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From lawsuits over regulatory delays to public record requests, climate change has proved to be fertile ground for litigation during the first year of the Trump administration, according to a new report chronicling lawsuit trends over the past year.
Cleveland's Cuyahoga River burned for the last time 50 years ago this week. It was a small fire, under control in a half hour and fully extinguished within two hours. A firefighter told reporters it "wasn't that big a deal." Yet the blaze has been credited with sparking passage of the Clean Water Act. Here's how a minor, local incident morphed into national myth.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said yesterday he has reached a deal with legislative leaders over a bill to slash New York's greenhouse gas emissions.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire
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Cleveland's Cuyahoga River burned for the last time 50 years ago this week. It was a small fire, under control in a half hour and fully extinguished within two hours. A firefighter told reporters it "wasn't that big a deal." Yet the blaze has been credited with sparking passage of the Clean Water Act. Here's how a minor, local incident morphed into national myth.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said yesterday he has reached a deal with legislative leaders over a bill to slash New York's greenhouse gas emissions.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire