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U.S. environment agency sued over scrapping scientific rule behind climate protections
A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
and fight climate change.
We know companies don't take climate change seriously. Here I imagine what it would look like once they are forced to. What happens when climate chaos becomes an unignorable, physical threat to the business itself When the things we can't imagine ending actually do Trump claims his pollution rollback will save Americans money but climate change is raising household costs In the United Kingdom, greenhouse gas emissions fell 3% in 2024 compared to the year prior as the country got more power from renewables, imported more electricity, & closed its last coal plant
A new analysis found that has already added weeks of -harming to the worlds main -producing regions
Among the top 5 -producing countries , , , and Central calculated an average of 57 additional days per year above the 30C threshold that would not have occurred without . Together, those 5 origins supply roughly three-quarters of the worlds Deadly , pileups, fast-moving Plains fueled by created near-zero visibility on I-25 near Pueblo, killing 4 people, while the same powerful fueled fast-moving wildfires and triggered additional crashes across the Plains. By Emilee Speck, AccuWeather staff writer & Brian Lada, AccuWeather meteorologist
Published Feb 17, 2026 "Powerful winds kicking up dust across the Plains contributed to multiple fatal crashes and sparked rapidly spreading wildfires on Tuesday as dry grasses fueled fast-moving flames. "Heavy winds created dangerous 'brown out' conditions along Interstate 25 near Pueblo, Colorado, on the morning of Feb. 17, with a massive multi-vehicle crash happening amid low to near-zero visibility. The Colorado State Patrol responded around 10:02 a.m. MST to the crash on southbound I-25 at milepost 92, just south of Pueblo Boulevard. Preliminary findings indicate more than 30 vehicles were involved, including six semis. "Authorities have confirmed four fatalities, and 29 people were transported to hospitals, though the extent of their injuries remains unknown." ... "West of Oakley, , another multi-vehicle pileup occurred on I-70 during low visibility caused by blowing dust, underscoring the widespread travel hazards created by the powerful windstorm. Winds in the area were gusting around 60 mph at the time the crash was reported. "In , a fast-growing wildfire in the Oklahoma panhandle, east of Beaver, quickly spread into Kansas." Read more:
In the United Kingdom, greenhouse gas emissions fell 3% in 2024 compared to the year prior as the country got more power from renewables, imported more electricity, and closed its last coal power plant HT sue s over repeal of landmark finding Lawsuit from and groups challenges the EPAs rollback of the endangerment finding Dharna Noor
Wed 18 Feb 2026 07.10 EST "More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations. "Filed in Washington DC circuit court, the lawsuit challenges the EPAs rollback of the '', which states that the buildup of heat-trapping in the atmosphere endangers and welfare and has allowed the EPA to limit those emissions from , and other sources since 2009. The rollback was widely seen as a major setback to US efforts to combat the . "The suit was brought by the American Public Health Association , , the , the , the , the and 11 other public health and environmental organizations. The lawsuit was filed by green legal organizations and and it names the EPA and the agencys administrator, , as defendants. " 'EPAs repeal of the endangerment finding and to limit vehicle emissions marks a complete dereliction of the agencys mission to protect peoples health and its legal obligation under the ,' said , president and CEO at the , another one of the groups behind the lawsuit. 'This shameful and dangerous action by the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Zeldin is rooted in falsehoods not facts and is at complete odds with the public interest and the best available science.' " Read more:
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U.S. environment agency sued over scrapping scientific rule behind climate protections
A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
and fight climate change.
New story out on our 3rd Southern Arizona Heat Summit: "There's not any other city in the United States that's doing a continual heat summit like this with the range of partners that we have, so I think that's something to be really proud of. That said, of course, we still have a lot more work to do which is why we're all here." New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar. Legislation in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island would allow small solar panels to plug directly into home outlets, expanding access to clean energy. 'Doomsday Clock' ticks 4 Seconds closer to Midnight as unregulated AI and 'Mirror Life' threaten Humanity. The "Doomsday Clock," which reassesses the state of the world annually, is now set at 85 seconds to midnight the closest it has ever been to heralding a manmade global catastrophe. Humanity continues to court species-threatening disaster through nuclear brinkmanship, a failure to address climate change and a hasty rollout of artificial intelligence AI, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the organization that updates the Doomsday Clock. #2026 'A dangerous trend': Olympic skiers voice concern over receding glaciers
"Recent decades have seen intensified ocean stratification, driven by a more rapid warming of the upper ocean compared to deeper layers due to global climate change (45, 46). This increased stratification is likely weakening vertical nutrient transport and thus limiting nutrient availability for phytoplankton growth in the upper ocean."
Environmental groups sue EPA over illegal repeal of climate regulations I've got snow on the ground this morning. Not a lot more than a 'dusting', less than an inch. Pretty much the first snow of the winter, in fact. This has not been a normal winter here in the north Cascades or maybe this is the new normal In any case, for context, I own a snow blower because a 'normal winter' has multiple snowfalls with always at least one occasion of snow up to my knees. Or, in some years, past my hips. I haven't used the blower in 3 years. Researchers didnt think there were sharks in Antarctica waters. Then one was caught on camera. Melbourne, Australia An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep
Michigan has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against four major fossil fuel companies and the top U.S. oil lobbying group for its role in fueling both the climate crisis and rising energy costs, saying they acted as a cartel.
"While rapid reductions in greenhouse gas are essential, they alone are insufficient to prevent a catastrophe ... Sunlight reflection methods, while not a substitute for reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, are the only technologies capable of the Earth within the next critical decade." Bayer agrees to pay $7.25bn to settle Roundup weedkiller cancer lawsuits. Thousands of lawsuits accuse the agrochemical maker of failing to warn people that its weedkiller could cause cancer. "Warming Tripled the Odds of Patagonia Wildfires" This is one of the worst Winters in recent history. Make no mistake, Mother Nature will treat Humanity just as Humanity has treated her. And since Humanity won't put an end to its extractive economies, continuing to treat her with cruelty and indifference, Humanity should prepare itself for everything she has in store for it. Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn't Offer Much Proof what a fascinating trip back in time!
As Trump Obliterates Climate Efforts, States Try to Fill the Gap Across the country, Democratic-led states are accelerating their initiatives to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Their role just became much more important Environmental groups sue Trumps EPA over repeal of landmark climate finding How made deadly floods in Spain even worse. Via scientificamerican
17th of February 2026
430.47 ppm CO2 in the air Chart shows current value and values for the same day 20 years back Climate Change Asian tiger mosquitoes have been in southern and mid-west US states since the 1980s
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Double sided collage about climate anxiety I helped organize a screening of Climate in Therapy at my school (TATI) where climate scientists did group therapy. I made this art while watching to process the film and my own feelings. I chose the box from anti-nausea ginger for the base because I was thinking about how on the surface (represented by the outside of the box, image 1), I try to cover or lessen my climate anxiety and one way that I reduce my anxiety symptoms in general, is with ginger. Then I added collaged words that relate to those surface level feelings and trying to minimize it. On the inside/underside of the box is collaged words with all of my deeper feelings that are more hidden and where they come from in regards to climate anxiety. While these images show the white and green box deconstructed and laid flat, it can also be put back together and then the deeper feelings are even more difficult to access. Catkins on a Salix gracilistyla Mount Aso. The catkins are produced in spring before the leaves.
I moved this shrub a couple of years ago from an area, where it was not doing well. It is meant to grow up to three metres tall but is still tiny, probably on account of its hard start in life.
Upright. Click to see properly. UK floods: Warning issued for days and months of misery to come RE: "reforms" here is perhaps a typo for "deforms"
Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarcticas near-freezing deep. NBC News reports: "Many experts had thought sharks didnt exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica." Rock n roll
The Bafta film awards are going greener but some climate problems are hiding off camera The world has entered an era of global water bankruptcy with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report.
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