Nicholas Kusnetz

Last week, we learned that the petrochemical industry asked the EPA for a blanket, two-year waiver from hazardous air pollution limits. Yesterday, I spoke to some people in fenceline communities to hear what that would mean for them. https://t.co/85xrb7GJAQ

As Republicans in Congress look for revenue to pay for huge tax cuts, advocates have a modest proposal: Start with oil industry tax breaks. https://t.co/V0dsoHal0p

While the Trump administration works to slash the federal workforce and cancel grants and funding, Congress is acting quickly to rollback climate regulations. Two big ones are on the schedule this week. https://t.co/1PeM7uPm7A

RT @DylanBaddour: Texas is aggressively pushing to deploy the next generation of atomic energy that would power big industrial operations.…

New York’s congestion pricing is meant to ease traffic and improve air quality. But it could make conditions worse in the South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest areas. https://t.co/a373Q5r4ug

The oil industry has published its energy proposals for the Trump administration, looking to remove limits on drilling and roll back efforts to shift toward electric vehicles. https://t.co/T5YDbCiMqy

The Inflation Reduction Act is the nation’s largest single investment in cutting climate pollution. Would it survive if Republicans win November’s election? https://t.co/WzwQfFEmjW

Honduras has been plagued by violence, corruption and drug trafficking. Now it’s facing up to $14 billion in legal claims from foreign investors, too. https://t.co/qvBBPNBOxB

A 14-story tower, $25,000 gene therapy and a brawl: How foreign investors’ legal claims could “break” one of Latin America’s poorest and most climate-vulnerable nations. https://t.co/EX0xM9XjjW

A new study says the lawmakers who shaped the Clean Air Act in 1970 knew that carbon dioxide was warming the climate and wanted to regulate the pollutant. It could have important implications for future climate action. https://t.co/r5WfbdPPUK

The United States narrowly avoided a $15 billion legal claim by the Keystone XL pipeline developer. It points to a huge risk hanging over governments as they phase out fossil fuels. https://t.co/jZ1VVV6Sdg