Economy & Business

"Disaster Survivors Denounce Proposed FEMA Downsizing"

"Flood, storm and fire survivors gathered in Washington, D.C., Monday to express their alarm over a leaked report from the FEMA Review Council that proposes halving the agency’s workforce and scaling back federal disaster assistance."

Source: Inside Climate News, 12/17/2025

"Ford Will Take $19.5 Billion Hit as It Rolls Back E.V. Plans"

"Ford Motor said the costs came from its decision to make fewer electric vehicles than it had planned and more hybrids that use both gasoline engines and batteries."

"Ford Motor said Monday that it would scale back plans to produce electric vehicles and take a $19.5 billion hit to its profit to cover the costs of a major change in strategy.

Source: NYTimes, 12/16/2025

"FirstEnergy Bribery Scheme Sank Lake Erie Offshore Wind, Lawsuit Says"

"The corruption that led to Ohio’s infamous HB 6 also torpedoed what would have been the Great Lakes’ first wind farm, the suit alleges. FirstEnergy is pushing back."

Source: Canary Media, 12/15/2025

"Colorado River Water Is Too Cheap, Particularly for Agricultural Users"

"A new report from UCLA and the Natural Resources Defense Council found nearly a quarter of Colorado River water is basically provided for free by the federal government."

Source: Inside Climate News, 12/15/2025

Trump EPA Adds Another Industry Lobbyist To Ranks Of Conflicted Regulators

"The nation’s main office for protecting Americans from harmful chemicals is welcoming its fourth prominent industry insider since President Trump took office, adding to an administration full of former lobbyists and corporate executives who are making environmental policy."

Source: The New Lede, 12/15/2025

"Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants"

"A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Thursday that the Trump administration could not unilaterally cancel a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant program that states used for disaster preparation, imposing a potential hurdle in the administration’s efforts to tighten FEMA’s purse strings."

Source: NYTimes, 12/12/2025

Top Trump Official Has Financial Ties To Controversial Nevada Lithium Mine

"Karen Budd-Falen, a top official at the Department of the Interior, has financial ties to the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada — a project that the Trump administration worked to fast-track during its first term. In recent months, the administration took an equity stake in the mine and the mine’s parent company."

Source: Public Domain, 12/11/2025

NPS Fee-Free Calendar Drops MLK Day, Juneteenth And Adds Trump's Birthday

"The Trump administration has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from next year's calendar of entrance fee-free days for national parks and added President Trump's birthday to the list, according to the National Park Service, as the administration continues to push back against a reckoning of the country's racist history on federal lands."

Source: NPR, 12/09/2025

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