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"Rural Ohioans Oppose Solar Farms, Right? Not So, Developer Finds"

"A large majority of public commenters support Open Road Renewables’ plan to build a big agrivoltaics project in central Ohio." "A new analysis shows that a clear majority of people submitting comments on a planned central Ohio solar farm support the project — a stark contrast with how opponents have portrayed public sentiment."

Source: Canary Media, 02/20/2025

"WWF Helping Facilitate Trade In Polar Bear Fur, Investigation Reveals"

"The wildlife charity WWF has been maintaining policies that work to support the trade in polar bear fur at the same time as using images of the bears to raise money, it can be revealed."

Source: Guardian, 02/20/2025

"Climate Advocacy Groups File Two Lawsuits Against Trump Administration"

"Green advocacy groups filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration on Wednesday, marking the first environmental legal challenges against the president’s second administration. Both focus on the Trump administration’s moves to open up more of US waters to oil and gas drilling, which the plaintiffs say are illegal."

Source: Guardian, 02/20/2025

"Trump Moves To Claw Back Almost 50 Years Of NEPA Regs"

"The Trump administration is moving to pull back almost five decades’ of rules crafted and imposed under the National Environmental Policy Act, a foundational statute widely known as the “magna carta” of environmental laws."

Source: E&E News, 02/20/2025

"Trump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls"

"President Trump intends to revoke federal approval of New York City’s congestion pricing program, fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy that tolls drivers who enter Manhattan’s busiest streets to help finance repairs to mass transit."

Source: NYTimes, 02/20/2025

"Another Casualty Of Trump’s Funding Freeze: New Orleans’ Tree Canopy"

"When President Donald Trump issued a series of orders that froze billions of dollars in federal climate funding late last month, he also slammed the brakes on the most ambitious replanting initiative in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina wiped out more than 200,000 trees across the city. The blocked funding could also spell the end of the nonprofit group spearheading the restoration of New Orleans’ tree canopy, which has suffered an almost 30 percent decrease over the past 20 years."

Source: Verite News, 02/19/2025

"National Science Foundation Fires Roughly 10% Of Its Workforce"

"The National Science Foundation fired 168 employees on Tuesday. According to an NSF spokesperson, the firings are to ensure compliance with President Trump's executive order aimed at reducing the federal workforce in the name of efficiency."

Source: NPR, 02/19/2025

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