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- 1Trump administration to slash clean car emissions rules▼Trump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissions
The Trump administration is moving to significantly roll back US clean car rules designed to cut climate-warming emissions from vehicles. The decision would loosen tailpipe pollution and fuel efficiency standards that have pushed automakers toward electric vehicles. Environmental groups are expected to challenge the move, while carmakers face uncertainty over future regulatory requirements in the American market.
- 2Poll finds bipartisan support for clean air and clean energy▼Poll shows bipartisan support for reducing air pollution and growing clean energy
A new poll indicates that voters across the political spectrum back reducing air pollution and expanding clean energy, according to Environment America. The findings suggest environmental policies retain broad popular support despite partisan divisions in politics. Advocates say the results could encourage lawmakers from both parties to back clean air and renewable energy measures.
- 3Digital Tools Target Rice Emissions and Super Pollutants●Digital Solutions for Rice: Reducing Super Pollutants Across Food and Climate Systems
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is highlighting digital solutions for rice cultivation as a way to cut super pollutants such as methane across food and climate systems. Rice paddies are a major source of methane, a potent short-lived greenhouse gas, and the initiative points to technology-driven practices that can reduce emissions while supporting food production and climate goals.
- 4Report Says Taxpayers Subsidize Billionaires' Private Jets●Working-Class Taxpayers Subsidize Billionaires' Climate-Killing Private Jets
Common Dreams reports that US tax rules effectively shift the cost of private jet travel onto ordinary taxpayers, arguing these subsidies disproportionately benefit the ultra-wealthy while their flights produce outsized carbon emissions. Critics say the practice amounts to working-class Americans financing climate pollution by billionaires, and are calling for the tax breaks to be scrapped.
- 5Pennsylvania gardener links front garden blooms to climate worries●Our Front Garden. Pennsylvania. # pennsylvaniagardens # pennsylvaniagardener # globalwarming # climatechange # motherear
A gardener in Pennsylvania has shared photographs of their front garden, showing peonies and other plants in bloom, while pairing the images with hashtags about global warming, climate change, pollution and protecting the environment. The post frames an ordinary domestic garden as a small statement of environmental concern, prompting warm engagement from fellow gardening and climate-conscious users.