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"Trump Administration Moves to End Major Conservation Rule"

"The Trump administration is set to reverse a sweeping conservation rule for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the latest in a series of actions to reverse Biden-era environmental protections. Announced without much public fanfare in early April, the sudden reversal of the rule, which sought to put conservation on an equal playing field with industrial activities, is a blow to conservation efforts, said environmental groups."

Source: Sierra, 05/16/2025

"An Effort to Kill Off Lawsuits Against Oil Giants Is Gaining Steam"

"The Trump administration has declared litigation to hold oil companies responsible for climate change a threat to the American economy and has taken aggressive steps to fight it." "Over the past decade, some three dozen states and local governments have sued the biggest oil companies in the world, arguing that the industry hid what it knew about the dangers of global warming."

Source: NYTimes, 05/16/2025

"Republicans’ ‘Clearly Unprecedented’ Gambit To Kill Climate Programs"

"The House Energy and Commerce Committee wants to use the budget process to repeal program authorizations. That may not fly in the Senate."

Source: E&E News, 05/15/2025

"Trump Promised U.S. Dominance. Instead, Energy Companies Are Faltering."

"President Donald Trump promised to unleash an energy renaissance that would lock in U.S. dominance over oil and gas. But that is not how things are working out for America’s drillers, fracking firms and equipment suppliers, including the company founded by Trump’s own energy secretary."

Source: Washington Post, 05/14/2025

"Senate Republicans Balk at House Plan to Gut Energy Tax Cuts"

"Key Senate Republicans are resisting the House’s plan to gut clean energy tax credits, vowing to soften the blow for emerging technologies. The pushback comes just a day after House Republicans released a plan to help pay for an extension of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts by cutting more than $500 billion in energy tax credits from former President Joe Biden’s signature climate law."

Source: Bloomberg, 05/14/2025

"Trump Administration to Fast-Track Permits for Utah Uranium Mine"

"The Interior Department said it would fast-track the permitting process for a uranium mine in Utah as part of President Trump’s plan to shorten environmental reviews and speed the construction of certain types of energy projects." "An environmental review of the project, known as Velvet-Wood, would normally take roughly a year. The government says it will complete the process in two weeks."

Source: NYTimes, 05/14/2025

"Facing Lawsuit, USDA Says It Will Restore Climate Change-Related Webpages"

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to restore climate change-related webpages to its websites after it was sued over the deletions in February. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group, argued that the deletions violated rules around citizens’ access to government information."

Source: AP, 05/14/2025

House Natural Resources Chair’s Oil Stock Purchases Were Unusual For Panel

"Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) bought stock in a dozen mining, oil and gas giants two months before ramming an industry-friendly budget bill through his committee."

Source: Public Domain, 05/14/2025

Energy Department Proposes To Cut 47 Rules On Energy Efficiency, SPR, DEI

"The Energy Department has announced proposals to cut dozens of energy efficiency and other rules in what it is describing as the ”‘largest deregulatory effort in history.” The department plans to ax a long list of efficiency regulations, including those pertaining to stoves, ovens, showerheads, clothes washers, dishwashers and microwaves."

Source: The Hill, 05/13/2025

House GOP Targets Clean Energy Tax Credits And Pollution Rules In Budget Bill

"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."

Source: AP, 05/13/2025

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