"Trump Hits Delete For Energy, Environment Regs"
"The president’s suite of executive orders to decimate environmental regulations will propel his administration into court."
Source: E&E News, 04/14/2025
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"White House Outlines Plan To Gut NOAA, Smother Climate Research"
"The Trump administration wants to effectively break up NOAA and end its climate work by abolishing its primary research office and forcing the agency to help boost U.S. fossil fuel production, budget documents show."
Source: E&E News, 04/14/2025
Renewables Face Little Regulation In Texas. Lawmaker Wants To Change That.
"The legislation would put new requirements on wind and solar companies that oil and gas companies in Texas do not face."
Source: Texas Tribune, 04/11/2025
Firm Cancels Plant To Process Plastic Waste To Be Burned In Steel Mills
"International Recycling Group (IRG) has announced that they will cancel a planned plastic waste processing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, due to President Trump’s federal funding cuts and tariffs, among other reasons."
Source: EHN, 04/11/2025
Trump BLM Nominee Sgamma Withdraws
"President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management has withdrawn from consideration."
Source: E&E News, 04/11/2025
Trump EPA Will Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
"The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eliminate long-standing requirements for polluters to collect and report their emissions of the heat-trapping gases that cause climate change. The move, ordered by a Trump appointee, would affect thousands of industrial facilities across the country, including oil refineries, power plants and coal mines as well as those that make petrochemicals, cement, glass, iron and steel, according to documents reviewed by ProPublica."
Source: ProPublica, 04/11/2025
"Beautiful Hair": Trump Orders DOE To Repeal Biden Showerhead Flow Limits
"President Trump on Wednesday ordered his administration to repeal a Biden-era rule restricting water flow from shower heads."
Source: The Hill, 04/10/2025
Trump’s Nominee for EPA’s Top Lawyer Advances Despite Scant Qualifications
"Sean Donahue’s nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of General Counsel advanced on a party-line vote despite Donahue lacking basic legal experience like taking a deposition or drafting a pleading."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/10/2025
Threatened Carbon Pipeline Filed Hundreds Of Lawsuits Against Landowners
"Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit."
Source: AP, 04/10/2025
Fact Focus: Trump Misrepresents Coal As He Signs EOs To Boost Its Use
"President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed four executive orders designed to boost the U.S. coal industry, outlining steps to protect coal-fired power plants and expedite leases for coal mining on U.S. land. But in touting the benefits of coal, he misrepresented several aspects of its safety and use."
Source: AP, 04/10/2025
