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FILE - EPA Administrator Michael Regan stands near the Marathon Petroleum Refinery as he conducts a television interview, while touring neighborhoods that abut the refinery, in Reserve, La., Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31

Michael Regan, who has led the EPA throughout Biden's four-year term, said Friday he will leave the agency Dec. 31.

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California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

California regulators delay Aliso Canyon gas facility closure, sparking debate over energy needs and community safety.

Grassy Mountain, peak to left, and the Grassy Mountain Coal Project are seen north of Blairmore, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta announces future coal mining policy plan, industry consults

Alberta says it will ban new mountaintop removal mining and new open-pit mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

FILE PHOTO: A man walks from a branch of Wells Fargo bank in the University District of Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 6, 2024. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Wells Fargo departs climate banking group in another high-profile exit after Goldman

The bank ended its membership in the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, two weeks after another notable exit by Goldman Sachs.

A bird covered in oil walks along a beach following an oil spill from an incident involving two tankers damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait, in the village of Vityazevo near the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov
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Volunteers battle to clear spilled oil on Russia’s Black Sea coast

Volunteers battle to clean Russia's Black Sea coast after a tanker spill, called an ecological disaster, contaminates 45+ hectares.

An aerial view of Drax Power Station, including the biomass power plant, in Yorkshire, U.K., on April 20, 2016. Credit: A.P.S. (UK)/Alamy via Reuters
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UK can have clean, stable power by 2030 — without heavy reliance on biomass

U.K. can achieve a stable, decarbonised power system by 2030 with reduced biomass reliance, driven by wind, solar and better interconnections.

FILE PHOTO: Shopping trolley is seen in front of Walmart logo in this illustration, July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
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Walmart says it is likely to miss 2025, 2030 climate change targets

Walmart had pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 35% in 2025.

FILE - Robbie Macias, Aemetis vice president of biogas, gestures while demonstrating the strength of a dairy digester with Wickstrom Jersey Farms manager Brent Wickstrom on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Hilmar, Calif. The digester captures methane from cow manure which generates energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
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Environmental groups sue over California support for polluting biofuels

Environmental groups are suing California regulators over biofuel pollution impacts, claiming neglect of low-income communities.

A United States Postal Service (USPS) collection box is pictured in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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States, environmental groups drop lawsuit over US Postal Service EV purchase plans

The lawsuit sought to block the U.S. Postal Service's plan to buy mostly gas-powered, next-generation delivery vehicles.

FILE PHOTO: A view of Cobre Panama mine of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines, which was forced to shut down after Panama's top court ruled that its contract was unconstitutional following nationwide protests opposed to its continued operation, during a media tour, in Donoso, Panama, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Tarina Rodriguez/File Photo
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Panama president sees no environmental threat from copper at closed First Quantum mine

More than 100,000 metric tons of copper stuck at the closed First Quantum mine in Panama do not currently pose an environmental risk,...

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