"Criminal Targeting Of Environmental Groups ‘Scary,’ Advocates Say"
"Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump"
Source: Floodlight, 03/14/2025
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"Trump Administration Plans To Give Dirty US Coal Plants A Reprieve On Soot"
"President Donald Trump's administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants in a move intended to help keep some of the nation's dirtiest plants operational."
Source: Reuters, 03/14/2025"E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose"
"Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses."
Source: NYTimes, 03/13/2025The US Agency That Monitors Weather Will Cut Another 1,000 Jobs: AP Sources
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday began plans to lay off 10% of its current workforce, people inside and outside the agency said, with some of them requesting anonymity due to fear of retribution."
Source: AP, 03/13/2025"EPA Likely To Move To Further Limit Federal Protections For Wetlands"
"The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and likely further limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for significant areas."
Source: AP, 03/13/2025"RFK Jr. Seeks To Tighten Loophole Allowing Chemicals In U.S. Food Supply"
"The practice Kennedy is targeting, known as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS), can occur when companies self-certify the safety of a food additive."
Source: Washington Post, 03/13/2025Trump Admin Slams Brakes On Government's Adoption Of Electric Vehicles
"The Trump administration has halted much of the federal government's adoption of electric vehicles into its massive fleet of cars and trucks."
Source: NPR, 03/13/2025Plastic Pollution Leaves Seabirds With Brain Damage Similar To Alzheimer’s
"Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage “akin to Alzheimer’s disease”, according to a new study – adding to growing evidence of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on marine wildlife."
Source: Guardian, 03/13/2025"Trump Just Weakened One Of The Nation’s Oldest Environmental Laws"
"The Interior Department has suspended a legal opinion that held companies liable for accidentally killing ducks, cranes, pelicans, owls and hundreds of other bird species."
Source: Washington Post, 03/12/2025Efforts Prevent CO2 Pipeline Leaks? Trump Admin Quietly Derailed Them.
"Nearly five years after a pipeline spewed poison gas across a Mississippi town, federal regulators appeared ready in recent weeks to institute new safety rules aimed at preventing similar accidents across the U.S.’s fast-growing network of carbon dioxide pipelines.
But the proposed rules, unveiled five days before the end of Joe Biden’s presidency, were quietly derailed during the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term."Source: Grist/Verite, 03/12/2025"Trump Cuts Target World-Leading Greenhouse Gas Observatory In Hawaii"
"The Trump administration is considering canceling the lease of the support office for a renowned Hawaii climate research station, sources said, raising fears for the future of key work tracking the impact of carbon emissions on global warming."
Source: Reuters, 03/12/2025"Texas Leads U.S. Renewable Energy Generation by a Country Mile"
"Texas widened its lead as the country’s renewable energy leader in 2024, with growth in solar and wind power, according to federal data."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/12/2025Trump Admin Eyes 30 Percent Payroll Reduction At National Park Service
"The Trump administration is eyeing a 30 percent payroll reduction at the National Park Service, signaling big cuts at a high-profile government agency that could make headlines during the summer vacation season."
Source: The Hill, 03/12/2025"In Trump’s New Purge Of Climate Language, Even ‘Resilience’ Isn’t Safe"
"In his first hours back in the White House in January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship.” Yet it was immediately clear he was in fact imposing rules on language, ordering the government to recognize only two genders and shut down any diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. In one executive order, he redefined “energy” to exclude solar and wind power."
Source: Grist, 03/12/2025"Supreme Court Rejects Red States’ Bid To Quash Climate Cases"
"The Supreme Court has blocked an attempt by 19 red states to end a set of climate lawsuits against the oil and gas industry."
Source: E&E News, 03/11/2025
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