Environmental Politics

"Trump Administration Presses Rollback Of ‘Roadless Rule’ On Wild Lands"

"The Trump administration on Wednesday took formal steps to rescind a decades-old rule that protects 58.5 million acres of wild areas in national forests, including 4.4 million acres in California."

Source: LA Times, 08/28/2025

FEMA Employees Put On Leave After Letter Criticizing Trump Administration

"The Trump administration placed more than 30 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees on leave Tuesday after they signed an open letter of dissent about the agency’s leadership, according to people familiar with the situation and documents reviewed by The Washington Post."

Source: Washington Post, 08/28/2025

Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Pushes Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals

"President Trump is not only working to stop a transition away from fossil fuels in the United States, he is pressuring other countries to relax their pledges to fight climate change and instead burn more oil, gas and coal."

Source: NYTimes, 08/28/2025

White House Fires CDC Director Who Says RFK Jr. Is ‘Weaponizing Public Health’

"The White House on Wednesday fired Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy, which sparked the resignation of other senior CDC officials and a showdown over whether she could be removed."

Source: Washington Post, 08/28/2025

Inside the Memphis Chamber of Commerce Push for Elon Musk’s xAI Data Center

"Misleading Mailer: Despite locals’ health concerns, the Chamber of Commerce has gone to unusual lengths to promote a data center, including sending a mailer with inaccurate information. 'Concierge Service': The chamber has a five-member operations team dedicated to xAI, one of Musk’s companies, as it tries to transform Memphis into a global hub of technological innovation."

Source: ProPublica, 08/27/2025

Tribes Want To Give Colorado River the Same Legal Rights as a Person

"The move by the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California would give rights of nature to the water, marking a historic first."

Source: KUNC, 08/27/2025

"Environmental Laws Waived to Build Border Wall in Texas Wildlife Refuge"

"The Rio Grande Valley is home to ocelots and other endangered species. Now, the federal government will not have to follow the Endangered Species Act and more than two dozen other federal laws to build the border wall through a national wildlife refuge."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/27/2025

Scientists Flunk Trump Reports Aimed At Undoing A Key Climate Finding

"Two key documents from the Trump administration aimed at revoking the long-standing finding that climate change is dangerous were filled with errors, bias and distortions, according to dozens of scientists surveyed by The Associated Press."

Source: AP, 08/27/2025

"Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups"

"A law firm representing opponents of offshore wind farms is demanding that Brown University retract research that details links between the fossil fuel industry and anti-wind groups."

Source: NYTimes, 08/27/2025

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