Laws & Regulations

Trump’s EPA Could Allow Teenage Workers To Handle Dangerous Pesticides

"If the Environmental Protection Agency follows through with a reform now under consideration, teenage farmworkers and other working minors would once again be allowed to handle dangerous pesticides while on the job."

Source: HuffPost, 01/11/2018

Fla. Is Exempted From Coastal Drilling. Other States Ask, ‘Why Not Us?’

"At 5:20 on Tuesday evening, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tweeted a photo of himself at the Tallahassee airport with Gov. Rick Scott of Florida, announcing that he had decided, after meeting with Governor Scott, to exempt the state from a new Trump administration plan to open up most of the nation’s coastline to offshore oil drilling."

Source: NY Times, 01/11/2018

"To Fight Climate Change, New York City Takes on Oil Companies"

"Seeking to position himself as a national leader against climate change, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a two-pronged attack against the fossil-fuel industry, including a vow that city pension funds would divest about $5 billion from companies involved in the fossil fuel business."

Source: NY Times, 01/11/2018

"Dem AGs Ask Pruitt To Recuse Himself From Climate Rule Repeal Process"

"The Democratic attorneys general of 12 states say Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt needs to recuse himself from all matters related to the repeal of the Obama administration’s climate change rule for power plants."

Source: The Hill, 01/10/2018

"How a Coal Baron’s Wish List Became President Trump’s To-Do List"

"President Trump’s first year in office has been a boon for the coal industry, with the Trump administration rolling back regulations on coal-fired power plants and withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate change agreement."

Source: NY Times, 01/10/2018

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