"House Republicans are calling for billions of dollars in funding cuts for Biden-era climate and environmental programs, including clean energy tax credits, as lawmakers seek to reverse what one GOP leader called “the most reckless parts of the engorged climate spending” approved under former President Joe Biden."
"The plans laid out May 2 included new organizational charts that suggest the elimination of — or, at the very least, the relocation of — key programs tackling climate change, “forever chemicals” and pollution prevention."
"Fifteen states sued the Trump administration over its declaration of an “energy emergency,” arguing that there is no emergency and that the order instructs regulators to illegally bypass reviews of fossil fuel projects, potentially damaging the environment."
"The Trump administration has tightened its control over the independent agency responsible for overseeing America's nuclear reactors, and it is considering an executive order that could further erode its autonomy, two U.S. officials who declined to speak publicly because they feared retribution told NPR."
"A last-minute add to the Republican tax, energy and national security megabill mandating the sale of public lands threatens to fracture GOP support for the sweeping measure, presenting Speaker Mike Johnson a new hurdle as he races to assuage his party on multiple fronts."
"The Trump administration is poised to kill federal research into pollution from satellites and rockets, including some caused by Elon Musk’s space companies, raising new conflict-of-interest questions about the billionaire SpaceX and Starlink owner."
"An environmental group has released EPA’s annual accounting of greenhouse gas emissions after the agency refused to do so."
"The EPA is the nation's top environmental cop. In the last few months, the federal agency has significantly scaled back pollution enforcement."
"The Trump administration has moved to end federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a showy grouse with the misfortune of inhabiting southern and central grasslands long sought-after for agriculture and energy development."
"The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret"
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