SEJ
Published on SEJ (https://www.sej.org)

Home > Laws & Regulations

Trump Ends Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Black Alabama Communities [1]

"The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Alabamians in majority-Black communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”

Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [14], 04/16/2025
  • Read more about Trump Ends Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Black Alabama Communities [1]

"Researchers Identify US Counties With Worst Drinking Water Violations" [15]

"The U.S. counties with the most egregious water quality violations are concentrated in four states: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oklahoma, a new study has found."

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [17], 04/16/2025
  • Read more about "Researchers Identify US Counties With Worst Drinking Water Violations" [15]

"Inside Trump’s Plan to Halt Hundreds of Regulations" [18]

"The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more."

Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [19]
Consumer [2]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [22], 04/16/2025
  • Read more about "Inside Trump’s Plan to Halt Hundreds of Regulations" [18]

Trump Axed Rule Designed To Spare Taxpayers The Burden Of Future Flooding [23]

"The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [25]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Grist/BPR [26], 04/15/2025
  • Read more about Trump Axed Rule Designed To Spare Taxpayers The Burden Of Future Flooding [23]

"PR Campaign May Have Fuelled Food Study Backlash, Leaked Document Shows" [27]

"A leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit a landmark environment study, according to an investigation."

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [28]
Food [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [31], 04/15/2025
  • Read more about "PR Campaign May Have Fuelled Food Study Backlash, Leaked Document Shows" [27]

Big Oil Seeks to Shield Itself From Climate Liability While Trump Is in Power [32]

"As several climate liability lawsuits against large oil and gas companies inch closer to trial and states start to adopt climate “Superfund” legislation, the White House and Republican-controlled Congress are rolling out new measures to shield the industry from accountability."

Activism [33]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Sierra [34], 04/15/2025
  • Read more about Big Oil Seeks to Shield Itself From Climate Liability While Trump Is in Power [32]

"AP Journalists Held Out Of White House Events Despite Judge’s Ruling" [35]

"The Associated Press was not included in the in-town pool Monday, and its journalists were rebuffed when trying to cover an Oval Office meeting."

Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [36], 04/15/2025
  • Read more about "AP Journalists Held Out Of White House Events Despite Judge’s Ruling" [35]

"Trump Administration Cancels $3 Billion Climate-Friendly Farming Program" [37]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said it had canceled a $3 billion program for climate-smart farming projects after a review found it did not align with the priorities of the Trump administration."

Agriculture [38]
Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [40]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [41]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [42], 04/15/2025
  • Read more about "Trump Administration Cancels $3 Billion Climate-Friendly Farming Program" [37]

Energy Experts and States Argue Trump Job Cuts Harm US "Energy Dominance" [43]

"President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda will be undermined by steep cuts to federal agencies that are said to be planned by the Trump administration, scientists, lawmakers and energy executives warned on Monday."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [44], 04/15/2025
  • Read more about Energy Experts and States Argue Trump Job Cuts Harm US "Energy Dominance" [43]

Trump 2.0 Cuts Hit FOIA Offices at Federal Agencies [45]

The Freedom of Information Act is a key tool for environmental journalists, but firings at many federal agencies’ FOIA offices threaten to seriously undermine it. That’s the warning from WatchDog Opinion, which points to dire implications for the free flow of information on public health and environmental health threats. A look at what’s at stake and what some are doing to keep FOIA alive.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [46]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [47]
Health [48]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Policy [49]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
  • Read more about Trump 2.0 Cuts Hit FOIA Offices at Federal Agencies [45]

Pages

  • « first [7]
  • ‹ previous [50]
  • …
  • 106 [51]
  • 107 [52]
  • 108 [53]
  • 109 [50]
  • 110
  • 111 [54]
  • 112 [55]
  • 113 [56]
  • 114 [57]
  • …
  • next › [54]
  • last » [58]
  • Contact Us  |
  • Donate  |
  • Join  |
  • Members  |
  • Privacy & Security Policies  |
  • Reach SEJ Members  |
  • Renew  |
  • Site Map
The Society of Environmental Journalists
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 558-2055
Email: sej@sej.org
© 2025 The Society of Environmental Journalists. All Rights Reserved.
All graphics © SEJ, unless otherwise stated.

Source URL:https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=109

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-ends-settlement-over-raw-sewage-poor-black-alabama-communities [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [11] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [14] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11042025/trump-terminates-civil-rights-agreement-in-alabama/ [15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/researchers-identify-us-counties-worst-drinking-water-violations [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [17] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5249122-us-counties-drinking-water-violations-study/ [18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/inside-trump-s-plan-halt-hundreds-regulations [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [22] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/trump-doge-regulations.html?unlocked_article_code=1._04.DKec.p6uhb_ZBGwTB&smid=url-share [23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-axed-rule-designed-spare-taxpayers-burden-future-flooding [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [26] https://grist.org/extreme-weather/trump-axed-a-rule-designed-to-spare-taxpayers-the-burden-of-future-flooding/ [27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pr-campaign-may-have-fuelled-food-study-backlash-leaked-document-shows [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [31] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/11/pr-campaign-may-fuelled-food-study-backlash-leaked-document-eat-lancet [32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/big-oil-seeks-shield-itself-climate-liability-while-trump-power [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [34] https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump-executive-order-big-oil-seeks-shield-itself-climate-liability [35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ap-journalists-held-out-white-house-events-despite-judge-s-ruling [36] https://wapo.st/4idGFqc [37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-administration-cancels-3-billion-climate-friendly-farming-program [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [42] https://www.aol.com/news/trump-administration-cancels-3-billion-204052298.html [43] https://www.sej.org/headlines/energy-experts-and-states-argue-trump-job-cuts-harm-us-energy-dominance [44] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/climate/federal-job-cuts-epa-interior-energy.html?unlocked_article_code=1._04.Wz54.oL5WvoqJ8id-&smid=url-share [45] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog/trump-20-cuts-hit-foia-offices-federal-agencies [46] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/watchdog [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=108 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=105 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=106 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=107 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=110 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=111 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=112 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=113 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=1195