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Members of the court’s conservative majority voiced skepticism that Congress had authorized the agency to decide what they said were major political and economic questions.
President Biden says he wants to alleviate the outsize burdens that Americans of color face from pollution. But using race to allocate help could mean legal trouble.
Billions in federal infrastructure funding slated to go to states with few strings attached could fund roadway construction and widening projects that will raise greenhouse gas emissions and worsen climate change.
The I.O.C. awarded this year’s Winter Games to a place almost completely lacking in snow. China’s water-scarce capital had to go to enormous lengths to make it.
The I.O.C. awarded this year’s Winter Games to a place almost completely lacking in snow. China’s water-scarce capital had to go to enormous lengths to make it.