<p><i> 5 minutes </i></p><p>This article outlines pertinent legal and policy climate change developments in the United States during the past week. These include the Bureau of Land Management's release of a proposed methane rule, proposals to expand the Renewable Fuel Standard programme by the Environmental Protection Agency, and new funding to help tribes affected by climate change address the impacts of climate change and relocate.</p>
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) launched “Electrifying Truck Fleets for Cleaner Air in Our Communities,” a $12.7 million Driving PA Forward initiative to improve air quality by supporting local freight truck electrification. Projects serving environmental justice areas, high traffic density areas, and Act 47 financially distressed municipalities are