"Biden Admin Tosses Trump Habitat Rule"
"The Fish and Wildlife Service today formally reversed a key Trump administration Endangered Species Act rule, erasing a regulation that made it easier to shrink critical habitat."
Source: E&E News, 07/21/2022
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"OIG Chides Former Zinke Aide But Finds No Ethics Violation"
"A former counselor to then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke “misused their position” by helping several friends with energy-related meetings and presentations, Interior Department investigators say in a report made public today."
Source: E&E News, 07/13/2022
"Biden Admin Signals Support for Controversial Alaska Oil Project"
"The Biden administration took a key step toward approving a huge oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, angering environmental activists who said allowing it to go forward would make a mockery of President Biden’s climate-change promise to end new oil leases."
Source: NYTimes, 07/11/2022
"Watchdog Slams Trump EPA Tampering With PFAS Rule"
"The Trump EPA flouted transparency requirements and proper protocol when it changed a rule pertaining to “forever chemicals,” according to findings out today from the agency’s watchdog."
Source: E&E News, 07/08/2022
"Judge Throws Out Trump-Era Rollbacks On Endangered Species"
"A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species, a year after the Biden administration said it was moving to strengthen such species protections."
Source: AP, 07/06/2022
"Youngkin Appoints Former Trump EPA Head To New Deregulation Office"
"Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Friday appointed former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Andrew Wheeler to a newly created Office of Regulatory Management, months after state lawmakers voted Wheeler down for another position."
Source: The Hill, 07/05/2022
As Federal Climate-Fighting Tools Are Taken Away, Cities, States Step Up
"Across the country, local governments are accelerating their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, in some cases bridging partisan divides. Their role will become increasingly important."
Source: NYTimes, 07/01/2022
"DOE Keeps Hiring Oil Industry Public Relations Firm"
"The Department of Energy retained a global public relations firm with longstanding fossil fuel ties, continuing a practice that ramped up during the Trump administration."
Source: E&E News, 06/27/2022
Biden Admin Tosses Trump Definition of ‘Habitat’ for Endangered Species
"The Biden administration is throwing out the definition of “habitat” for endangered animals, returning to an understanding that existed before the government under President Donald J. Trump shrank the areas that could be protected for animals under threat of extinction."
Source: NYTimes, 06/24/2022
"Will EPA Use Special Power To Prod Trump Holdovers On Climate?"
"EPA has a rarely used power to prod other agencies to act if it determines that their actions don’t adequately protect the environment."
Source: E&E News, 06/22/2022
