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• The big emitters: the United States

  In 2021, the United States emitted 6.28 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent -- a measure of all greenhouse gases -- according to Climate Watch, citing data from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

  

• Kansas oil refinery agrees to $23 million in penalties for violating federal air pollution law

  "The emissions reductions achieved under this settlement will result in healthier air for a community disproportionately affected by air pollution," Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim said in the statement.

  

• The EPA's ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism

  The Environmental Protection Agency in April announced new strict emissions limits that the agency says are vital to slowing climate change as people around the globe endure record-high temperatures, raging wildfires and intense storms.

  

• In major climate step, EPA proposes 1st limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

  A rule to be unveiled Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency could force power plants to capture smokestack emissions using a technology that has long been promised but is not in widespread use in the US.

  

• US oil lobby blasts EPA emissions cuts plan, California likes it

  "The stringency of the standards as proposed and illustrated by EPA, are effectively a ban on internal combustion engines," said Bryan Just, a senior policy advisor for vehicles at the American Petroleum Institute.

  

• US cities turn old garbage dumps into solar parks

  When it was completed in 2018, the Annapolis site was the largest landfill solar project in the country, but it has been overtaken repeatedly since then as cities recognize the potential to turn old landfills into solar parks.

  

• Biden administration could delay electric vehicles biofuel program decision

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last year recommended adding EVs to the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which incentivizes oil refiners to blend biofuels. The EPA under the Biden administration is now testing the legal limits of the liquid fuel program by extending it to EVs.

  

• EPA pollution limits aim to boost US electric vehicle sales

  The proposed regulation, announced Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency, would set tailpipe emissions limits for the 2027 through 2032 model years that are the strictest ever imposed - and call for far more new EV sales than the auto industry agreed to less than two years ago.

  

• AP sources: EPA car rule to push huge increase in EV sales

  The EPA will offer a range of options that the agency can select after a public comment period, the officials said. They asked not to be identified because the proposal hasn't been made public. The proposed regulation isn't expected to become final until next year.

  

• EPA cites 2 oil and gas firms over Permian Basin pollution

  The enforcement actions came after EPA flew a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera that can detect emissions of hydrocarbon vapors that are invisible to the naked eye.

  

• US proposes stricter limits on coal plant water pollution

  The Biden administration's proposal for stricter standards at coal-burning plants also encourages the plants to retire or switch to other fuels such as natural gas by 2028.