"Scientists Say Musk Wrongly Downplays Climate Role in L.A. Fires"
"Posting on the social media site he owns, Mr. Musk blamed the fires on government. Scientists said a warming planet set the conditions."
Source: NYTimes, 01/10/2025
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"Trump Is ‘Sympathetic’ To Executive Order On Alaskan Drilling, Senator Says"
"President-elect Donald Trump appears “very sympathetic” to requests to issue an executive order reversing many of President Joe Biden’s energy policies in Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) said in an interview Thursday, a move with sweeping implications for oil and gas drilling on millions of acres of federal lands in the state."
Source: Washington Post, 01/10/2025"Trump Wants Oil Drilling in Alaska. A Lease Sale There Just Flopped."
"One of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s biggest “drill, baby, drill” initiatives suffered a significant setback on Wednesday as the Interior Department announced that a lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended without a single bidder."
Source: NYTimes, 01/09/2025Biden FWS Declines To Remove Grizzly Bears From Endangered List
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will keep endangered species protections for grizzly bears in place in most of the western U.S., the agency announced Wednesday, rebuffing states that petitioned for their removal."
Source: The Hill, 01/09/2025"Trump Rails Against ‘Quagmire’ Of Enviro Rules"
"President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his pledge to expedite environmental reviews for some companies as he blasted a “quagmire” of U.S. regulations."
Source: E&E News, 01/09/2025"Meta Ends Fact-Checking, Drawing Praise From Trump"
"Meta will dismantle its extensive fact-checking program in the United States, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday, ending a practice that has sought to limit the spread of falsehoods on its platforms but has been assailed as censorship in conservative circles."
Source: Washington Post, 01/08/2025"Trump Promises to End New Wind Farms"
"President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that “no new windmills” would be built in the United States when he takes office, a direct rebuke of the Biden administration, which has approved 11 commercial-scale offshore wind projects."
Source: NYTimes, 01/08/2025Calif. And Greens Sued Exxon Over Plastics. Now Exxon Is Striking Back.
"On Monday, Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of environmental groups over their criticism of the company’s plastics recycling initiatives."
Source: Grist, 01/08/2025"Why Does Trump Want Greenland?"
"President-elect Donald J. Trump’s attention returned Tuesday to an idea that has fascinated him for years: acquiring Greenland for the United States. In a news conference on Tuesday, he refused to rule out using military or economic force to take the territory from Denmark, a U.S. ally."
Source: NYTimes, 01/08/2025"What's In A Name? Trump Set To Wipe Government Language"
"As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to assume the White House on Jan. 20, the federal government is bracing for a massive overhaul in policy – and how it labels issues and individuals."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 01/08/2025USFS Withdraws Old-Growth Forest Plan After Pushback From Industry And GOP
"The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry."
Source: AP, 01/08/2025"Trump Team Takes Aim At Crown Jewel Of US Climate Research"
"A top aide to the president-elect wants tighter control over the National Climate Assessment." "Scientists and climate policy experts say the proposed changes — which are being pushed by aides to President-elect Donald Trump — run the risk of undermining a foundational reference for government officials. And they say it could make it harder to craft future U.S. policies to address global warming."
Source: E&E News, 01/07/2025Biden Issues Ban On Drilling In Most Federal Waters. Trump Vows To Undo It
"President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling."
Source: AP, 01/07/2025Trump Aims To Crush Climate Deception Lawsuits – But It May Not Be Easy
"The president-elect said he will ‘stop the wave of frivolous litigation from environmental extremists’ but the ability to block suits will be limited, experts say"
Source: Guardian, 01/07/2025"How Elon Musk Could End Fossil Fuel Subsidies"
"If the Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut $2 trillion in spending, handouts to the fossil fuel industry may be "a truth test to all of their messaging.""
Source: Grist, 01/07/2025
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