California sues Trump energy department over revival of controversial oil pipeline

Attorney general decries ‘outrageous federal overreach’ after government restarted pipeline closed over 2015 spill

California attorney general Rob Bonta said he has sued the US energy department to stop it from using a cold-war era law to restart the long-disputed Sable Offshore pipeline system linking the Santa Ynez offshore platform to California refineries.

US energy secretary Chris Wright earlier this month restarted the pipelines using powers granted to him by Donald Trump through an executive order that invoked the Defense Production Act to supersede state laws.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/california-trump-energy-department-oil-pipeline

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Hawaii assesses damage left by worst flooding in more than 20 years

People evacuated on Oahu and Maui as rains lifted houses and cars, swept through stores and left streets mud-clogged

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Hawaii is assessing the extensive damage left by the worst flooding the islands have seen in more than 20 years.

Heavy rains and floodwater forced thousands on the North Shore of Oahu to evacuate over the weekend and triggered evacuation orders for parts of Maui. Floodwater from rains lifted houses and cars, inundated farms and swept through grocery stores on the islands, leaving behind a thick layer of mud.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/hawaii-flooding-oahu-maui

How a ban on religious symbols has triggered a Canadian constitutional debate

Quebec's law to regulate religious symbols goes to the Supreme Court in a constitutional test case.

Trump says ICE agents will assist airport security as DHS shutdown continues

Travellers have faced hours-long waits at airports around the country as a partial government shutdown has left TSA agents without pay.

Ministers confirm locations for seven new towns in England

Programme is being billed as the most ambitious housebuilding project in England for half a century

Ministers have confirmed the locations for seven new towns, which include under-developed inner-city land, a historic village and an existing new town.

The programme is being billed by the housing and communities department as the most ambitious housebuilding project in England for half a century, with the planned construction of between 15,000 and 40,000 homes in each new town.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/22/ministers-confirm-locations-new-towns-england-housebuilding

Hawaii urges residents to ‘leave now’ amid worst flooding in over 20 years

People in hard-hit areas of Oahu and Maui told to evacuate with still more rain expected over the weekend

As Hawaii endures its worst flooding in more than 20 years, officials urged people in hard-hit areas to “LEAVE NOW”. That warning early on Saturday came after heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago, and still more was expected over the weekend.

Muddy floodwaters smothered vast stretches of Oahu’s North Shore, a community renowned for its big-wave surfing. Raging waters lifted homes and cars and prompted evacuation orders for 5,500 people north of Honolulu. Authorities cautioned that a 120-year-old dam could fail.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/21/hawaii-flooding-warnings