"Democrats Slam Trump’s Rollback Of Fuel Economy Rules" [1]
"Congressional Democrats slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed rollback of auto efficiency standards Wednesday, while Republicans wholeheartedly supported the move."

"Congressional Democrats slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed rollback of auto efficiency standards Wednesday, while Republicans wholeheartedly supported the move."
"Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water."
"Alaska’s Republican senators are splitting with the Trump administration over an expansive offshore lease plan that would open large swaths of the state’s waters to drilling."
"Failure to address a worldwide plastic pollution crisis could trigger a surge in greenhouse gas emissions and human health problems tied to the industry, according to a new report."
"“Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement leaders have put out a petition calling for Donald Trump to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin, who, since being appointed in late January, has quickly moved to undo toxic chemical regulations and fast-track pesticide approvals."

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"After a long delay, the Interior Department’s Office of Government Ethics last week provided Public Domain the financial disclosure of Karen Budd-Falen, a high-ranking Trump appointee at DOI." "Karen Budd-Falen, a self-described “cowboy lawyer," owns ranch operations and real estate rentals. Her family has also had sizable investments in oil companies."
"Dozens of farmers drove their tractors in a caravan to Mexico City and blocked an entrance to Mexico’s Congress on Wednesday to protest a new national water law that imposes stricter controls on water use."
"The revised watershed agreement extends pollution-reduction targets and bets on voluntary measures to achieve cleanup goals that have remained elusive for decades."
"Congressional lawmakers on Thursday voted to repeal a Biden-era policy that limited the amount of land in an Alaska wildlife refuge that could be leased for oil and gas development. The U.S. Senate voted 49-45 to approve a resolution that revokes the Interior Department's 2024 rule governing energy development on the 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge."
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[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-politics
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[10] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[12] https://www.eenews.net/articles/democrats-slam-trumps-rollback-of-fuel-economy-rules/
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/corn-s-clean-energy-promise-clashing-its-climate-footprint
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[23] https://floodlightnews.org/corn-ethanol-clean-energy-vs-climate-costs/
[24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/alaska-republicans-push-back-trump-offshore-drilling-plan
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[28] https://www.eenews.net/articles/alaska-republicans-push-back-on-trump-offshore-drilling-plan/
[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/plastic-pollution-could-more-double-2040-report-finds
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[33] https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/12/plastic-pollution-could-more-than-double-by-2040-report-finds/
[34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/maha-v-maga-feud-grows-trump-epa-rolls-back-rules-toxic-chemicals
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[36] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/07/maha-maga-feud-chemicals-pesticides
[37] https://www.sej.org/publications/sej-news/top-environment-and-energy-topics-watch-2026
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/sej-news
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[50] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[51] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[52] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-plains
[53] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic
[54] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west
[55] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
[56] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest
[57] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[58] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest
[59] https://www.sej.org/headlines/interior-dept-finally-releases-high-official-s-financial-disclosure
[60] https://www.publicdomain.media/p/budd-falen-financial-disclosure-interior
[61] https://www.sej.org/headlines/farmers-block-mexico-s-congress-tractors-protest-water-law-proposal
[62] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/mexico
[63] https://apnews.com/article/mexico-farmers-protest-water-law-a0e4d9f51e4e6d672a9240f4c5237aa8
[64] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chesapeake-bay-leaders-agree-longer-timeline-and-tribal-role-cleanup
[65] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04122025/chesapeake-executive-council-bay-cleanup/
[66] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-congress-repeals-biden-era-limits-oil-and-gas-alaska-refuge
[67] https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-congress-repeals-biden-era-limits-oil-gas-alaska-refuge-2025-12-04/
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[69] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=1
[70] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=2
[71] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=5
[72] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=6
[73] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=7
[74] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=8
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