Recent climate and environmental developments include regulatory rollbacks, legal challenges, and environmental hazards across the US and UK.
Key Points
The Trump administration has announced plans to slash clean car rules, reducing requirements for automakers to limit pollution from gas-powered vehicles.
A federal workers' union is suing the EPA, alleging that the administration illegally terminated a collective bargaining agreement to suppress political dissent.
US households are facing a sharp increase in electricity shutoffs, with disconnections rising 28% in 10 states during a record-breaking heat wave in July 2026.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself from a major climate case involving claims that fossil-fuel companies deceived the public, amid concerns over his personal stock holdings.
A new study argues that decades of donations from fossil fuel companies to US universities have influenced climate research, facilitating political attacks on academic findings.
Environmental concerns are rising in California as a slow-moving, planetary-scale Kelvin wave threatens to raise sea levels by up to a foot due to trapped warm water.
South West Water has been hit with a record ÂŁ8 million fine by a district judge for hundreds of illegal sewage spills across Cornwall and Devon.
Experts warn that global light pollution is increasing by 10% annually, prompting calls for cities to implement new regulations to restore natural darkness for ecological health.