Laws & Regulations

"Johnson Backs Virginia Wind Project In Break With Trump"

"House Speaker Mike Johnson is going to bat for an offshore wind project located off Virginia Beach at a time when the Trump administration has halted the construction of similar projects and the president himself has warned that support for the industry could cost politicians their careers."

Source: E&E News, 09/12/2025

Trump DOI Wants To Cancel Biden Rule For Conservation As ‘Use’ Of Public Land

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday proposed canceling a public land management rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to open more taxpayer-owned tracts to drilling, logging, mining and grazing."

Source: AP, 09/11/2025

Georgia Judge To Toss Racketeering Charges Against ‘Cop City’ Protesters

"A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that critics pejoratively call “Cop City.”"

Source: AP, 09/10/2025

House Bill Amending Clean Water Act Could Mean Dirtier Water in Iowa and US

"A bill drastically reducing the scope of the Clean Water Act passed through committee in the U.S. House and will likely reach the floor for debate later this month. The legislation would narrow the definition of bodies of water that qualify for protection under the Clean Water Act and would remove laws requiring permits before discharging pesticides or manure-contaminated stormwater from factory farms into waterways."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/10/2025

"Trump EPA Seeks To Speed Up Permitting For AI Infrastructure"

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed new measures aimed at speeding construction of infrastructure needed for the rapid buildup of data centers for artificial intelligence that would enable companies to start building before obtaining air permits."

Source: Reuters, 09/10/2025

"AP Finds Major Disaster Declarations Are Taking Longer Under Trump"

"Disaster survivors are having to wait longer to get aid from the federal government, according to a new Associated Press analysis of decades of data. On average, it took less than two weeks for a governor’s request for a presidential disaster declaration to be granted in the 1990s and early 2000s. ... It’s taking more than a month, on average, so far during Trump’s current term, the AP found."

Source: AP, 09/10/2025

"Sweden’s Rare-Earths Mine Could Harm Indigenous Sami Reindeer Herders

"High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years."

Source: AP, 09/09/2025

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