggesting that several counties may have to take additional measures to curb pollution to meet the standards by 2010.

The article discusses efforts to mitigate climate change through providing economic incentives for companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as of May 29, 2014. Topics addressed include a California government initiative to provide economic incentives for companies to reduce emissions, problems with a cap and trade policy in the European Union (E.U.), as well as skepticism towards the effectiveness of emissions trading policies.

The article reports on an agreement reached by the New York State government for wind projects off the coast of Long Island. Topics covered include Governor Andrew Cuomo's signing of a bill requiring the state to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the projects' construction by a division of Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor and a joint venture between Danish company Orsted and American firm Eversource Energy, and the state's potential for clean energy production.

The article reports on the mounting cases of cancers in Johnson County, Indiana ever since U.S. President Donald Trump has rolled back health and environmental regulations. It links the disease to an old industrial site in Franklin, Indiana that the federal government had ordered cleaned up decades ago. A complaint sent to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by a the affected families is discussed.

The article offers information on the repeal of the Stream Protection Rule by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics include pollution at the Kanawha River, West Virginia, release of contaminants from coal-powered utility John E. Amos Power Plant, and the cost of the rule on coal mining jobs according to the National Mining Association.

The article offers information on the reversion of natural gas flaring limits by the U.S. Interior Department. Topics include limits on the flaring of natural gas produced on federal or Indian lands, administration by U.S. President Donald Trump, and the amount of gas flared per well in North Dakota on October 2016 and October 2018.

The article reports on a panel discussion on fossil fuels, hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump's international energy and climate adviser, Wells Griffith, at the United Nations conference in Poland in 2018. It notes that the Trump administration is finding allies in its defense of fossil fuels, including Russia, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Also mentioned is Trump's withdrawal from the Paris agreement, which could encourage other countries to slacken their own efforts at cutting emissions.

The article reports on the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump's report that contradicts its own climate change policies. According to the article, the government is expected to ignore the National Climate Assessment's scientific findings of the economic impact caused by climate change to the economy, public health, coastlines and infrastructure. Also discussed are Trump's encouragement of coal burning and the increase of greenhouse gas pollution and the 1990 climate assessment law.

The article focuses on a scientific report issued by 13 U.S. federal agencies on November 23, 2018 which cites the climate change's heavy toll on the environment, health and the U.S. economy. Topics covered include the report's findings which are at odds with U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda of environmental deregulation, and the belie by experts that the report could be a legal tool for opponents of Trump's efforts to dismantle climate change policy.

The article reports on internal agency emails at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which show that in-house scientists and lawyers have objected a proposed measure to review applications for using asbestos in consumer products. Topics discussed include efforts by the administration U.S. President Donald Trump to roll back environmental rules, the potential health impacts of the new approach, and calls from consumer groups for EPA to prohibit asbestos entirely.

The article reports on the plan by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to freeze antipollution and fuel-efficiency standards for automobiles. The proposed rules would weaken former President Barack Obama's policies aimed at preventing global warming, as well as challenge the right of states to set their own, more stringent pollution standards. The government claims the proposal would give consumers greater access to safer, more affordable vehicles while protecting the environment.

The article reports on changes made by U.S. President Donald Trump that weakened the National Environmentl Policy Act, including limiting public review of federal infrastructure projects to speed up the permitting of freeways, power plants and pipelines.

The article examines influence of officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Interior on Environmental Policy of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. It mentions brief profiles of such officials including Andrew R. Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; David Bernhardt, U.S. Secretary of the Interior; and William Perry Pendley, American public employee.

The article reports on the move by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acting head Andrew Wheeler to stop two key programs by his predecessor Scott Pruitt aimed at rolling back environmental regulations. Also cited are the resignation of Pruitt due to ethics investigations, the anticipated legal challenges against the regulations rollback, as well as the comment of environmental law expert Professor Richard L. Revesz on the developments.

The article reports that thousands of tons of material left curbside for recycling in American cities and towns have gone to landfills after China banned in summer 2018 imports of various types of plastic and paper for recycling as part of its antipollution campaign. Topics covered include the difficulty of waste managers in finding a substitute for the Chinese market, and six ways to properly recycle to prevent the recyclable materials from being contaminated.