New Agriculture Secretary Will Have to Reckon With Climate Change
"Exactly where Brooke Rollins stands on agricultural policy is unclear, but her positions on fossil fuels and climate change are explicit."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/02/2024
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"Trump Pick For US Health Agency Proposed ‘Herd Immunity’ During Covid"
"Choosing Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH signals return to controversial and scientifically questionable health policies"
Source: Guardian, 12/02/2024FCC's Carr Says ’60 Minutes’ Complaint “Likely To Arise” in Merger Review
"Brendan Carr, Donald Trump‘s pick to serve as chairman of the FCC, said that the agency would examine a complaint over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris as it reviews the merger of Skydance with Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS."
Source: Deadline, 11/26/2024"What Trump’s Treasury Pick Means For Clean Energy Tax Credits"
"President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Treasury Department puts the fate of Biden-era clean energy tax credits up in the air."
Source: E&E News, 11/26/2024California To Offer EV Rebates If Trump Kills $7,500 Tax Credit: Newsom
"California is prepared to offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration scuttles the federal EV tax credit, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom."
Source: LA Times, 11/26/2024"Trump Has Vowed To Kill Offshore Wind Energy — But It Might Not Be Easy"
"President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to kill offshore wind energy development “on day one” of his second term is already triggering project slowdowns on the East Coast, but the biggest wind farm proposed in the Gulf of Mexico will likely stay on track."
Source: Grist, 11/26/2024House Passes Bill To Let Treasury Target Nonprofits It Deems "Terrorist"
"The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents."
Source: AP, 11/26/2024Who Has Trump Picked For Cabinet? Bessent, Chavez-DeRemer Join Nominees
"Donald Trump is closing out the week with another batch of Cabinet nominations Friday."
Source: USA TODAY, 11/25/2024"Trump Is Already Helping Revive the College Climate Movement"
"While President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, his promise to roll back climate legislation is helping inspire a new generation of green-minded progressives."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/25/2024"Congress Poised For Another Farm Bill Punt After Senate Nonstarter"
"House Republicans rejected a farm bill proposal by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) this week, increasing the likelihood that lawmakers will pass another one-year extension of the massive legislation by the end of the year rather than a new, longer-term measure."
Source: The Hill, 11/25/2024Trump Demands GOP ‘Kill’ Bill That Would Protect Journalists' Sources
"In between his posts on Truth Social announcing nominees for his incoming administration, President-elect Donald Trump urged Republicans Wednesday to nix a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater protections under federal law."
Source: CNN, 11/22/2024"Trump Has A Plan To Cripple Government Transparency"
"Federal agencies set a record for censoring and withholding documents sought through freedom-of-information requests in Trump's first term. Now it's likely to be much worse."
Source: HuffPost, 11/22/2024"Subways, Buses and Bike Lanes Scored Billions in Local Ballot Wins"
"Voters overwhelmingly supported local measures to improve mass transit from Arizona to Tennessee."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/22/2024"Long Delayed Biden Rule Could Shake Up Offshore Oil Well Cleanups"
"The Biden administration promised to release a new standard for ocean drilling that could help clean up a growing number of old oil and gas wells, but the first-of-a-kind rule has yet to arrive with just two months before President-elect Donald Trump reenters the White House."
Source: E&E News, 11/22/2024Biden DOI Trying To Save The Colorado River Before Trump Takes Over
"The Biden administration is swimming against the current to get seven Western states to agree to divvy up the Colorado River’s water in a way that would protect the river basin and the West’s largest single water source – and do it before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, according to a source familiar with the negotiations."
Source: CNN, 11/22/2024
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