The Supreme Court indicated Friday that it will take up a case that could revive industry efforts to axe California’s stricter-than-federal vehicle emissions standards. The high court granted a petition from companies and groups representing oil refiners and biofuel producers that seeks to revive their lawsuit against the Biden administration’s reinstatement of California’s clean cars...

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule that phases out new gas-powered cars in the state. The hold may not ultimately block the four pending EPA nominees from being confirmed, but...

The Energy Department is planning to claw back $13 billion in unspent climate funds, it announced Wednesday. In a press release, the department said it plans to "return more than $13 billion in unobligated funds initially appropriated to advance the previous Administration’s wasteful Green New Scam agenda." The press release did not specify exactly where the money...

The Trump administration has sent a referral to the Department of Justice recommending Biden-era Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staff face criminal charges, alleging politicization of emergency funding. However, the effort to claim officials at the disaster agency considered politics when performing their duties has apparently turned up only a handful of instances of FEMA employees...

After days of ominous forecasts and warnings, a holiday storm with the potential to bring several inches of rain and flooding to Southern California has arrived. The National Weather Service predicts the storm may be the strongest Christmas event in years, with 4 to 7 inches of rain falling on coastal and valley areas south...

A state panel says it considers a proposal to build an electric vehicle plant near Big Rapids "abandoned," so it is clawing back some $175 million in incentives for the project.

The city of Philadelphia on Thursday sued the Department of the Interior after National Park Service staff removed an exhibit on slavery from the President's House site in Independence National Historical Park. The lawsuit asks for a preliminary injunction to keep the displays up. It says the exhibit was removed "without notice" and "presumably pursuant"...

A crushing "spiral of silence" keeps Americans from discussing the threat of climate change, a new study has found. The findings, published on Thursday in PLOS Climate, highlight a dynamic that cuts to the heart of the country’s failure to take significant action to slow climate change. “When we don't hear an opinion, or we don't hear our thoughts out there,...