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"The Japanese steelmaker has pledged to extend the life of U.S. Steel’s dirty blast furnaces if Trump greenlights a deal, potentially locking in decades of pollution."

"Fossil fuel revenues bankroll education spending in this state, but schools exposed to industry pollution face environmental risks that can affect children’s health and performance." 

"Community groups are fighting an unusual Louisiana law that restricts how they use data from air-quality monitors, saying it violates free speech."

"Congress has voted to undo a Clean Air Act regulation that strictly controls the amount of toxic air pollutants emitted by many industrial facilities like oil refineries, chemical plants, and steel mills."

"In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s electric-vehicle mandates, revoking the state’s right to implement the nation’s toughest emissions standards."

"Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule that phases out new gas-powered cars in the state."

"Toxic pollution from wildfires has infiltrated the homes of more than a billion people a year over the last two decades, according to new research."

"Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes in the U.S."

"The white streaks behind planes are condensation trails made of ice, not chemicals sprayed by the Defense Department"