Trump Relaxes Rules For Rocket Launches, Seeming To Benefit Musk And Bezos
"Companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin may be able to forgo reviews required under National Environmental Policy Act"
Source: Guardian, 08/14/2025
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"White House Delays Public Release Of Kennedy’s Children’s Health Strategy"
"Industry will have to wait longer for the report, which is expected to give the government’s response to childhood chronic diseases."
Source: Politico, 08/14/2025
"Trump’s Push To Mine Deep-Sea Battery Metals Draws Ire From Allies"
"The Trump administration is on a rogue quest to mine critical minerals from the ocean floor — and recent global negotiations over the fate of deep-sea mining reveal just how alone the U.S. is on the issue."
Source: Canary Media, 08/13/2025
"Interior Slashes Reviews To Speed Cleanups Of Orphaned Wells"
"Trump administration officials have removed endangered species and historic preservation reviews from federal orphaned well programs, potentially speeding the cleanup of tens of thousands of abandoned sites."
Source: E&E News, 08/13/2025
"Trump’s EPA to Expand Actions to Speed New Chemical Reviews"
"The Trump administration’s EPA has seen success more quickly reviewing companies’ requests to make certain new chemicals and plans to expand its use of strategies that are speeding those decisions, a senior agency official said Monday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/13/2025
"'MAHA' Activists Urge Trump To Oppose Limits On Pesticide Regulation"
"President Donald Trump should block the U.S. House from limiting the regulation of pesticides and "forever chemicals" in its environmental appropriations bill or risk losing Republican support, more than 200 activists aligned with the "Make America Healthy Again" movement said in a letter to Trump."
Source: Reuters, 08/13/2025
"Sierra Club Staff Says Boss’s Ouster Is ‘A Relief’"
"Ben Jealous is officially out as the Sierra Club’s boss after two turbulent years marked by infighting and drama inside the green group."
Source: E&E News, 08/13/2025
"Green Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Report Downplaying Climate Damage"
"Environmental advocates are suing the Trump administration over what they described as a secretive plan to undermine climate science."
Source: The Hill, 08/13/2025
"Trump Cracks Down on Bird Deaths, but Only From Wind Turbines"
"Bald eagles must be protected to the fullest extent of the law from dangerous wind turbines, President Trump’s interior secretary declared this week. But four months ago, President Trump called for gutting the very law that applies, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, calling it a burden on oil and gas producers."
Source: NYTimes, 08/12/2025
"David Rosner Is Set To Lead FERC. Who Is He?"
"President Donald Trump plans to elevate a Democratic member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to full chair as many continue to raise questions about the agency’s independence." "The centrist Democrat has supported efforts to address power demand by strengthening grid reliability via an “all-of-the-above” philosophy."
Source: E&E News, 08/12/2025
