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Matthew Daly

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43 Articles

US bans incandescent light bulbs to save energy

The Biden administration is scrapping old−fashioned incandescent light bulbs, speeding an ongoing trend toward more efficient lighting that officials say will save households, schools and businesses billions of dollars a year.
News, US News, Politics | April 27th 2022

Biden passes order to help protect old-growth forests from wildfire

President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to sign an executive order protecting some of the nation’s largest and oldest trees.
News, US News, Politics | April 22nd 2022

This Earth Day, Biden's climate agenda is stalled

One year ago, Joe Biden marked his first Earth Day as president by convening world leaders for a virtual summit on global warming that even Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping attended. Biden used the moment to nearly double the United States’ goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, vaulting the country to the front lines in the fight against climate change.
News, US News, Politics | April 21st 2022

EPA cracks down on industrial air and water pollution in vulnerable communities

The agency will conduct unannounced inspections of chemical plants, refineries and other industrial sites suspected of polluting air and water and causing health problems to nearby residents, Regan said. And it will install air monitoring equipment in Louisiana's “chemical corridor” to enhance enforcement at chemical and plastics plants between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
News | January 27th 2022
Michael Regan,

Biden raises fuel-economy standards to fight climate change

The Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage standards to significantly reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases, reversing a Trump-era rollback that loosened fuel efficiency standards.
Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Politics | December 21st 2021
Joe Biden,

Biden signs order to make US government carbon neutral by 2050

President Joe Biden on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, signed an executive order to make the federal government carbon-neutral by 2050, aiming for a 65% reduction in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an all-electric fleet of car and trucks five years later.
Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Energy, Politics | December 9th 2021

US oil executives subpoenaed to turn over internal documents on global warming

The chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, to top executives of ExxonMobil, Chevron and other oil giants, charging that the companies have not turned over documents needed by the committee to investigate allegations that the oil industry concealed evidence about the dangers of global warming.
Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Energy, Politics | November 3rd 2021

U.S. launches plan to reduce methane emissions

The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming and packs a stronger short-term punch than even carbon dioxide.
Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Politics | November 2nd 2021

Big Oil gets grilled in Washington

During a hearing Thursday, Democrats compared Big Oil's tactics to those long deployed by the tobacco industry to resist regulation “while selling products that kill hundreds of thousands of Americans."
News, US News, Energy, Politics | October 28th 2021

EPA announces new strategy to regulate toxic 'forever chemicals'

The Biden administration said on Oct. 18 it is launching a broad strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from cookware to carpets and firefighting foams.
Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Politics | October 19th 2021
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