Environmental Groups Sound Alarm As Fossil Fuel Lobby Pushes For Immunity
"Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits"
Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025
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Trump Pick To Head Secretive Agency Adept at Stifling Info, Regs
A little-known federal office where some say environmental and other regulations go to die may soon be led by a Trump loyalist best known as an indicted co-conspirator in the plot to overthrow the 2020 election. What is OIRA? And who is Trump’s pick to lead the powerful subagency? WatchDog Opinion has answers and some worrying questions, along with resources for reporters to dig further.
Desperately Seeking Data? OECD Has Loads
If the possibility of a politically driven dearth of data for your climate and environment reporting has you on edge, the new Reporter’s Toolbox just may have something to soothe your nerves: A data source from beyond the grasp of the Trump administration and outside the boundaries of the United States. Take a quick tour of environmental data from the OECD.
"The Great British Sewage Dump"
"Widespread sewage spills contaminate Britain’s waterways and hit the broader economy"
Source: Reuters, 03/17/2025
"Confusion Clouds The Fate Of Two New California Monuments"
"The Trump administration touched off consternation and confusion over the weekend, issuing, and then apparently rolling back, an announcement implying the president had rescinded his predecessor’s order creating two popular national monuments in California."
Source: LA Times, 03/17/2025
"Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen"
"The Trump administration, with DOGE, is pulling the rug from under growers and producers across the country"
Source: Sierra, 03/17/2025
"Decision To Axe Advisory Groups Could Spell Trouble For US Food Safety"
"A Trump administration move to axe key food safety advisory committees could leave the public more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses, critics fear, particularly alongside current legislative efforts to undermine proposed safety regulations on food processors."
Source: The New Lede, 03/17/2025
Trump Admin Voids Permit for New Jersey Wind Farm Trump Opposes
"A critical permit for an offshore wind farm planned near the New Jersey Shore has been invalidated by an administrative appeals board, seven weeks after President Donald Trump declared he hoped the project was “dead and gone.”
Source: Bloomberg, 03/17/2025
Some US Scientists Stick with the IPCC Despite Trump Pullout
"Despite a series of directives from the Trump administration aimed at disengaging the U.S. government from international climate collaboration, five U.S. scientists are part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s team of 100 experts from 50 countries who met in Osaka, Japan, this week to start writing a report about global warming and cities that is due in 2027."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/17/2025
"Reality Check: Hurdles Await EPA’s Deregulatory Spree"
"The Trump administration won’t have an easy time legally defending its massive regulatory rollback. It could still cause major damage."
Source: E&E News, 03/17/2025
