Trump Admin Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills
"A federal program that helps low-income households pay for heating and cooling costs is in limbo."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/21/2025
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"How Is Climate Change Harming Health? Studying That Just Got Harder."
"The N.I.H. has indicated that it will stop funding research on the health effects of climate change. Scientists said the decision will curtail the search for answers."
Source: NYTimes, 04/18/2025
"States Lead On Landfill Methane Emissions As Federal Action Stalls"
"The EPA was set to tighten rules on landfill operators. With Trump in charge, state policies may be the nation’s best bet at curbing these emissions."
Source: Canary Media, 04/08/2025
HHS Fires Entire Staff That Helps Low-Income People Afford Heat, AC
"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has fired all of the workers in its program that seeks to help low-income Americans pay their energy bills. Everyone who had been working on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) was let go on Tuesday, according to now-former employee Andrew Germain."
Source: The Hill, 04/03/2025
"E.P.A. Hunt for Shady Deals and ‘Gold Bars’ Comes Up Empty"
"The agency head said a $20 billion Biden climate program was marred by fraud and abuse. A judge said on Wednesday the E.P.A. hasn’t provided evidence."
Source: NYTimes, 04/03/2025
Trump’s DOE Targets Calif. And Other Blue States For Cuts: Leaked Docs
"The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle environmental protections and roll back nationwide progress toward clean energy disproportionately target California and other blue states, internal documents show."
Source: LA Times, 04/02/2025
"Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True."
"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."
Source: NYTimes, 04/02/2025
"The Vicious Cycle of Extreme Heat Leading to More Fossil Fuel Use"
"A new report illustrates a concerning dynamic: Record heat last year pushed countries to use more planet-warming fossil fuels to cool things down."
Source: NYTimes, 03/25/2025
"Why We Should Worry When Whales Stop Singing"
"A hungry whale is a quiet whale. A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/20/2025
"E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose"
"Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses."
Source: NYTimes, 03/13/2025
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