Environment – Page 85 – People's World

Biden administration declares crackdown on coal plant pollution

January 12, 2022 By Earthjustice

For the first time, the federal government is enforcing rules that require the coal industry to clean up toxic coal ash waste.

ExxonMobil lockout in Texas enters ninth month as company pushes union decertification

January 12, 2022 By Gene Winston

Americans, now more than ever, are saying “Union yes!”

Right-wing law means Brazil will extend coal use for another 18 years

January 10, 2022 By Olivia Rosane

Extending coal use “contradicts the energy transition, with significant environmental impacts, and extends to inefficient costs for all energy consumers."

December’s tornadoes show a country badly in need of disaster reform

January 5, 2022 By Zoya Teirstein

"Until local agencies have their capacity substantially expanded in essentially every community across the country, we’re going to keep running into problems."

Despite Manchin’s blow to Build Back Better, Biden boosts fuel economy standards to fight climate change

December 21, 2021 By Matthew Daly

The final standards will contribute toward a goal set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement to keep the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.