Laws & Regulations

"Trump’s Energy Department Revamp Nixes Clean-Energy Offices"

"The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy."

Source: Bloomberg, 11/24/2025

"Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling"

"The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production."

"The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow new oil and gas drilling across nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. coastal waters, including a remote region off Alaska in the northern Arctic where drilling has never before taken place.

The plan is one of President Trump’s most significant steps yet to increase the production of fossil fuels, the burning of which is dangerously heating the planet.

Source: NYTimes, 11/24/2025

"How China Silences Environmental Reporters Beyond Its Borders"

"Journalists who report on the harms caused by China’s overseas infrastructure buildout in Africa face intimidation, surveillance and police pressure."

Source: Inside Climate News, 11/24/2025

Makah Tribe’s Treaty-Protected Whaling Rights Remain Blocked 2+ Decades Later

"Despite the Makah Tribe’s success in getting a waiver to carry out their exclusive treaty right for whaling, the permitting process that had dragged on for over 20 years has now been effectively delayed  another year and a half – because of bogged-down federal bureaucracy. The Makah Tribe is the only one in the Lower 48 that has an exclusive treaty right to whaling."

Source: ICT, 11/21/2025

An Alabama City Council OKs Rezoning for Big Data Center, Dividing Community

"After the Bessemer City Council voted 5-2 to rezone nearly 700 acres of agricultural land for the “hyperscale” server farm, a dissenting council member said city officials who signed non-disclosure agreements weren’t being transparent with citizens."

Source: Inside Climate News, 11/21/2025

"EPA Sees “Greater Uncertainty” With Paraquat Risk Factor, Seeks More Data"

"New data is adding to regulatory concerns about potential human health risks from the weed killer paraquat, leading the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to seek more information from manufacturers of the pesticide."

Source: The New Lede, 11/21/2025

America’s Home Insurance Affordability Crunch: See What’s Happening Near You

"Insurance premiums are rising fast in the parts of the United States most exposed to climate-related disasters like wildfires and hurricanes. New research shows that, as insurance has sharply pushed up the cost of owning a home, the price shock is starting to reverberate through the broader real estate market."

Source: NYTimes, 11/20/2025

Trump FWS Seeks To Roll Back Protections For Imperiled Species And Habitat

"President Donald Trump’s administration moved Wednesday to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live, reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations from the Republican’s first term that were blocked under former Democratic President Joe Biden."

Source: AP, 11/20/2025

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