"What’s the Cost to Society of Pollution? Trump Says Zero."
"The Trump administration has directed agencies to stop estimating the economic impact of climate change when developing policies and regulations."
Source: NYTimes, 05/13/2025
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House GOP Targets Clean Energy Tax Credits And Pollution Rules In Budget Bill
"House Republicans are calling for billions of dollars in funding cuts for Biden-era climate and environmental programs, including clean energy tax credits, as lawmakers seek to reverse what one GOP leader called “the most reckless parts of the engorged climate spending” approved under former President Joe Biden."
Source: AP, 05/13/2025
"There Is No ‘Energy Emergency,’ a New Lawsuit Claims"
"Fifteen states sued the Trump administration over its declaration of an “energy emergency,” arguing that there is no emergency and that the order instructs regulators to illegally bypass reviews of fossil fuel projects, potentially damaging the environment."
Source: NYTimes, 05/12/2025
"Trump Tightens Control Of Independent Agency Overseeing Nuclear Safety"
"The Trump administration has tightened its control over the independent agency responsible for overseeing America's nuclear reactors, and it is considering an executive order that could further erode its autonomy, two U.S. officials who declined to speak publicly because they feared retribution told NPR."
Source: NPR, 05/12/2025
Trump To Stop US Research On Space Pollution, In Boon To Elon Musk
"The Trump administration is poised to kill federal research into pollution from satellites and rockets, including some caused by Elon Musk’s space companies, raising new conflict-of-interest questions about the billionaire SpaceX and Starlink owner."
Source: Guardian, 05/12/2025
"Enviros Release Climate Emissions Data After EPA Refused"
"An environmental group has released EPA’s annual accounting of greenhouse gas emissions after the agency refused to do so."
Source: E&E News, 05/12/2025
"The Trump Administration Has All But Stopped Enforcing Environmental Laws"
"The EPA is the nation's top environmental cop. In the last few months, the federal agency has significantly scaled back pollution enforcement."
Source: Grist, 05/12/2025
"Trump Officials Ask Court to End Protections for a Strutting, Showy Bird"
"The Trump administration has moved to end federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a showy grouse with the misfortune of inhabiting southern and central grasslands long sought-after for agriculture and energy development."
Source: NYTimes, 05/09/2025
US Will Stop Tracking Costs Of Extreme Weather Fueled By Climate Change
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change."
Source: AP, 05/09/2025
USFS and NPS Worker Cuts Leave Wildland Firefighting Crews Short-Staffed
"Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon."
Source: AP, 05/09/2025
