"Records Show Industry Sway On Toxic Emissions Rollback"
"In a glimpse at the Trump administration’s tilt toward polluting industries, EPA embraced the aid of manufacturers in easing a new rule."
Source: E&E News, 08/22/2025
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Feds Failed To Conduct Environmental Review Of 'Alligator Alcatraz': Docs
"Internal documents obtained by Public Domain show that the federal government did not conduct an Endangered Species Act or a National Environmental Policy Act review for the Florida migrant detention facility known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' — further proof that the facility may be operating in violation of federal environmental laws."
Source: Public Domain, 08/22/2025
As Hurricane Season Collides With Immigration Agenda, Undocumented Worry
"If a major hurricane approaches Central Florida this season, Maria knows it’s dangerous to stay inside her wooden, trailer-like home. In past storms, she evacuated to her sister’s sturdier house. If she couldn’t get there, a shelter set up at the local high school served as a refuge if needed. But with accelerating detentions and deportations of immigrants across her community of Apopka, 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Orlando, Maria, an agricultural worker from Mexico without permanent U.S. legal status, doesn’t know if those options are safe."
Source: AP, 08/21/2025
Businesses Face 'Chaos' As EPA Aims To Repeal Its Climate Authority
"The Trump administration's plan to undo a landmark finding that climate pollution threatens public health and welfare poses lots of risks for corporate America."
Source: NPR, 08/21/2025
Trump’s Move To Sanitize US History Gets Little Support With Park Visitors
"Public comments show that a crackdown on signs ‘disparaging’ Americans is not popular"
Source: Guardian, 08/20/2025
"Will Oil Demand Peak Soon? Trump Administration Doesn’t Want to Hear It."
"It is lashing out at the world’s leading energy organization for saying oil and gas use could start declining as the world pivots to cleaner alternatives."
Source: NYTimes, 08/20/2025
"Trump Team Readies More Attacks On Mainstream Climate Science"
"The plans include a public debate on global warming. Scientists say that falsely implies the major tenets of climate research are unsettled."
Source: E&E News, 08/20/2025
Court Puts The Brakes On Contested Land Transfer For Arizona Copper Mine
"A U.S. appeals court has temporarily blocked the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America. ... The land includes Oak Flat — an area used for centuries for religious ceremonies, prayer and gathering of medicinal plants by the San Carlos Apache people and other Native American tribes."
Source: AP, 08/20/2025
"Trump’s Mineral Megadeal Is Bypassing US Laws"
"The Trump administration is quietly taking steps to circumvent federal laws in its quest to bolster U.S. mineral production." "The Pentagon used a little-known legal provision to shield a multibillion-dollar rare earths deal from procurement and contracting laws."
Source: E&E News, 08/19/2025
"Trump Admin Redacts Entire Empire Wind Study"
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he halted construction of a wind project off the coast of New York earlier this year because scientists revealed that the Biden administration “rushed approval” of the development based on “flawed science. But Burgum himself won’t reveal what those scientists said — or present the flaws."
Source: E&E News, 08/19/2025
