"Senate Committees Advance Trump’s Energy, Environment Nominees"
"President Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s energy and environment-focused agencies all sailed through committee votes on Thursday morning."
Source: The Hill, 01/24/2025
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"Trump Reverses Biden On Natural Resource Protections In Alaska"
"The partisan divide over natural resource protections took a hard shift to the right with the inauguration of President Trump, who reversed moves the Biden administration took to protect natural resources in Alaska from mining and energy development and hunting bears with baits."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 01/23/2025
"Trump’s Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback and Doubt"
"Automakers and even some Republicans may fight to preserve funds, and environmental activists will likely sue, but some experts said that some changes may not survive legal challenges."
Source: NYTimes, 01/23/2025
"Legal Pitfalls Could Trouble Trump’s Executive Actions"
"President Donald Trump on his first day in office declared an “energy emergency” and set in motion the demolition of scores of environmental protections that his administration will have to defend in court. Legal observers say some of Trump’s ambitions will be harder than others to justify — even before a high court dominated by conservatives, including three of the president’s own picks."
Source: E&E News, 01/23/2025
Fossil Fuel Companies Use Twitter/X Social Media To Block Climate Progress
"To the extent that X ever was the “public square” of the internet, it is clearly no longer such a place. The platform — known as Twitter until it was rechristened in 2023 by Elon Musk — has become an echo chamber for extremist conspiracy theories and hate speech — or, depending on what you’re looking for, a porn site."
Source: Grist, 01/23/2025
Trump Wants Showers And Toilets To Flow Greatly Again; So May Utility Bills
"President Donald Trump once expressed concern with how low showerhead flow affected his “perfect” hair. Now back in the White House, he’s again taking aim at some high-efficiency household items — and that may mean higher water and electric bills in your home."
Source: AP, 01/22/2025
"Brazil Taps COP30 Head, Warns Of Trump's Impact On Climate Talks"
"Brazil's newly nominated head of the planned 2025 COP30 climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem warned on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement would cast a shadow over the talks."
Source: Reuters, 01/22/2025
"Trump Freezes New Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Wind Leases"
"President Trump directed the Treasury Department to freeze new offshore wind leases on the outer continental shelf Monday evening as one of a flurry of executive orders he signed within hours of taking office."
Source: The Hill, 01/22/2025
"Trump Orders Removal of EV-Favoring Policies and Subsidies"
"President Donald Trump ordered his administration to consider eliminating subsidies and other policies that favor electric vehicles, laying the groundwork for moves that risk slowing adoption of cleaner cars in the US."
Source: Bloomberg, 01/22/2025
"Trump Freezes Inflation Reduction Act And Infrastructure-Law Funding"
"The Trump administration has ordered federal agencies to “immediately pause the disbursement of funds” under the landmark federal climate and energy laws passed during the Biden administration, a move that will throw tens of billions of dollars of lawfully designated federal funding into limbo — and one that is likely to be challenged in court."
Source: Canary Media, 01/22/2025
