The Trump administration has canceled nearly $4 billion in awards for emerging energy technologies issued under the Biden administration, it announced Friday. A press release described the $3.7 billion in canceled funding as mostly carbon capture projects — where technology is used to cut planet-warming emissions from fossil fuel plants — and “decarbonization initiatives.” It...

Governor Mara Lezama attended as a guest at the XV congress of the Autonomous Confederation of Workers and Employees of Mexico (CATEM), where Claudia Sheinbaum, National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Fourth Transformation, was also present. During the event in Mexico City, the governor of Quintana Roo reiterated her full support and collaboration with Claudia Sheinbaum, whom she accompanied on the dais along with other authorities and the leader of Morena, Mario Delgado. The CATEM congress is a space for dialogue with union representatives to improve the working conditions of workers, especially those from Quintana Roo. This union, which emerged 15 years ago, has around 7 million members in 1,192 labor organizations across various sectors. "Thank you, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum, for dedicating part of your agenda. First, you governed my homeland, of which I am a proud Tlalpense, then you governed this city where we are now, and soon you will see what will happen, a first-rate woman, thank you very much, dear friend," said Pedro Haces, union leader. Sheinbaum responded with the formal announcement of a coalition with that labor union. "Next Monday, we will begin the formal process of pre-campaigning for the Presidency of the Republic, and I...

California officials on Thursday filed their 26th lawsuit against the Trump administration, after the president signed resolutions overturning the Golden State's landmark electric vehicle (EV) mandate. "We made a promise that if the president attempted to illegally interfere with our clean air standards, we'd hold him accountable in court," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said...

The United States and Canada endured the planet’s biggest air pollution surge in 2023 — an upswing driven by the northern neighbor’s worst wildfire season on record, a report found. Canada alone experienced its highest levels of fine particulate pollution (PM 2.5) in at least 26 years, with more than half of residents exposed to...

Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung cancer in people who have little or no history of smoking, a new study has found. Contact with these substances can be linked to the same genetic mutations that are associated with smoking and that promote lung...

The Trump administration violated the law when it withheld three types of grants managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Monday. The GAO said FEMA’s moves to withhold the grants violated the Impoundment Control Act (ICA), which spells out the rules under which a presidential administration can seek...

A survey of nearly 50,000 water networks nationwide revealed a staggering 324 different contaminants flowing out of American taps — with detectable levels of various pollutants showing up in nearly all water systems. The findings, from this year's update to the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Tap Water Database, reveal that millions of people could be consuming...

The Trump administration plans to repeal the landmark 2009 legal finding that climate change poses a threat to the public this week, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday. “On Thursday, President Trump will be joined by [Environmental Protection Agency] Administrator Lee Zeldin to formalize the rescission of the 2009 Obama-era endangerment finding,” Leavitt said during a...