Multiple environmental groups, fishing organizations and tribal advocates told the board that recent Bureau of Reclamation statements and coordination with certain water districts show voluntary agreements are unlikely to be enforceable and urged the board to adopt a science‑based regulatory Bay‑Delta plan instead.

Advocates told the committee a statewide moratorium bill is awaiting the governor's signature and contrasted a city-level 20‑megawatt threshold with a reported state-level 50‑megawatt threshold.

Council introduced ordinances to modernize hazardous-materials oversight: repeal duplicative city disclosure rules, add nuisance/abatement authority and cost recovery for chemical incidents, and create a citywide overlay requiring conditional-use review and public notice for operations that must file risk‑management plans.

Public commenters described extensive low or dry reaches on the Scott River and urged the board to review the Local Cooperative Solutions program and consider regulating chemical spraying on forest lands due to potential drinking-water contamination and impacts to tribal uses.

Court debates classification and health risks of PFAS amid scientific uncertainty and regulatory challenges.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough legislative committee reviewed Resolution 2026-046, introduced by Mayor Michicky, urging Alaska lawmakers and the federal delegation to ban or require permits for weather modification/geoengineering; assembly members volunteered as cosponsors and the committee raised requests for FAA/NOAA notifications and stronger permitting.

The Trump administration on Wednesday temporarily waived regulations on the types of gasoline that are sold during the summer in an effort to ease surging fuel prices during the Iran war.

Planning Department staff told the commission that state laws including SB 1137 and AB 3233 strengthen local authority to limit onshore oil and gas; commissioners questioned whether a local code change is needed if state law effectively prohibits such facilities in Carlsbad.

President Donald Trump is moving to wipe more than 150 years of environmental regulations off the books, including provisions tied to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act,...

The Planning Commission on Sept. 16 voted 3–1 on a staff-recommended amendment to the municipal code and local coastal program to prohibit onshore oil and gas facilities citywide; because the commission needs four votes to recommend, staff said the action is recorded as a 'fail to recommend' and the matter will go to city council.

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a first-of-its-kind statewide moratorium blocking new environmental permits for large data centers in New York. The order targets facilities over 50 megawatts and gives the state up to a year to develop regulations around energy costs and environmental impact. A broa

A proposed ordinance would require facilities with unpaved roads to prepare dust-control plans with contingency measures, training, transparency requirements and a complaints-based DSI enforcement approach; advocates cited Detroit and Dearborn examples.

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A recent court ruling overturning orders that kept several Michigan coal plants operating may have implications for Indiana’s energy sector, officials say. A federal judge vacated the Trump administration directives, citing inadequate justification and improper bypassing of environmental reviews. Indiana's energy production is significantly dependent on coal, particularly in its central and southern regions, which

A more dynamic, streamlined approach to environmental regulation will drive economic growth and safeguard nature under the Plan for Change, with reforms announced today (Wednesday 2 April) by the Environment Secretary Steve Reed. It comes as a new review, commissioned...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule rescinding a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding. That Obama-era policy determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly ahead of an official announcement, confirmed the plans, which were first reported by The Wall Street Journal. "This week at the White House, President Trump will be taking the most significant deregulatory actions in history to further unleash American energy dominance and drive down costs," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Tuesday. The endangerment finding is the legal underpinning of nearly all climate regulations under the Clean Air Act for motor vehicles, power plants and other pollution sources that are heating the planet. It is used to justify regulations, such as auto emissions standards, intended to protect against threats made increasingly severe by climate...

Committee members and public commenters, including Trout Unlimited, urged Falmouth to press MEPA for stricter review of a proposed 25‑home development above the Quashnet River, citing groundwater recharge, trout habitat and nitrogen contributions to Waquoit Bay; the committee edited the draft letter and tabled it for a final vote at the next meeting.