Economy & Business

"Work To Get Lead Paint Out Of NJ Homes Faces Funding Cliff"

"Work to get lead out of Garden State homes has surged in recent years, fueled by an influx of federal pandemic relief money and urgency from Newark’s drinking water crisis. But it’s been years since Newark largely dealt with its water problems, with the subsequent calm taking attention away from lead issues."

Source: Gothamist, 04/02/2026

Trump EPA Official In Charge Of Methane Regs Helped Write Oil's Case Against Them

"Before becoming a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency, Aaron Szabo was a lobbyist for the oil and gas industry. Metadata shows he helped draft a trade group’s 2022 letter to the EPA objecting to controls on methane emissions."

Source: ProPublica, 04/02/2026

Trump Plans To Move Forest Service HQ To Utah And Shutter Research Sites

"President Donald Trump’s administration will move the U.S. Forest Service headquarters out of the nation’s capital to Salt Lake City as part of an organizational overhaul that involves shuttering research facilities in 31 states and concentrating resources in the West, the agency announced Tuesday."

Source: AP, 04/02/2026

"US Has Caused $10Tn Worth Of Climate Damage Since 1990, Research Finds"

"The US has caused an eye-watering $10tn in global damages to the world over the past three decades through its vast planet-heating emissions, with a quarter of this economic pain inflicted upon itself, new research has found."

Source: Guardian, 03/27/2026

"Trump’s Park Service Nominee and The Niagara Threat"

"Last month, the Trump administration announced Scott Socha as its new nominee to lead the National Park Service ...,  much diminished since it was gutted by DOGE ... . As with many of the political appointees at Trump’s Interior Department, Socha comes directly from a corporation with abundant business interests before the agency he is slated to lead. He has worked [at a]  hospitality and food services giant that controls lucrative concessions at national parks around the country."

Source: Public Domain, 03/26/2026

"Trump Deal For A $33B Gas Megaplant In Ohio Faces Huge Hurdles"

"The Trump administration says one of the world’s biggest natural gas–fired power plants will come to Ohio. But financial risks, permitting hurdles, and uncertainties about the project’s access to equipment have critics doubting when — and if — the plant will come online."

Source: Canary Media, 03/19/2026

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