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Democratic Party Midterm wins set to have ‘profound consequences for climate action in U.S.’

https://grist.org/elections/midterms-2026-blue-wave-climate-races-data-centers/ By Grist staff The Democratic Party appeared set to win a commanding victory in Tuesday’s midterm elections. As of 11 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday night, the party was on track to gain control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as several state governments. The party’s strong performance, driven in […]

EPA Chief Lee Zeldin: Biden’s energy rules cost billions. Trump’s EPA is lowering costs

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/lee-zeldin-bidens-energy-rules-cost-billions-trumps-epa-lowering-costs By Lee Zeldin Fox News Excerpt: So much of America runs on oil and gas. It’s fuel in vehicles and heat in homes. It’s the diesel in the tractor that grows your food and the truck that hauls it to your grocery store. When it costs more to produce and supply goes down, you […]

Trump EPA chief warns no one should spend Biden-era green bank money: ‘Those grants are canceled’ 

https://heartlandernews.com/trump-epa-chief-warns-no-one-should-spend-biden-era-green-bank-money-those-grants-are-canceled/ By Audrey Streb Excerpt: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that Biden-era climate grants are canceled “litigation aside” and that anyone holding the money should return it to the federal government. The Biden administration’s $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), created in 2022 under the Inflation Reduction Act, was designed […]

Keep the lights on, sideline Big Brother: Trump EPA rollback could save ratepayers $310 billion

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/trumps-epa-gets-action-roots-out-30-billion-waste-fraud-and-abuse By Amanda Head Republican officials and fossil-fuel advocates have long argued that Biden-era climate rules threatened coal plants, new gas generation and export projects, even as U.S. crude output and dry natural gas production would go on to set records. The EPA said it will save taxpayers $310 billion through 2047. The U.S. Environmental […]

Trump Administration Slashes Biden Fuel-Economy Standards: ‘Fleet-average fuel economy of 34.9 mpg, down from the 50.4 mpg required under the Biden admin’

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a73924927/trump-administration-new-corporate-fuel-economy-rules-announced/ By Caleb Miller Excerpt: The Department of Transportation announced new fuel-economy rules today as the Trump administration rolls back stringent requirements passed during the Biden presidency. The new standards will require a fleet-average fuel economy of 34.9 mpg by model year 2031, down from 50.4 mpg under the Biden-era rules. The new rules also […]

Trump’s EPA Ends America’s War on CO2

https://www.climateskeptic.org/p/trumps-epa-ends-americas-war-on-co2 Biden-era green power plant rules scrapped By TILAK DOSHI Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum at a G20 ministerial meeting on energy abundance and signed what may be the single most consequential act of environmental deregulation in American history. The final rule, formally the “Partial Repeal of the Carbon Pollution Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired […]

BREAKING: EPA eliminates rule that limits ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions from power plants

Marc Morano on EPA Endangerment Finding repeal:

“This is a huge and continuing effort by the Trump administration to enforce permanence in repealing the climate agenda.

They’re not only repealing the Endangerment Finding, but also trying to make it so future presidents can’t reinstate it.

This will prevent unelected bureaucrats hidden deep within the EPA from regulating the economy based on man-made climate fears.”

EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Rules for Coal, Gas Power Plants

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-13/trump-epa-to-rescind-carbon-standards-for-coal-gas-power-plants By Zahra Hirji, Ari Natter, and Jennifer A Dlouhy Excerpt: The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. The Trump administration’s latest major climate rollback is expected to come on the sidelines of a […]