Environmental Politics

Replacing Toxic Lead Pipes Could Drive Job Creation in Illinois: Report

"Illinois has nearly 1.5 million lead service lines. A new report estimates replacing the unsafe plumbing has the potential to create 90,000 jobs."

Source: Grist/WBEZ, 03/24/2026

Border Communities Remain in Dark About DHS' Billion-Dollar Buoy Project

"The industrial-grade buoys, already being installed in Brownsville, Texas, are meant to prevent unauthorized crossings. But experts warn the buoys could intensify flooding and change the river’s course."

Source: E&E News, 03/24/2026

Trump EPA Is Paving The Way For Haze To Return To National Parks, Conservationists Warn

"A year ago, federal environmental regulators told West Virginia officials that their plan to clear sulfur and smog from skies over the state’s national wilderness areas wasn’t good enough because a dozen coal plants didn’t analyze whether they needed better pollution controls." 

Source: AP, 03/23/2026

"EPA Chief to Headline Event by Group That Says There’s No Climate Crisis"

"Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be the opening speaker at a conference next month sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a group that rejects the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, the organization has announced."

Source: NYTimes, 03/23/2026

Trump DOI Issues Sudden Waiver Allowing Budd-Falen To Work On Grazing

"Ethics officials at President Donald Trump’s Interior Department granted Karen Budd-Falen, the agency’s No. 3 official, a waiver on March 11 — the very day that Public Domain inquired about her recent work on grazing issues — that provides her wide latitude to work on grazing policy and permitting, despite her family’s vast personal holdings in the public lands grazing industry."

Source: Public Domain, 03/23/2026

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