"The Weak Link In Trump’s Anti-EJ Push: State Permits"
"President Donald Trump wants to get environmental justice out of the federal government. In state capitals, those ideas are more firmly entrenched than ever."
Source: E&E News, 02/11/2025
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"Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Red States Have the Most to Lose."
"About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain."
Source: NYTimes, 02/11/2025
‘Backsliding’: Most Countries To Miss Vital Climate Deadline As COP30 Nears
"The vast majority of governments are likely to miss a looming deadline to file vital plans that will determine whether or not the world has a chance of avoiding the worst ravages of climate breakdown."
Source: Guardian, 02/11/2025
Trump Trying To Halt EV Charger Buildout. Experts Say It’s Not That Easy
"Experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s latest effort to slow the electric vehicle charging buildout in the U.S. ... The administration may need an act of Congress for this, and it’s unclear there will be one. Industry leaders say customer demand will continue to drive growth in the charging network, regardless of federal funding."
Source: AP, 02/11/2025
Trump’s LNG Strategy Makes No Sense. It Will Raise Gas Prices.
"President Trump says increasing liquefied natural gas exports will lower gas prices. He’s got it all backward."
Source: Sierra, 02/10/2025
"Supreme Court Rebuffs Trump Admin Bids To Pause EPA Cases"
"In a setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court has rejected requests to freeze proceedings in a set of pending cases, including one involving California’s long-standing authority to set strict tailpipe emissions for vehicles."
Source: E&E News, 02/10/2025
"Trump Administration Tells States Billions In EV Charger Money Is On Hold"
"The Trump administration on Thursday told states it was blocking money for electric vehicle chargers, including $71 million for Washington, one of the latest steps by the White House to halt Biden-era funding. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, known as NEVI, was set to dole out a total of $5 billion to states to build charging networks along highways. The Federal Highway Administration previously approved states’ plans for using the money."
Source: Washington State Standard, 02/07/2025
Big Oil’s Huge Spending On Lobbying Hobbled Key California Climate Measures
"One bill that would have required oil companies to help pay for damages from climate-driven disasters failed and another that would levy heavy fines on refineries that release toxic air contaminants was watered down."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/07/2025
"Where Coal Is Retiring, and Hanging On, in the U.S."
"About 780 coal units, individual generators with a boiler and a turbine capable of producing electricity, have retired since 2000. And more than half of the remaining units are also slated for retirement, according to new data from the Global Energy Monitor, an organization that collects international energy data."
Source: NYTimes, 02/07/2025
"Trump Dismantles Environmental Justice Team, Staff Put on Leave"
"The EPA on Thursday put 168 employees within its environmental justice office on administrative leave as the Trump administration executes presidential actions to roll back diversity initiatives."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/07/2025
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