"The Trump administration is proposing to overhaul rules for protests in front of the White House and at other iconic locations in Washington, D.C., in an effort that opponents say is aimed at shutting down free speech."
"A report commissioned by the Energy Department failed to reach conclusions favoring the Trump administration’s efforts to prop up coal and nuclear power – and remains under wraps six months after submission."
"US President Donald Trump has accused climate change scientists of having a 'political agenda' as he cast doubt on whether humans were responsible for the earth's rising temperatures."
"With the tepid enthusiasm of an overworked elementary school principal, David Bernhardt, the second-in-command at the Department of the Interior, stood in the newly refurbished auditorium at the agency’s Washington headquarters, trying to get the staff settled down before a routine town hall with the secretary."
"A new television advertising campaign frames the Trump administration’s plans to change a major mercury regulation as a threat to children and pregnant women."
"Jeffrey Bossert Clark, who represented BP in lawsuits over the nation's largest oil spill and has repeatedly challenged the science of climate change, was confirmed Thursday by the Senate to serve as the nation's top environmental lawyer—a key position for the defense of President Donald Trump's regulatory rollback."
"An Environmental Protection Agency panel that advises the agency’s leadership on the latest scientific information about soot in the atmosphere is not listed as continuing its work next year, an E.P.A. official said."
"EPA announced the removal today [Wednesday] of 18 previously polluted tracts from its Superfund cleanup list over the past 12 months, the most in any fiscal year since 2005."
"The confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court may have already had repercussions on a high-profile climate change lawsuit brought by a group of young Americans."
"A water infrastructure bill is headed to President Trump's desk after the Senate voted to pass it 99-1 today."
