Trump Reshaped Climate Program To Extract More Oil. Occidental Could Profit
"Occidental Petroleum could benefit from bigger subsidies for using carbon dioxide to squeeze more crude from sputtering wells."
Source: E&E News, 08/06/2025
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Court Temporarily Blocks Trump From Reallocating FEMA Preparedness Funds
"A federal court on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from reallocating funds used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help communities prevent future storm damage."
Source: The Hill, 08/06/2025Report Calls Plastics “Grave” Danger To Health As Nations Negotiate Treaty
"Plastics are a “grave” danger to humans and the planet, responsible for an estimated $1.5 trillion annually in health-related costs, and nations need to center human health as they finalize the global plastics treaty, scientists said in a new report released Monday."
Source: The New Lede, 08/05/2025"NOAA Officials Who Led ‘Sharpiegate’ Investigation Placed On Leave"
"Two top officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who led the investigation into the so-called “Sharpiegate” scandal, were placed on leave amid clashes with the Trump administration, according to a report." "The move comes days before a Senate committee votes on the nomination of Neil Jacobs, who was found to have violated the agency’s scientific integrity policy"
Source: Independent, 08/05/2025Amid PFAS Rollbacks, New Jersey Scores Record $2 Billion DuPont Settlement
"While the federal government is scaling back regulations on “forever chemicals,” New Jersey is holding polluters accountable, announcing a record-breaking $2 billion settlement with DuPont and several related companies with a $875 million payout and up to $1.2 billion in cleanup costs."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/05/2025"Trump Officials Aim To Divert Money Meant For Buying Wilderness Land"
"After a plan to sell public land faced bipartisan backlash, the Interior Department appears to be making a bid to halt the expansion of federal public lands."
Source: Washington Post, 08/05/2025"Experts Slam Chesapeake Bay Draft Plan Over Lack of Pollution Targets"
"The newest draft of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement lacks meaningful pollution reduction targets and allows states to evade legal accountability, according to concerned environmental advocates and experts who have reviewed the document."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/05/2025"West Virginia Scrambles To Strip Artificial Dyes From School Meals"
"When school starts in West Virginia next month, 240,000 students in districts large and small will notice something missing from their cafeteria trays. Gone will be red Jell-O fruit cups, yogurt topped with brightly hued sprinkles and and older verisons of Cool Ranch Doritos — all foods made with synthetic dyes."
Source: AP, 08/05/2025"Pesticide Manufacturer Spent More Than $200K Lobbying In Iowa"
"Bayer, the biotech company and manufacturer of Round Up, has substantially increased its spending on lobbying in Iowa since the introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024."
Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch, 08/05/2025"New Data Center Proposals Would ‘Kill’ Michigan’s Strong New Climate Laws"
"New Michigan data center plans are on the verge of triggering an “offramp” in the state’s nation-leading climate laws that would effectively halt the shift to renewables less than two years after the plans were approved."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/05/2025Trump May Destroy NASA Climate Satellites That Scientists And Farmers Rely On
"The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions, according to current and former NASA staffers. If the plans are carried out, one of the missions would be permanently terminated, because the satellite would burn up in the atmosphere."
Source: NPR, 08/05/2025"Eroding Protections For Public Lands"
"The U.S. Congress has passed hundreds of laws protecting federal public lands over the past century through bipartisan efforts and with the support of local governments. Now, President Donald Trump’s administration and some Republican lawmakers in Congress are pushing policies and legislation that upend these protections."
Source: Reuters, 08/04/2025The Oil Industry Wrote a Wishlist. Trump Interior Department Is Delivering.
"A top oil trade group submitted a policy wishlist to top DOI appointees. The Department is moving quickly to give industry what it wants."
Source: Public Domain, 08/04/2025"Biggest US Offshore Wind Project Marches Ahead Despite Trump Attacks"
"The largest planned offshore wind project in the U.S. is 60 percent complete and is on track to begin delivering electricity early next year."
Source: E&E News, 08/04/2025"Enviros Are Reeling In Trump’s ‘Scorched-Earth’ Second Term"
"“We just lost a decade’s worth of work,” said one green group leader."
Source: E&E News, 08/04/2025
