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Articles by Marianne Lavelle
Climate Is on the Ballot, Even if It’s Not in Candidates’ Campaign Messages
In the final stretch of their midterm drive to gain control of Congress, Democratic candidates are talking mostly about the pain of high energy costs, not the risks of climate change. But advocates of climate action view the Nov. 3 elections as a crucial moment for the movement.
Climate Is on the Ballot, Even if It’s Not in Candidates’ Campaign Messages
In the final stretch of their midterm drive to gain control of Congress, Democratic candidates are talking mostly about the pain of high energy costs, not the risks of climate change. But advocates of climate action view the Nov. 3 elections as a crucial moment for the movement.
Climate Is on the Ballot, Even if It’s Not in Candidates’ Campaign Messages
Activists view November’s midterm elections as crucial for curbing Trump’s fossil fuel agenda and building a foundation for renewed action. By Marianne Lavelle In the final stretch of their midterm drive to gain control of Congress, Democratic candidates are talking mostly about the pain of high energy…
Top EPA official’s visits to Pa., other swing states ahead of midterms raise ethics concerns
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. It’s not unusual for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to be on the road touting the Trump administration’s agenda, but his travel itinerary in the weeks before the midterm election looks like a trail of political hot spots.
Watchdog Questions Zeldin’s Tour With Embattled GOP Candidates
It’s not unusual for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to be on the road touting the Trump administration’s agenda, but his travel itinerary in the weeks before the midterm election looks like a trail of political hot spots. On Thursday, Zeldin traveled to an auto repair shop and a construction firm in central Pennsylvania with Rep. Scott Perry, one of the most endangered Republicans in Congress. Earlier in the week, Zeldin was in Iowa with Republican Rep.
Watchdog Questions Zeldin’s Tour With Embattled GOP Candidates
The EPA administrator is visiting battleground districts and states in the runup to the midterm elections. Are the trips for policy or politics? By Marianne Lavelle It’s not unusual for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to be on the road touting the Trump administration’s agenda, but…
Michigan spill prompts federal probe of Energy Transfer pipelines’ safety
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. A crude oil pipeline spill last month in the Detroit suburbs has prompted federal authorities to open an investigation into the safety of all 20,000 miles of hazardous liquids pipelines operated by Energy Transfer.
Michigan Spill Prompts Federal Probe of Energy Transfer Pipelines’ Safety
A crude oil pipeline spill last month in the Detroit suburbs has prompted federal authorities to open an investigation into the safety of all 20,000 miles of hazardous liquids pipelines operated by Energy Transfer. The 600-gallon spill at a commercial intersection in Sterling Heights, Michigan, has received little media coverage. Local news reports at the time, based on a statement from the city, described a much smaller spill and stressed that no residents or homes were in danger.
Michigan Spill Prompts Federal Probe of Energy Transfer Pipelines’ Safety
The spill just north of Detroit, similar to a jet fuel leak last year in Pennsylvania, comes as Republicans face political peril in Michigan. By Marianne Lavelle A crude oil pipeline spill last month in the Detroit suburbs has prompted federal authorities to open an investigation into the safety of all 20,000…
Why This Long-Sought, Bipartisan Senate Deal Has Environmentalists Feuding
The so-called lame duck session of Congress after November’s midterm elections could be momentous for clean energy, as lawmakers are set to consider a long-sought bipartisan deal to speed permitting of large energy and infrastructure projects. Clean energy advocates and policy experts view the bill as a rare opportunity to deal with a major clean energy roadblock—long queues for interconnection to the grid.
Long-Awaited Senate Deal to Speed Permitting Faces Familiar Hurdles
The so-called “lame duck” session of Congress after November’s midterm elections could be momentous for clean energy as lawmakers are set to consider a long-sought bipartisan deal to speed permitting of large energy and infrastructure projects. Clean energy advocates and policy experts view the bill as a rare opportunity to deal with a major clean energy roadblock—long queues for interconnection to the grid.
Long-Awaited Senate Deal to Speed Permitting Faces Familiar Hurdles
Amid skepticism from some environmentalists, clean energy advocates see the reforms as crucial for a transition from fossil fuels. By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino The so-called “lame duck” session of Congress after November’s midterm elections could be momentous for clean energy as lawmakers are set to…
Alito’s Recusal From a Key Climate Case May Be Too Little, Too Late
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Justice Samuel Alito decided Monday to sit out one of the most consequential climate change cases to reach the Supreme Court, but legal experts expected continuing ramifications due to his ownership of individual corporate stocks, including in the fossil fuel industry.
Alito’s Recusal From Climate Case: Too Little, Too Late?
Justice Samuel Alito decided Monday to sit out one of the most consequential climate change cases to reach the Supreme Court, but legal experts expected continuing ramifications due to his ownership of individual corporate stocks, including in the fossil fuel industry.
Alito’s Recusal From Climate Case: Too Little, Too Late?
The justice’s participation in the Boulder case already may have been pivotal, and his continued stock holdings—including in fossil fuels—keep an ethics cloud over the Supreme Court. By Marianne Lavelle Justice Samuel Alito decided Monday to sit out one of the most consequential climate change cases to…
Whitehouse: Call Out the Corruption Propelling the US Climate Retreat
Democrats controlled the Senate and the presidency when Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse first sought to roust his colleagues from the chamber’s floor, warning them that they were sleep-walking into climate disaster. Fourteen years and more than 300 “Time to Wake Up” speeches later, the Rhode Island Democrat is again prodding members of his own party—but now over a disaster that is manifest in rising costs and greater hazards across the country.
Whitehouse: Call Out the Corruption Propelling the US Climate Retreat
The Rhode Island senator, who could lead the Judiciary Committee if Democrats win in November, urges stronger messaging and a focus on Supreme Court reform. By Marianne Lavelle Democrats controlled the Senate and the presidency when Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse first sought to roust his colleagues from the…
As hostilities flare and oil prices spike, US consumers pay at the pump
Hours after President Donald Trump predicted on Truth Social that oil prices would fall precipitously once the United States wins its war with Iran, strikes on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure by Iranian-backed Houthis Tuesday caused global oil prices to spike to nearly $100 per barrel.
Jet Fuel in the Water
Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. In this episode, we delve into how President Donald Trump’s environmental policy rollbacks are impacting ordinary people. In Pennsylvania, a jet fuel pipeline spill has tainted the drinking water source for more than 200 homes in Pennsylvania and homeowners continue to struggle with the cleanup.
Court Rules Against Trump Order to Keep Costly Michigan Coal Plant Running
A federal appeals court has struck down the Trump administration’s use of emergency powers to require a coal-fired power plant in Michigan to remain open, ruling that the U.S. Department of Energy exceeded its authority. The 3-0 decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is a rebuke of the administration’s attempt to use a policy tool designed for wartime to stop just about any coal-fired power plant from closing.
Consumers pay at the pump as hostilities flare, oil prices spike Original
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here.
A pipeline giant that spilled jet fuel in Pa. is trying to weaken a clean water law
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Energy Transfer, the Dallas-based pipeline giant facing a state-level criminal probe related to a jet fuel spill that polluted drinking water in a suburban Philadelphia neighborhood, is seeking to have part of Pennsylvania’s 89-year-old Clean Streams Law declared unconstitutional.
As Hostilities Flare and Oil Prices Spike, U.S. Consumers Pay at the Pump
Hours after President Donald Trump predicted on Truth Social that oil prices would fall precipitously once the United States wins its war with Iran, strikes on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure by Iranian-backed Houthis Tuesday caused global oil prices to spike to nearly $100 per barrel.
A pipeline giant that spilled jet fuel in Pa. is trying to weaken a clean water law
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Energy Transfer, the Dallas-based pipeline giant facing a state-level criminal probe related to a jet fuel spill that polluted drinking water in a suburban Philadelphia neighborhood, is seeking to have part of Pennsylvania’s 89-year-old Clean Streams Law declared unconstitutional.
As Hostilities Flare and Oil Prices Spike, U.S. Consumers Pay at the Pump
Experts say President Trump’s rollback of climate policy is leaving consumers more vulnerable to price shocks and pollution. By Marianne Lavelle Hours after President Donald Trump predicted on Truth Social that oil prices would fall precipitously once the United States wins its war with Iran, strikes on Saudi…
A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Bucks County Is Trying to Weaken a Pennsylvania Clean Water Law
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Energy Transfer, the Dallas-based pipeline giant facing a state-level criminal probe related to a jet fuel spill that polluted drinking water in a suburban Philadelphia neighborhood, is seeking to have part of Pennsylvania’s 89-year-old Clean Streams Law declared unconstitutional.
A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Pennsylvania Is Trying to Weaken a Clean Water Law
Energy Transfer, the Dallas-based pipeline giant facing a state-level criminal probe related to a jet fuel spill that polluted drinking water in a suburban Philadelphia neighborhood, is seeking to have part of Pennsylvania’s 89-year-old Clean Streams Law declared unconstitutional.
A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Pennsylvania Is Trying to Weaken a Clean Water Law
Energy Transfer has not yet been charged, but it is already moving to head off a criminal case over the monthslong jet fuel leak into a neighborhood’s drinking water source. By Marianne Lavelle Energy Transfer, the Dallas-based pipeline giant facing a state-level criminal probe related to a jet fuel spill…
New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects
When the Trump administration last fall unveiled its cornerstone policy for carrying out the Clean Water Act—new language spelling out the reach of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority—it said one of its goals was to return power to states and tribes.
New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects
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New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects
At issue is a Clean Water Act provision that has long given states a role in decision-making on infrastructure that would affect streams and wetlands. By Marianne Lavelle When the Trump administration last fall unveiled its cornerstone policy for carrying out the Clean Water Act—new language spelling out the…
Neighbors live in fear after pipeline leak in ‘unleashing American energy’ era
Now, Casina-Harper can show on her phone the government website where she can look up the map of the pipeline passing near Council Rock High School North, her alma mater, where she and her husband dream of sending their daughter one day. “No homeowner should ever have to become an expert in pipeline safety,” said U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, the Republican who represents the area in Congress.
Slow cleanup of Pa. pipeline leak shows effects of Trump admin rolling back environmental oversight
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa.— As their children ran in circles at the street corner on a clear morning, parents of Mount Eyre Manor kept watch, especially mindful of the white pickup trucks that begin to roll into the neighborhood before the school bus.
Slow cleanup of Pa. pipeline leak shows effects of Trump admin rolling back environmental oversight
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In Bucks County, Neighbors of Pipeline Leak Live in Fear and Regulatory Neglect in Trump Era of ‘Unleashed’ Energy
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa.— As their children ran in circles at the street corner on a clear morning, parents of Mount Eyre Manor kept watch, especially mindful of the white pickup trucks that begin to roll into the neighborhood before the school bus.
Neighbors of Pipeline Leak Live in Fear and Regulatory Neglect in Trump Era of ‘Unleashed’ Energy
Veronica and Ryan Harper moved into their home in Mount Eyre Manor eight years ago and did not know that the development was situated on top of a petroleum pipeline. (photo: Tracie Van Auken/Inside Climate News) As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow clean-up of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.
Neighbors Live in Fear After Pipeline Leak in ‘Unleashing American Energy’ Era
UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa.— As their children ran in circles at the street corner on a clear morning, parents of Mount Eyre Manor kept watch, especially mindful of the white pickup trucks that begin to roll into the neighborhood before the school bus. Only after their 6-year-old daughter boarded the bus did Ryan Harper and Veronica Casina-Harper talk about the nightmare of the past year and a half.
Heat Wave Politics: GOP Leaders Deride Calls to Conserve Original
Seeking to sow unity amid a pending heat crisis, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani reaped a whirlwind of right-wing rage. Mamdani’s post on X on Wednesday urged New Yorkers to turn their thermostats to 78 degrees F and turn off unneeded lights and electronics—nothing original. It echoed the advice of the state’s largest utility, ConEd, which also asked customers to limit air conditioning in a Tuesday press release. “Let’s ease demand — and get through the heat — together,” Mamdani wrote.
Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News
With half of Americans under a major heat advisory, official warnings and response are colored by the nation’s deep political divide. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Seeking to sow unity amid a pending heat crisis, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani reaped a whirlwind of right-wing rage. Mamdani’s post on X on Wednesday urged New Yorkers […]
Trump admin defends its coal must-run orders in court Original
The administration told judges that it alone has the power to decide whether an energy emergency exists, a claim that a Michigan official called “unprecedented.” Consumers Energy had planned to retire the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Michigan, on May 31, 2025, but the Trump administration ordered it to keep operating. The administration cited an energy emergency, which Michigan officials deny.
What Is an Energy Emergency? The Trump Administration Says It Alone Decides.
The Trump administration on Friday defended its legal authority to order coal plants to stay open, arguing before a panel of federal judges that it alone has the power to decide whether an energy emergency exists. The case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is focused on the J.H. Campbell power plant on the banks of Lake Michigan, the first of six aging coal and oil plants that Energy Secretary Chris Wright has blocked from planned retirement.
What Is an Energy Emergency? The Trump Administration Says It Alone Decides.
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Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Bid to Block Hawaii Climate Lawsuit
In a setback to the Trump administration’s extraordinary legal campaign against state climate action, a federal judge threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to prevent the state of Hawaii from suing oil companies for damages. Trump administration lawyers had claimed that Hawaii, by trying to sue fossil fuel companies, was standing in the way of the national effort to secure reliable sources of domestic energy.
Forest Service shake-up comes as risky wildfire season looms
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter at insideclimatenews.org/newsletter. In announcing one of the largest reorganizations in the 120-year history of the U.S. Forest Service, the Trump administration declared that there would be “no interruption or change” to the agency’s firefighting force.
Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance
In President Donald Trump’s telling, the United States has fuel enough to hover above the chaos that his attack on Iran has triggered in global energy markets. “We’re in great shape for the future,” Trump said in a speech last week, asserting that this nation, as the world’s biggest oil and gas producer, doesn’t rely on the tankers Iran blocked from passage through the Strait of Hormuz for the past month.
Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance
In President Donald Trump’s telling, the United States has fuel enough to hover above the chaos that his attack on Iran has triggered in global energy markets. “We’re in great shape for the future,” Trump said in a speech last week, asserting that this nation, as the world’s biggest oil and gas producer, doesn’t rely on the tankers Iran blocked from passage through the Strait of Hormuz for the past month.
Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance
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Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms
In announcing one of the largest reorganizations in the 120-year history of the U.S. Forest Service, the Trump administration declared that there would be “no interruption or change” to the agency’s firefighting force. But critics say the upheaval comes at the worst possible time—with the agency’s ranks already depleted and demoralized, and a new federal wildfire forecast showing exceptionally high fire risk in both the Southeast and across much of the West over the next three months.
Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms
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Why Ohio electricity bills are so high—and their political impact
This article is courtesy of Inside Climate News Protestors stood in the snow outside the offices of Ohio’s utility regulator in January to say they were fed up with rising electricity rates. Even a few years ago, the scene would have been hard to imagine, considering the complexity of utility costs and the obscurity of state regulatory agencies. But rate hikes in Ohio and across the country have provoked frustrated consumers to demand answers.
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