"18 States Sue Over Trump’s Halting of Wind Power Projects"
"The halt threatens jobs and holds back energy production at a time the president has claimed an “energy emergency,” state attorneys general said."
"The halt threatens jobs and holds back energy production at a time the president has claimed an “energy emergency,” state attorneys general said."
"Federal workers who once held energy and environment positions protecting national parks and public health or trying to bolster the electric grid to avoid disasters are heading for the exit as President Donald Trump’s campaign to shrink the government accelerates."
"In California's water-stressed Central Valley, farmers are fallowing land and installing solar, providing financial stability and saving water."
"House Republicans passed a measure Thursday that would repeal the government’s decision to place California’s longfin smelt, a finger-sized fish, on the endangered species list."
"Florida is poised to outlaw fluoride in drinking water under a bill approved Tuesday by the state legislature, adding the state to a growing backlash against a long-standing public health measure."
"A grassroots effort successfully pushed back on a development in Homewood that would have destroyed a critical salamander habitat. Still, amphibians face constant risks."
"The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water decisions of local and state governments across the country."
"As ecologists debate what to do about “invasive” swans in New York City, volunteers fight to keep them alive."
"Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to manufacture household plastics may be connected to more than 356,000 cardiovascular-related deaths in 2018 alone, a new analysis has found."
"A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor, sparking outrage by bypassing a U.N. agency that regulates deep international waters."