[New] The repeated delays in adopting the updated water pollution standards leave little time for Member State authorities to plan and incorporate measures to address new pollutants in the next River Basin Management Plans, which must be finalised by the end of 2027.
Global Agriculture
[New] The Trump administration's actions to block support for renewables, while continuing to boost funding for fossil fuels, will have major consequences for energy affordability, reliability, and pollution.
Center for American Progress
[New] Using that $64 million to fund incentives for cleaner, efficient electric appliances could help tens of thousands of Californians eliminate indoor air pollution and climate emissions.
Los Angeles Times
[New] The PERMIT Act, now under Senate review, threatens to weaken the Clean Water Act, risking higher pollution levels in Detroit's drinking water and endangering the health and cultural practices of local communities.
Planet Detroit
[New] The new EPA rule could prove dangerous to human health in the future because it will make it easier for the Trump administration to weaken air pollution controls.
ABC News
[New] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally revoke a rule that is the legal basis for federal regulation of greenhouse gas pollution.
Inside Climate News
[New] Louisiana is courting a wave of proposed blue ammonia projects that promise cleaner fertilizer and fuel using fossil fuels plus carbon capture, but residents along Cancer Alley say it risks piling more pollution and danger onto communities already burdened by petrochemical plants.
RuralOrganizing
[New] Residents and officials worry about air pollution, safety risks near homes and a middle school, and limited local benefits since much of the added gas would serve markets outside Connecticut.
RuralOrganizing
[New] A strategic approach to collaboratively reducing consumption of oil and gas could be the key to lowering global pollution and fuel prices at the same time.
Center for American Progress
[New] High blood pressure, tobacco use, dietary risks, and air pollution are among the top contributors to the global burden of disease.
PubMed Central (PMC)
[New] Deposit return schemes - programs that refund bottle deposits paid upon purchase - would reduce annual beverage bottle pollution by 41% and increase the national recycling rate from 6.3% to 15% by 2040.
The Pew Charitable Trusts
[New] By 2040, the U.S. will generate an additional 1 billion tons of plastic MSW, leading to over 30 million tons of pollution in waterways and landscapes.
The Pew Charitable Trusts
[New] The EPA wrote in January that it will stop quantifying the health benefits when assessing the monetary impact of new pollution regulations and regulation changes involving pollutants that contribute to ozone, or smog, and fine particulate matter, known as PM2.5.
The Invading Sea
[New] The plastics system could be responsible for 83 million years of healthy life lost worldwide between 2016 and 2040, driven largely by climate change, air pollution and toxic chemical exposure.
Business Standard
[New] New filtration technology developed by Rice University may remove some Pfas forever chemicals at 100 times the rate previously possible, which could dramatically improve pollution control and speed remediations.
The Guardian
[New] By leveraging remote sensing technology initially used to detect plastic pollution on land, NASA hopes to enhance its capabilities in monitoring the movement of oceanic litter, a significant environmental challenge.
KeepTrack
[New] Unless global pollution is dramatically reduced, by 2050, average temperatures in L.A. County are expected to rise nearly 4 degrees.
LAist
[New] Instead of ramping up from a current average of 30.4 miles per gallon to 50.4 miles per gallon by model year 2031, as they would have had to do under the Biden pollution rules, carmakers would have a more modest goal of 34.5 miles per gallon.
Inside Climate News
[New] By 2030, the cleaner growth path brought average air pollution down to about 22.36 micrograms per cubic meter, roughly 11.5% lower than if nothing changed.
earth.com
[New] Congestion causes air pollution, the second biggest global risk factor for death.
LGT Private Banking
[New] India leapfrogging China to embark on electrotech-powered growth earlier in its development history is going to have massively positive impacts in lowering local air pollution and global emissions.
Your Dose of Climate Hope
Last updated: 23 February 2026
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