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Under
the Biden
Administration,
federal regulators had
forced the state
toward stricter
regulation of methane
emissions. Under
Trump, they appear to
have lifted the
pressure.
By
Lee Hedgepeth
OAK
GROVE, Ala.—It’s been
a long two years for
Lisa Lindsay.
 
Seeking
a sixth term, the
Maine senator’s
passivity in the face
of executive branch
power grabs undermines
her greatest electoral
strength, as much as
it does climate
action.
By
Nathaniel Eisen
Last
August, when reports
emerged that the
Environmental
Protection Agency
(EPA) planned to
cancel $7 billion in
grants for solar
panels for low-income
households, including
an estimated 20,000 households in Maine, Sen.
Susan Collins seemed
to defend the move.
Imagining
what a prosperous
future for Venezuela
would look like if the
nation shifted from
oil and gas to wind
energy.
Interview
by Jenni Doering,
Living on Earth
From
our collaborating
partner Living on
Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine,
an interview by
Jenni Doering with
Paasha Mahdavi, an
associate professor
of political science
at the University of
California, Santa
Barbara.
With
consumer prices rising
due to the United
States and Israel’s
war with Iran,
interest in renewables
and EVs is rising.
Misinformation may be
holding consumers
back.
By
Lee Hedgepeth
As
oil prices continue to
rise in the shadow of
the war with Iran,
Americans can expect
the cost of all kinds
of products to slowly
increase, according to
experts. By Friday,
crude oil prices were
approaching and for
Brent crude exceeding
$100 a barrel, with
gas prices averaging
around $3.91
nationwide, according
to AAA.
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