"The Japanese steelmaker has pledged to extend the life of U.S. Steel’s dirty blast furnaces if Trump greenlights a deal, potentially locking in decades of pollution."

"Two teams of high-powered lawyers clashed this week in Charleston, S.C., over a global-warming question with major implications: Do climate lawsuits against oil companies threaten national security, as President Trump has claimed?"

"US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, say researchers from Wood Mackenzie." 

"With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to hurricanes."

"EPA is expected to soon argue that the U.S. power sector doesn’t contribute “significantly” to climate change — a bid that could give the agency cover to not regulate planet-warming emissions from a wide range of sources."

"The Trump administration announced Monday it is moving ahead with plans to reopen millions of acres of undisturbed public land to oil and gas drilling, amid a visit by top officials to Alaska this week." "The plan would open up 11 million acres to drilling and remove conditions, including protections for sensitive ecological areas, on oil and gas leases in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska."

"PBS and a public television station in rural Minnesota filed suit on Friday against President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the network. The suit alleges Trump's order is unlawful, exceeding his authority as president and violating Constitutional protections of free speech because he has made clear he doesn't like PBS's news coverage and programming."

"Glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, found at very high levels in menstrual products in the UK, according to report" 

"The next generation of youth climate litigation was filed in federal district court on Thursday, challenging President Donald Trump’s executive orders that young plaintiffs say violate their constitutional rights."

"As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules."