Transportation

Ammonia Gas Leak From Tanker Truck In Okla. Sickens Dozens, Forces Evacuations

"A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing hundreds of nearby residents of a small Oklahoma city to evacuate, authorities said Thursday. Several dozen people were treated at hospitals."

Source: AP, 11/14/2025

UN Shipping Regulator Advocates For Emissions Fee At COP30, Despite Trump

"The head of the International Maritime Organization said Monday he’s continuing to “advocate and campaign” for global regulations to move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels, despite the United States and Saudi Arabia blocking new rules last month."

Source: AP, 11/12/2025

"White House Pressured EPA For Broad Rollback Of Tailpipe Rules"

"White House budget officials leaned on EPA to broaden its rollback of tailpipe regulations as it sought this summer to repeal a foundational EPA policy that undergirds most federal climate rules, including those for cars and trucks."

Source: E&E News, 11/05/2025

Judge Cuts Greenpeace Pipeline Protest Penalty In Half to $345 Million

"A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and related entities liable for defamation and other claims in connection with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago."

Source: AP, 10/31/2025

Will Your Town Pass the Electric School Bus Acid Test?

A Biden-era plan to put billions into school buses, clean EV-style, could be in the rearview mirror under the Trump administration, reports the latest TipSheet. That’s despite the fume-free, greenhouse gas-scarce qualities that benefit the air and the climate, parents and kids. To get in the driver’s seat on this story, here are a half a dozen local story ideas, plus reporting resources.

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US Blocks Global Fee On Shipping Emissions As IMO Meeting Ends

"With trade threats from President Donald Trump, the U.S. derailed the world’s first global carbon fee on shipping as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations."

Source: AP, 10/20/2025

Judge Rules Permit For Cameron Parish LNG Terminal Ignored Climate Impacts

"A Cameron Parish judge has ruled that state officials violated the Louisiana Constitution when they issued a permit for a liquified gas export terminal, which has halted construction on the facility."

Source: Louisiana Illuminator, 10/17/2025

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