Energy and Environment: Federal judge rejects Trump-era permits for major Alaska oil project

Caldor Fire explodes, leveling parts of a California town and forcing thousands to evacuate; First-ever water shortage declared on the Colorado River, triggering water cuts for some states in the West; What they saved from the flames; Trump let this pesticide stay on the market. Under Biden, EPA is banning its use on food.; Biden wants to rebuild quickly, but infrastructure bill may bulldoze underprivileged voices.; Smoke gets in their lives: How wildfires have clouded summer for American kids; Wildfires explode again in the West, fanned by turbulent winds; Biden administration proposed reversing Trump's move to weaken furnace and water heater efficiency standards; Poor, unvaccinated countries fear getting to U.N. climate summit may be 'almost insurmountable'; Competing blazes and a heat wave are complicating efforts to help Dixie Fire evacuees; 'This is a very dangerous combination': New study says wildfire smoke linked to increased covid cases, deaths ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Introductory offer: Get one year of digital access for just $40.  Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) Federal judge rejects Trump-era permits for major Alaska oil project The judge threw out the permits on the grounds that federal officials failed to adequately analyze the project's climate impact and other possible development plans, and didn't specify how polar bears would be protected. By Josh Partlow ●  Read more »   Caldor Fire explodes, leveling parts of a California town and forcing thousands to evacuate The blaze in El Dorado County went from 6,500 acres on Tuesday to about 53,000 acres as of Wednesday morning. By Paulina Firozi, Marisa Iati and María Luisa Paúl ●  Read more »   First-ever water shortage declared on the Colorado River, triggering water cuts for some states in the West Low water in the river's largest reservoir, Lake Mead, is a bleak marker of the effects of climate change in the drought-stricken American West. By Karin Brulliard and Joshua Partlow ●  Read more »   What they saved from the flames For those forced to flee, the Dixie Fire brought into focus a daunting question: What do you bring when you may never come home? By Marlena Sloss and Marisa Iati ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump let this pesticide stay on the market. Under Biden, EPA is banning its use on food. Farmers use chlorpyrifos, linked to neurological damage in young children, on crops such as grapes, broccoli and strawberries. By Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   Biden wants to rebuild quickly, but infrastructure bill may bulldoze underprivileged voices. Environmental justice advocates worry they will have less input on some roads, pipelines and other projects. By Dino Grandoni and Darryl Fears ●  Read more »   Smoke gets in their lives: How wildfires have clouded summer for American kids Unhealthy air from Western blazes has scrapped vacations and forced children across the nation to retreat indoors. By Marc Fisher, Jennifer Oldham and Sheila Regan ●  Read more »   Wildfires explode again in the West, fanned by turbulent winds There is elevated fire danger in large parts of the West as California's Dixie and Caldor blazes rapidly expand. By Diana Leonard ●  Read more »   Biden administration proposed reversing Trump's move to weaken furnace and water heater efficiency standards President Biden is unwinding Donald Trump's environmental legacy, while forging his own. The Washington Post is chronicling every step. By Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and John Muyskens ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Poor, unvaccinated countries fear getting to U.N. climate summit may be 'almost insurmountable' Boris Johnson promised shots for delegates in need, but doses are slow to arrive. By William Booth ●  Read more »   Competing blazes and a heat wave are complicating efforts to help Dixie Fire evacuees Shelters face searing temperatures, surging covid cases and a wildfire season that threatens to worsen at any moment as they rush to aid the displaced. By Marisa Iati ●  Read more »   'This is a very dangerous combination': New study says wildfire smoke linked to increased covid cases, deaths Harvard University researchers studied more than 90 counties in the West that were hit hard by wildfires in 2020. By Josh Partlow ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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