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Publishes annual U.S. greenhouse gas inventory including forest carbon
American forests have stored more carbon over the past two decades than at any point in the last century. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that forest age is the primary driver, locking in 89 million metric tons of carbon annually as trees reach peak growth stages. Climate factors (temperature, precipitation, and elevated carbon dioxide) add another 66 million metric tons per year.
Updated 7 hours ago
Defendant in wave of federal lawsuits over endangerment revocation
For seventeen years, the Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 endangerment finding—the determination that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases threaten public health—was the legal foundation for virtually all federal climate regulation. On February 13, 2026, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin revoked the finding, eliminating the basis for vehicle emissions standards, power plant rules, and oil-and-gas regulations. The administration called it the 'largest deregulatory action in American history.'
Primary enforcement body for lead regulations
For most of the twentieth century, Americans inhaled roughly two pounds of lead per person annually from car exhaust alone. A new University of Utah study analyzing century-old hair samples documents the scale of this unintentional mass poisoning—and the reversal that followed. Lead concentrations in human hair dropped from 100 parts per million before the 1970s to less than 1 part per million today, a 100-fold decline documented through specimens preserved in family scrapbooks.
Updated 2 days ago
Issued the May 2026 extension rule
The Environmental Protection Agency gave HVAC contractors an extra year on Tuesday to install commercial air-conditioning equipment that uses older, higher-warming refrigerants. The final rule covers variable refrigerant flow systems manufactured or imported before January 1, 2026, and pushes the installation cutoff out to January 1, 2027.
Updated 3 days ago
Monitoring air quality, advising on chemical behavior
The risk of a catastrophic explosion is gone, and 50,000 displaced residents were cleared to go home. OCFA Interim Chief TJ McGovern announced Monday that the BLEVE (vapor explosion) risk 'is now off the table' — the tank cooled from 100°F to 93°F and its crack released built-up pressure.
Updated 4 days ago
Administering LCRI; first compliance milestone November 1, 2027
Pennsylvania American Water confirmed $631 million in 2026 capital spending during Infrastructure Week. That was the largest single-state disclosure in the American Water Works rollout so far. Tennessee American Water followed with $40 million, closing out a week that began with Illinois's $290 million announcement on May 18.
Updated May 19
Sets NPDES eReporting requirements; builds tools; approves state deadline extensions.
For years, Clean Water Act reporting has lived in a split-screen world: core discharge numbers went digital, but paperwork stayed stuck in PDFs, emails, and filing cabinets. Phase 2 of EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule aims to close that gap, with a December 21, 2025 compliance date.
Updated May 16
Permitting authority for Class VI CO2 injection wells relevant to CRC’s CCS plans
The CRC–Berry all-stock combination is now in the paperwork-and-plumbing phase. CRC's post-close 8-K confirms Berry is a wholly owned subsidiary and discloses an amendment raising CRC's elected credit-facility commitments to $1.46 billion. CRC has 71 days to publish pro forma financials for the combined company.
Updated May 15
Rewriting and delaying key vehicle pollution and climate rules under Trump‑appointed leadership
The EPA isn't killing Biden's vehicle pollution rules outright. It plans to keep looser 2026 standards in place for two extra model years instead of enforcing tougher limits on smog-forming pollution starting in 2027.
Updated May 11
Attempting to rescind Endangerment Finding and vehicle GHG standards
On December 3, 2025, President Trump unveiled an NHTSA proposal to slash Biden-era CAFE standards, cutting the 2031 target from about 50.4 mpg to roughly 34.5 mpg. The rule also slows annual increases to 0.25–0.5% from 2% and bans credit trading after 2028, which especially hurts EV-focused companies that sell credits to gasoline-heavy manufacturers.
Updated May 10
Plaintiff; secured $100M penalty after seeking $140M
EES Coke Battery has no employees. Every worker at the Zug Island coke plant near Detroit is on the payroll of a DTE Energy subsidiary. For years, that corporate arrangement helped DTE argue it wasn't responsible for the facility's sulfur dioxide pollution. On February 17, a federal judge disagreed—and used that very arrangement as evidence to hold three DTE parent entities liable as "operators" under the Clean Air Act, ordering them to pay $100 million.
Updated Feb 20
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