Environmental news from mainstream news sources Reuters, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press USA Today and BBC America.
- The World Needs Natural Gas Now, but the U.S. Is Exporting All It CanEven the largest global supplier of liquefied natural gas can’t make up for the shortfall since the war in Iran cut off an important source.
- ICE Warehouse Plan Faces Delay Over Lack of Environmental ReviewsOfficials have argued in court filings that the projects are exempt from federally required assessments, but are scrambling after a judge disagreed.
- Rescue Effort for Russian Tanker Fails, in a New Era of Maritime PerilThe ship, which carried fuel and natural gas, has been adrift for weeks in the Mediterranean Sea after a drone attack, alarming officials who fear an environmental disaster.
- A New Bureau Will Oversee Both Offshore Drilling and Seabed MiningThe new federal office will undo a change made after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Critics say it could reduce environmental oversight.
- The ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Movement Is Cooling on Trump and RepublicansVaccine skeptics, ‘organic moms’ and environmental activists came together to elect President Trump. But some voters are disillusioned and might not turn out again.
- Sewage Spill Is Over, But Contamination Lingers In PotomacThough river monitoring shows bacteria levels have declined, scientists and environmentalists said a full recovery isn’t yet assured.
- As Democrats Outraise Republican Candidates, the G.O.P. Has This $600 Million EdgeEven as the party faces a worrisome political environment and its candidates are outraised by Democratic ones, powerful Republican groups and super PACs have built a colossal advantage.
- Supreme Court Rejects Oil Company Argument in Fight Over Great Lakes PipelineThe justices sided with Michigan officials, who have raised environmental alarms and pushed to decommission an aging section of the pipeline.
- E.P.A., Maryland Sue D.C. Utility Over Potomac River SewageIn separate lawsuits, environmental regulators said D.C. Water failed to prevent and contain a massive spill of raw sewage upstream of Washington.
- Strait of Hormuz May Not Return to Normal, Whether It’s Open or ClosedThe energy industry is planning for a future where the choke point on Iran’s southern coast is a lot less important.
- Environmental Groups Sue to Stop BP Kaskida Drilling PlanOpponents of the project, known as Kaskida, say an accident could be even worse than the Deepwater Horizon spill. The company says it’s learned from the past.
- Why a Democratic Senate, Once Unthinkable, Is a Real PossibilityHelped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.
- Reopening Strait of Hormuz Would Ease Oil Crisis but Only So MuchAnalysts said energy and shipping companies would be reluctant to fully restore operations until they were confident that hostilities were over.
- Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal LawsuitsThe companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move environmental lawsuits out of state courts, to friendlier federal venues.
- Oil Prices Fall Sharply After Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is OpenBut analysts said it was not clear how quickly the oil industry in the Persian Gulf would be able to get back to normal.
- Senate Votes to Allow Mining Near Boundary Waters WildernessThe move was a victory for a Chilean company that wants to build a copper and nickel mine, which environmentalists say could devastate fragile lakes and forests.
- Trump’s Latest Oil Blockade Brings Bigger Economic RisksOil markets shrugged it off, but the effort to hurt Iran could provoke retaliation that inflicts more damage on energy assets and the global economy.
- China’s Electrostate Is Poised to Win From War in the Middle EastA cluster of Chinese firms is poised to win big from the energy crisis set off by the war in the Middle East, building on booming investment in artificial intelligence.
- Iran War Drives Deeper Oil Shock Than Prices RevealThe war with Iran is preventing huge amounts of oil from flowing out of the Persian Gulf, but the prices that many people track don’t fully capture the scale of the disruption.
- Gas Prices Won’t Quickly Return to Prewar Levels, Even if the Strait of Hormuz ReopensSome wells can be turned on in days or weeks, but bringing the Gulf’s energy system back to something akin to normal will take months.
- The Three Big Questions Delaying New York’s BudgetLegislators are weighing tax increases on the wealthy and changes to laws meant to protect immigrants and the environment as the state budget deadline passes.
- ‘God Squad’ Waives Environmental Rules for Drilling in the Gulf of MexicoThe panel voted to override Endangered Species Act restrictions on oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico, home to critically endangered whales and other imperiled wildlife.
- Edward Russo Says Donald Trump Is an ‘Environmental Hero’Edward Russo, the only member of a White House task force, thinks the president doesn’t get enough credit for conservation at his golf courses, among other things.
- Are New York’s Environmental Concerns Worsening a Housing Shortage?Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to exempt a majority of new housing from state environmental reviews, arguing that sufficient safeguards are in place at the local level.
- Attacks on Oil and Natural Gas Facilities Could Lead to Much Higher PricesAttacks on oil and natural gas facilities this week could make it much harder for Persian Gulf countries to rebuild and restart production when the war eventually ends.
- An Abandoned Russian Tanker Is Drifting at Sea. Will Anyone Stop It?An attack forced its crew to abandon ship in early March. No country has intervened, despite fears of environmental disaster.
- Oil Begins Flowing Through California Pipeline Under Trump OrderOil had not flowed through the pipeline since a 2015 rupture caused an environmental disaster on California’s Central Coast. It sets up a new fight between the Trump administration and state officials.
- Why Little Was Done to Head Off Oil’s Strait of Hormuz ProblemGeography and regional rivalries have prevented Gulf countries from finding a true alternative to the strait, which the war with Iran has effectively shut down.
- U.S. Solar Installations Fell in 2025 as Trump Attacked Clean EnergyMore solar energy was added to U.S. grids than any other technology, but the amount installed fell by 14 percent, according to a new report.
- ‘The Old Game Is Back’: Oil Is a Potent Geopolitical Tool AgainThe war in the Middle East has sent prices soaring, showing how much the world continues to depend on reliable supplies of oil and gas.
- Oil Prices Spike Over $110 a Barrel, Highest Since PandemicThe jump was a sign of growing concern that the war in the Middle East will take a toll on energy supplies.
- Oil Prices Surge Above $100 a Barrel for the First Time in Almost Four YearsThe jump was a sign of growing concern that the war in the Middle East will take a toll on energy supplies. Stock futures fell about 1.5 percent.
- Vulnerable California Republican Darrell Issa Drops Re-election BidThe decisions by Darrell Issa and Kevin Kiley, made newly vulnerable by redistricting, demonstrated the challenges Republicans face in a difficult midterm environment.
- Half of Colorectal Cancer Cases Now Occur in Those Under 65, Study ShowsIt isn’t clear what’s driving the shift, but scientists suspect that environmental exposures may be partially to blame.
- Oil Prices Jump After Iran AttackHow long prices remain high will depend on what the United States, Israel and Iran do next.
- Newsom Heads to Nashville to Promote His Book, and Finds Many Former CaliforniansScores of Californians have moved to Tennessee for its friendlier business environment and conservative politics. On Saturday, the Democratic governor accused of driving them away paid a visit.
- He Was a Climate Activist. One Day, the F.B.I. Came Knocking.As the Trump administration cracks down on climate change activism, members of environmental groups like Extinction Rebellion fear they are being targeted.
- E.P.A. Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate RuleEnvironmental and health groups sued the E.P.A. over its elimination of the endangerment finding. The matter is likely to end up before the Supreme Court.
- E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents ShowSenior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter.
- Uber Taking Steps to Expand Number of EV Chargers Near Its DriversThe company said it would encourage companies that operated chargers to install them in neighborhoods where its drivers lived and work.
- Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender YouthNYU Langone Health cited the “current regulatory environment” in its decision to discontinue its gender medicine program for minors.
- It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans. This Year, the Party Might Be a Bit Greener.Carnival can generate more than 1,000 tons of trash every year. A coalition of nonprofit groups, city officials and scientists has a plan to clean it up.
- Trump Administration Ends Credit for Start-Stop Feature in CarsManufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at red lights.
- Venezuela’s Natural Gas, Not Oil, Might Be a Big Early PrizeThe South American country has natural gas that could be extracted and exported quickly, but U.S. sanctions, which are now being eased, have stymied development.
- Six possible effects of Trump's climate policy changeThe announcement on Thursday removes the legal bedrock for much of US environmental legislation.
- Six possible effects of Trump's climate policy changeThe announcement on Thursday removes the legal bedrock for much of US environmental legislation.
- Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public healthThe White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.
- Trump Repeals Key Greenhouse Gas Finding, Erasing EPA’s Power to Fight Climate ChangeThe Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.
- Ford Will Make a Play for a Different Battery MarketThe company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
- Laid-Off Battery Plant Workers Pin Blame on Ford, not Trump, for Lost JobsFord Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.
- New Mexico Rebukes Federal Agency Over Nuclear Waste at Los AlamosState environmental regulators will also fine the Energy Department up to $16 million for exceeding safe groundwater standards near the nuclear lab.
- Saalumarada Thimmakka Dies; Planted and Nurtured Thousands of TreesBelieved to be 113, she spent decades building an environmental legacy in India, inspired by her grief at being unable to conceive children.