Energy and Environment: Major automakers strike climate deal with California, rebuffing Trump on proposed mileage freeze

Europe heat wave smashes temperature records across the continent; The Energy 202: Trump's environmental team scrutinized for tighter control of public records; A glacier is dead. A monument will tell visitors whose fault it was.; The Energy 202: Key House Democrats propose eliminating climate-warming emissions by 2050; Deadly fungal disease may be linked to climate change, study suggests; The Energy 202: Trump does not get the point of plastic straw bans. Pollution experts explain.; EPA's watchdog scrutinizes ethics practices of former air policy chief; EPA will not ban use of controversial pesticide linked to children's health problems; Top Trump officials tell Bureau of Land Management staff most of them must leave D.C. by end of next year

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.       Mary Nichols, chairman of the California Air Resources Board. (Dania Maxwell/Bloomberg) Major automakers strike climate deal with California, rebuffing Trump on proposed mileage freeze Four automakers have struck a deal with California to increase gas mileage standards over the next six years, potentially undercutting a key Trump administration climate rollback. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis ● Read more » Europe heat wave smashes temperature records across the continent The punishing (and often lethal) heat is afflicting cities and regions largely without air conditioning. By James McAuley and Andrew Freedman ● Read more »   The Energy 202: Trump's environmental team scrutinized for tighter control of public records Even some Republicans are concerned about the EPA's FOIA practices. By Dino Grandoni ● Read more » A glacier is dead. A monument will tell visitors whose fault it was. Researchers at Rice University created a memorial for an Icelandic glacier lost to human-caused climate change. By Morgan Krakow ● Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Energy 202: Key House Democrats propose eliminating climate-warming emissions by 2050 But that's not enough for Green New Deal supporters. By Dino Grandoni ● Read more » Deadly fungal disease may be linked to climate change, study suggests Candida auris was identified just a decade ago and has been found in 30 countries on multiple continents. By Lena Sun ● Read more »   The Energy 202: Trump does not get the point of plastic straw bans. Pollution experts explain. They can become particularly pernicious pieces of waste. By Dino Grandoni ● Read more » ADVERTISEMENT EPA's watchdog scrutinizes ethics practices of former air policy chief Bill Wehrum, who resigned last month, was an architect of policies reversing limits on carbon pollution. By Juliet Eilperin ● Read more » EPA will not ban use of controversial pesticide linked to children's health problems The EPA rejected a petition by environmental and public health groups to ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin ● Read more »   Top Trump officials tell Bureau of Land Management staff most of them must leave D.C. by end of next year Senior Trump officials told Bureau of Land Management staffers that most of them must leave Washington under the Interior Department's reorganization plan. By Juliet Eilperin and Darryl Fears ● Read more » We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Speaking of Science for the latest, greatest and weirdest in science news, every Wednesday. Expect news on discoveries, animals and space. Sign up »

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