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FILE — A coal-fueled power plant in Monroe, Mich., Oct. 27, 2022. The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) XNYT0857

April 15, 2025 at 4:13 pm

Inside Trump’s plan to halt hundreds of regulations VIEW

The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.

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March 31, 2025 at 5:46 pm

DOGE accesses federal payroll system over objections of career staff

By accessing the system, which is housed at the Interior Department, the DOGE workers now have visibility into sensitive employee information, such as Social Security...

A gasoline fuel tanker truck drives alongside cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles on the 405 Freeway during rush hour traffic as oil and gasoline fuel prices experienced an increase on March 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP / TNS)

December 18, 2024 at 7:13 pm

EPA allows California to ban sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035

The Biden administration on Wednesday granted California and 11 other states permission to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, one of the...

June 30, 2024 at 6:00 am

A string of Supreme Court decisions hits hard at environmental rules

The Supreme Court has handed down several rulings that chip away at the power of federal agencies. But the EPA has been under particular fire

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, May 9, 2024. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court on June 28 reduced the authority of executive agencies, sweeping aside a longstanding legal precedent that required courts to defer to the expertise of federal administrators in carrying out laws passed by Congress. The precedent, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, is one of the most cited in American law. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

June 28, 2024 at 1:11 pm

Here’s what the court’s Chevron ruling could mean in everyday terms

The Supreme Court's decision is expected to prompt a rush of litigation challenging regulations across the entire federal government, from food safety to the environment.

Roofer Juan Villalpandom, who has experienced episodes of heat illness while working, at a Roofers Local 26 training center in Merrillville, Ind., May 23, 2024. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is expected to soon propose a new rule for employers that would help protect an estimated 50 million people exposed to high temperatures while they work. (Taylor Glascock/The New York Times)

June 21, 2024 at 6:00 am

‘New territory’ for Americans: deadly heat in the workplace

Deaths are rising sharply, and the Biden administration is trying to respond. Its plan faces big hurdles.

Evan Avant assembles the iron framework for a billboard in Oklahoma City, Okla., July 27, 2023. From meatpackers to home health aides, workers are struggling in sweltering temperatures, and it’s costing the U.S. economy billions in lost productivity. (Brett Deering / The New York Times)

August 2, 2023 at 6:00 am

Heat is costing the U.S. economy billions in lost productivity

As climate change has raised Earth’s temperatures to the highest levels in recorded history, research shows the impact of heat on workers is spreading.

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July 2, 2023 at 4:28 pm

A climate laggard in America’s industrial heartland has a plan to change, fast VIEW

LANSING, Mich. — From toxic algal blooms in the Great Lakes to sewage pouring into Detroit basements to choking wildfire smoke that drifted south from...

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FILE — Plant Bowen, a coal-fired Georgia Power plant, in Euharlee, Ga. on Oct. 19, 2022. President Biden’s administration is poised to announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks, technology now used by fewer than 20 of the nation’s 3,400 coal and gas-fired plants, according to three people who were briefed on the rule. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)

April 22, 2023 at 10:26 am

EPA to propose first controls on greenhouse gases from power plants

The limits could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks, technology now used by fewer than 20 of the nation’s 3,400 coal- and...

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April 9, 2023 at 3:26 pm

Calculating the fastest road to an electric car future VIEW

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Inside a secretive government laboratory, behind a tall fence and armed guards, a team of engineers has been dissecting the innards...

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