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A String of Supreme Court Decisions Hits Hard at Environmental Rules
Four cases backed by conservative activists in recent years have combined to diminish the power of the Environmental Protection Agency.
By Coral Davenport
Four cases backed by conservative activists in recent years have combined to diminish the power of the Environmental Protection Agency.
By Coral Davenport
A foundational 1984 decision had required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.
By Adam Liptak
Half of the water flowing through regional river basins starts in so-called ephemeral streams. Last year, the Supreme Court curtailed federal protections for these waterways.
By Brad Plumer
VW and Rivian, a maker of electric trucks that has struggled to increase sales and break even, will work together on software and other technologies.
By Jack Ewing
As temperatures soar around the world, practical experiments are emerging to protect people.
By Somini Sengupta
In heat waves, chemicals like formaldehyde and ozone can form more readily in the air, according to researchers driving mobile labs in New York City this week.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
People all over the world are facing severe heat, floods and fire, aggravated by the use of fossil fuels. The year isn’t halfway done.
By Somini Sengupta
They’ll be replaced in North America with paper packing, eliminating some 15 billion pillows a year. Plastic film is a major pollutant.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
Macaques, reeling from a hurricane, learned by necessity to get along, a study found. It’s one of the first to suggest that animals can adapt to environmental upheaval with social changes.
By Rachel Nuwer
Agricultural insecticides were a key factor, according to a study focused on the Midwest, though researchers emphasized the importance of climate change and habitat loss.
By Catrin Einhorn
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