"Experts say the drop in abundance is largely due to chemical use, habitat loss, and a warming climate"

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Mexico will make an immediate water delivery to Texas farmers to help make up its shortfall under a treaty that has strained US relations and prompted tariff threats by Donald Trump, said Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Friday."

"The cancellation of a meeting of top advisors to the agency’s scientific research arm, with no explanation or plans to reschedule, signals bad news for public health and the environment, say former advisors."

"Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum fee of $100 for every ton of greenhouse gases emitted by ships above certain thresholds, in what is effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions."

"The president’s suite of executive orders to decimate environmental regulations will propel his administration into court."

"The Trump administration wants to effectively break up NOAA and end its climate work by abolishing its primary research office and forcing the agency to help boost U.S. fossil fuel production, budget documents show."