News items for July 1, 2022

By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming.

The heat dome bolstered the case for cleaner home cooling and heating technology and for decarbonizing the region’s economy.

This year Oregon adopted the most stringent heat protections for outdoor workers in the country, making Oregon the third state to enact such standards for outdoor workers, after California and Washington.

“As the world’s No. 1 generator of plastic waste, the United States needs to make bold, holistic policy changes to combat the plastic pollution crisis we’ve helped create. I am thrilled to say that California could lead the way.”

After 20 years of failed negotiations, the World Trade Organization has secured a deal to curb harmful subsidies that contribute to overfishing. Conservationists and campaign groups welcomed last week’s agreement as historic, despite criticism of “big holes” in the agreement.

On June 21, the BLM, U.S. Forest Service, and Five Tribes of the Intertribal Coalition signed a cooperative management agreement for Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument. It marks a shift in our history at a time when we’ve never needed to collaborate more.

Across the continent, Indigenous peoples are methodically reasserting control over their land.

Gov. Jay Inslee said Washington must redouble its efforts to fight climate change and reduce pollution in the absence of federal action.

Corporate climate action has become an employee perk.

The fences Joe Ricketts erected around his ranch in the middle of the Blackfeet reservation are a deadly hazard for wildlife.