Laws & Regulations

"White House Proposes Shutting Down Chemical Safety Agency"

"An independent agency that investigates chemical disasters — including fatal fires and explosions at chemical plants and oil refineries nationwide — would shutter by October 2026 under little-noticed language in White House budget documents released Friday."

Source: Washington Post, 06/04/2025

"Trump Admin Faces Legal Action Over Federal Cuts’ Impact on Manatees"

"An environmental group filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue over staffing concerns at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, established specifically to protect the sea cows." 

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/03/2025

"Trump Touts US Steel-Nippon Steel Deal That Could Result In More Coal"

"The Japanese steelmaker has pledged to extend the life of U.S. Steel’s dirty blast furnaces if Trump greenlights a deal, potentially locking in decades of pollution."

Source: Canary Media, 06/03/2025

"A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security"

"Two teams of high-powered lawyers clashed this week in Charleston, S.C., over a global-warming question with major implications: Do climate lawsuits against oil companies threaten national security, as President Trump has claimed?"

Source: NYTimes, 06/03/2025

Worry Swirls Over Cuts To Key Federal Agencies As Hurricane Season Begins

"With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to hurricanes."

Source: AP, 06/03/2025

"Inside EPA’s Backdoor Bid To Stop Regulating Climate Pollution"

"EPA is expected to soon argue that the U.S. power sector doesn’t contribute “significantly” to climate change — a bid that could give the agency cover to not regulate planet-warming emissions from a wide range of sources."

Source: E&E News, 06/03/2025

"Interior To Reverse Biden Ban On Drilling In Alaska"

"The Trump administration announced Monday it is moving ahead with plans to reopen millions of acres of undisturbed public land to oil and gas drilling, amid a visit by top officials to Alaska this week." "The plan would open up 11 million acres to drilling and remove conditions, including protections for sensitive ecological areas, on oil and gas leases in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska."

Source: E&E News, 06/03/2025

"PBS And Minnesota Public TV Station Sue Trump White House"

"PBS and a public television station in rural Minnesota filed suit on Friday against President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the network. The suit alleges Trump's order is unlawful, exceeding his authority as president and violating Constitutional protections of free speech because he has made clear he doesn't like PBS's news coverage and programming."

Source: NPR, 06/02/2025

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