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

Home > Laws & Regulations

"Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True." [1]

"President Trump announced on Monday that he planned to relax limits on pollution from cars, saying that the move wouldn’t “mean a damn bit of difference to the environment.” But decades of science show that the pollution from automobile tailpipes has harmed the environment and public health, from the days when leaded gasoline sent neurotoxins into the air and soil to the carbon dioxide emissions that are heating the planet right now."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [12], 04/02/2025
  • Read more about "Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True." [1]

Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Slams Climate Action as ‘Religion’ [13]

"When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin made a defiant reference to “climate change religion” in order to justify a plan to roll back environmental protections, American faith leaders and scholars reacted with confusion, sadness and anger."  "Jewish and Christian faith leaders responded to Lee Zeldin’s comments with “righteous anger” and called for policies that support a more just, livable world."

Activism [14]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [16]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [17]
Science [9]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 04/01/2025
  • Read more about Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Slams Climate Action as ‘Religion’ [13]

"Fumed Episode 4: Locked and Loaded" [20]

"This season, two stubborn Texans try to salvage what’s left of their working-class community. That’s a problem, though, because they live in East Harris County, where the petrochemical industry calls the shots — and where pushing back can be dangerous."

"Set in Channelview, Texas, in the heart of the nation's petrochemical industry, Fumed follows Carolyn Stone and Greg Moss as they risk everything to fight for their community’s future."

Activism [14]
Chemicals [21]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: Public Health Watch [24], 04/01/2025
  • Read more about "Fumed Episode 4: Locked and Loaded" [20]

CA Suspends Environmental Laws To Speed Rebuilding Of Utilities After Fires [25]

"In a continued effort to expedite rebuilding after Los Angeles' devastating firestorms, Gov. Gavin Newsom this week suspended California environmental laws for utility providers working to reinstall key infrastructure."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [22]
Public [10]
California [27]
Source: LA Times [28], 04/01/2025
  • Read more about CA Suspends Environmental Laws To Speed Rebuilding Of Utilities After Fires [25]

"Radioactive Shadow Workers" [29]

"The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret"

Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Pollution [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: Sierra [32], 04/01/2025
  • Read more about "Radioactive Shadow Workers" [29]

US Could See Return Of Acid Rain Due To Trump’s Rollbacks, Says Scientist [33]

"The US could be plunged back into an era of toxic acid rain, an environmental problem thought to have been solved decades ago, due to the Donald Trump administration’s rollback of pollution protections, the scientist who discovered the existence of acid rain in North America has warned."

Air [34]
Biodiversity [35]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Canada [36]
Source: Guardian [37], 04/01/2025
  • Read more about US Could See Return Of Acid Rain Due To Trump’s Rollbacks, Says Scientist [33]

"Trump Halts Historic Orphaned Well-Plugging Program" [38]

"The billions of dollars approved by Congress to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells have been frozen as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to government spending, creating concerns that the cleanup will be halted just as it’s getting started."

Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [39]
Pollution [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: High Country News [40], 04/01/2025
  • Read more about "Trump Halts Historic Orphaned Well-Plugging Program" [38]

Follow the Money … for Lobbying State Legislatures [41]

With many states dominated by a few powerful industries — whether oil, mining or agriculture — the influence of campaign dollars can have an outsize effect on legislation, even to the point of corruption, notes the latest Reporter’s Toolbox. So while the U.S. Congress may be languishing, environmental journalists can dig up stories on lobbying at the state level using a powerful data source.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [14]
Agriculture [43]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [44]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [46]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [47]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Visibility: 
Public [10]
  • Read more about Follow the Money … for Lobbying State Legislatures [41]

Some L.A. Homes Are Being Built To Resist Wildfires — And Some Aren't [48]

"Homeowners in Los Angeles have started the long process of rebuilding after the destructive wildfires in January. Some are constructing homes that are much less likely to burn when the next wildfire hits." "Still, thousands of other homeowners in the urban center of Altadena are about to rebuild without wildfire-resistant materials, because they live outside a state-designated wildfire zone."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Diversity [49]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [44]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [39]
People & Population [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
California [27]
Source: NPR [50], 03/31/2025
  • Read more about Some L.A. Homes Are Being Built To Resist Wildfires — And Some Aren't [48]

Trump Fires Green TVA Board Member Without Publicly Providing a Reason [51]

"Michelle Moore was widely seen as the most progressive member of the body, which oversees the nation’s largest public power company."

Activism [14]
Climate Change [2]
Diversity [49]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [44]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 03/31/2025
  • Read more about Trump Fires Green TVA Board Member Without Publicly Providing a Reason [51]

Pages

  • « first [8]
  • ‹ previous [54]
  • …
  • 140 [55]
  • 141 [56]
  • 142 [57]
  • 143 [54]
  • 144
  • 145 [58]
  • 146 [59]
  • 147 [60]
  • 148 [61]
  • …
  • next › [58]
  • last » [62]
  • 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
© 2026 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=143

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-said-auto-emissions-don-t-affect-environment-s-not-true [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [10] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [12] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/climate/trump-auto-emissions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.ppeH.2d0ox8UDEJ4M&smid=url-share [13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/faith-leaders-push-back-after-epa-head-slams-climate-action-religion [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/religion-faith-and-spirituality [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [19] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31032025/faith-leaders-push-back-after-epa-disparages-climate-action/ [20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fumed-episode-4-locked-and-loaded [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [24] https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1267542067/fumed [25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ca-suspends-environmental-laws-speed-rebuilding-utilities-after-fires [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [28] https://phys.org/news/2025-03-california-environmental-laws-rebuilding-la.html [29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/radioactive-shadow-workers [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [31] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [32] https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-1-spring/feature/radioactive-oil-gas-shadow-workers [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-could-see-return-acid-rain-due-trump-s-rollbacks-says-scientist [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [36] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [37] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/27/acid-rain-trump-epa [38] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-halts-historic-orphaned-well-plugging-program [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [40] https://www.hcn.org/articles/trump-halts-historic-orphaned-well-plugging-program/ [41] https://www.sej.org/publications/reporters-toolbox/follow-money-lobbying-state-legislatures [42] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/reporter%E2%80%99s-toolbox [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [47] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-plains [48] https://www.sej.org/headlines/some-la-homes-are-being-built-resist-wildfires-and-some-arent [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity [50] https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5335535/los-angeles-home-fires-rebuilding-regulations [51] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-fires-green-tva-board-member-without-publicly-providing-reason [52] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [53] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28032025/trump-fires-clean-energy-leader-from-tva-board-without-publicly-providing-a-reason/ [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=142 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=139 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=140 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=141 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=144 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=145 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=146 [61] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=147 [62] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=1222