Pollution

"White House Offers ‘Concierge’ Service To Fossil Fuel Firms, Official Says"

"The White House is offering “concierge, white glove service” to oil, coal and other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while simultaneously slowing down or blocking solar and wind projects."

Source: Washington Post, 10/09/2025

Company Bids Less Than A Penny Per Ton In Biggest US Coal Sale In Decade

"A Navajo tribe-owned company bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana on Monday in the biggest U.S. coal sale in more than a decade. The offer from the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC) equates to one-tenth of a penny per ton, underscoring coal’s diminished value even as President Donald Trump pushes to mine and burn more of the heavily polluting fuel."

Source: AP, 10/08/2025

Solar And Wind Power Grew Faster Than Electricity Demand This Year: Report

"Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis."

Source: AP, 10/08/2025

EPA Drops Planned Delay in Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Plants

"Public health advocates pushed back when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it planned to delay for two years a requirement that steel companies monitor air quality at the perimeters of their 11 coke plants in Western Pennsylvania and across the country. Two groups sued. Now, the EPA has reversed course."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2025

"Exxon Steps Back From Texas Gulf Coast Plastics Plant"

"Exxon Mobil will postpone its plans for a large new plastics production plant on the Gulf Coast of Texas, according to the company. Construction was initially planned to begin next year on the $10 billion facility in rural Calhoun County."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2025

Tests Show That A Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking

"Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2025

"Appeal Seeks To Force Factory Farms To Disclose Hazardous Air Emissions"

"A coalition of food, environmental and animal welfare groups is appealing a recent federal court decision that upheld a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule exempting factory farms from publicly disclosing hazardous air emissions information."

Source: The New Lede, 10/07/2025

Fracking Waste In A Landfill Again Poses A Monongahela Pollution Problem

"On a rainy morning, Mike Frederick showed off the Belle Vernon Municipal Authority’s sewage treatment plant, about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh."

Source: Allegheny Front, 10/07/2025

"New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Admin Hires"

"The Trump administration wasted no time in tapping individuals with ties to fossil fuel industries and right-wing think tanks funded by oil tycoons for key environmental and energy policy positions, according to a new report."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/07/2025

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