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FILE - The Marathon Petroleum Refinery is visible in Reserve, La., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Environmental advocates and residents of the Louisiana chemical corridor known as Cancer Alley have spent decades calling for change in the way industrial activity is regulated there. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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The EPA can’t use Civil Rights Act to fight environmental injustice in Louisiana, judge rules

A federal judge blocked the Biden administration's effort to apply civil rights law against industrial pollution in Louisiana, limiting EPA actions.

Bridgette Murray poses next to an air quality monitor in the Pleasantville area of Houston, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
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Biden promised to clean up heavily polluted communities. Here is how advocates say he did

To assess Biden’s environmental justice efforts, AP spoke to 30 groups who've long fought to clean up local Superfund sites, petrochemical plants, and...

News Release

RXO Dedicated Transportation Named 2024 SmartWay High Performer

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $RXO #RXO--RXO (NYSE: RXO), a leading provider of asset-light transportation solutions, announced its dedicated transportation business was recognized as a...

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
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Democrats trust Harris slightly more than Biden on climate change: AP-NORC poll

Associated Press poll shows voters see and approve of a distinct Harris climate policy rather than interchangeable with Biden.

News Release

Midwest Oil and Gas Operators Gain Boost in Emissions Compliance with New Alliance

Houston, Aug. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midwest Oil and Gas Operators Gain Boost in Emissions Compliance with New Alliance Houston, Texas (14...

Hawk Dunlap, an oil well control specialist, and Sarah Stogner, an oil and gas lawyer, survey an excavated pumpjack with a leaking surface casing in Ward County, Texas, U.S., August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
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Texas oil regulator under scrutiny as zombie wells gush back to life

In Texas, zombie wells plugged a year ago come back to life leading to tough questions for the confusingly named Railroad Commission.

News Release

Ameresco and the City of Somersworth Break Ground on New Hampshire’s First Landfill Solar Project to be Placed on a Superfund Site

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & SOMERSWORTH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and the City...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are seen at the Firing Room Four after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. May 30, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
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Musk embraces Trump and scorns subsidies. But Tesla still lobbies for US benefits

Tesla CEO Elon Musk continues to lobby US governments for benefits, while embracing Trump despite his "end the electric vehicle" mandate

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
BiofuelsFuelNewsRegulations

US EPA says it is auditing biofuel producers’ used cooking oil supply

Investigations underway into biofuel cooking oil supply chains over concerns of fraudulent feedstocks.

FILE PHOTO: Exxon Mobil logo and stock graph are seen through a magnifier displayed in this illustration taken September 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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US EPA grants fuel waiver to Midwest states impacted by Joliet refinery shutdown

The EPA issued an emergency waiver for four states to alleviate gasoline shortages caused by the shutdown of Exxon Mobil's Joliet refinery.

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