"100 Days In, Does Trump Still ‘Dig’ Coal?"
"Presidents have long used coal miners as political props. Yet federal policies have done little to improve their lives, and some things have actually gotten worse."
Source: Grist, 05/07/2025
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"Science Backers Say Proposed Federal Research Cuts Pose Dire Risks"
"President Trump’s proposed budget in the next fiscal year calls for firm support of artificial intelligence and quantum research but makes large cuts to many other parts of the sprawling enterprise of scientific research funded by the federal government."
Source: NYTimes, 05/07/2025
"Republicans Say EVs Don’t Pay Their Fair Share. Here’s The Math."
"Driving an electric vehicle could get more expensive if congressional Republicans have their way." "House Republicans want to impose an annual $250 fee on electric vehicle drivers, who don’t pay the gas tax. Critics say the fee is too high."
Source: Washington Post, 05/06/2025
Rural Communities Were Promised Millions In Disaster Funds. Trump Says No.
"In DePue, Ill., sewage will keep backing up into people's basements when there's heavy rain. In Rising Sun, Md., a mobile home park that has already flooded six times will remain in harm's way. And in Kamiah, Idaho, houses won't get upgrades that would protect them from wildfires"
Source: NPR, 05/06/2025
"US Seeks To Weaken Global Development Finance Efforts, UN Document Shows"
"The United States is seeking to weaken a global deal aimed at helping developing countries struggling with the impacts of climate change and other issues, an internal United Nations document seen by Reuters showed."
Source: Reuters, 05/06/2025
"18 States Sue Over Trump’s Halting of Wind Power Projects"
"The halt threatens jobs and holds back energy production at a time the president has claimed an “energy emergency,” state attorneys general said."
Source: NYTimes, 05/06/2025
"Elon Musk’s xAI in Memphis: 35 Gas Turbines, No Air Pollution Permits"
"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma."
Source: E&E News, 05/05/2025
"Trump Buyouts Drive Brain Drain At Federal Agencies"
"Federal workers who once held energy and environment positions protecting national parks and public health or trying to bolster the electric grid to avoid disasters are heading for the exit as President Donald Trump’s campaign to shrink the government accelerates."
Source: E&E News, 05/05/2025
"Out at the E.P.A.: Independent Scientists. In: Approving New Chemicals."
"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would disperse scientists from its independent research office to other divisions where they among other things will be tasked with approving the use of new chemicals."
Source: NYTimes, 05/05/2025
Scientific Societies To Do Climate Assessment After Trump Dismissed Authors
"Two major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key Congress-mandated report on climate crisis preparedness."
Source: Guardian, 05/05/2025
