"White House Weighs NRC Overhaul"
"Industry experts are warning that political oversight of the independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission could do more harm than good."
Source: E&E News, 05/20/2025
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"Trump Officials Allow Massive New York Offshore Wind Project To Restart"
"The Trump administration lifted the stop-work order on a major wind farm off the coast of New York on Monday, according to a statement by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), following direct appeals she made to the president."
Source: Washington Post, 05/20/2025
"Electricity Costs Keep Climbing, Despite Trump’s Promises"
"On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump vowed to cut energy costs in half. So far, that’s not coming true. And estimates say that his policies could only make things worse."
Source: E&E News, 05/20/2025
Legal Support For Journalists Helps Meet Rising Threats To Press Freedom
"At a time when attacks on press freedom are heightening, including from the White House and President Donald Trump himself, legal support for journalists is shifting to meet new challenges."
Source: Poynter, 05/19/2025
"Trump Orders The Government To Stop Enforcing Rules He Doesn’t Like"
"At the Transportation Department, enforcement of pipeline safety rules has plunged to unprecedented lows since President Donald Trump’s inauguration." "Critics say the administration is breaking the law and sidestepping the rulemaking process that presidents of both parties have routinely followed."
Source: Washington Post, 05/19/2025
15 Years After Deepwater Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs
"Satellite imagery shows the worst sites worldwide for oil slicks and methane emissions. Report authors expect pollution will only increase as the Trump administration opens more waters to drilling."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/19/2025
"‘Nobody’s Seen It’: An Elusive Report Could Drive Empire Wind To Collapse"
"A massive New York offshore wind project may soon be abandoned mid-construction due to a mysterious report that few people in Washington appear to have seen except Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, one Fox News reporter, and the scientists who apparently wrote it."
Source: Canary Media, 05/19/2025
Puerto Rico: "Waiting, Often in the Dark, for Frozen E.P.A. Funds"
"The Trump administration is trying to claw back billions in climate grants, including $147 million that could help people in Puerto Rico withstand frequent power failures."
Source: NYTimes, 05/19/2025
"Republicans Attack Rules Designed to Keep Workers Safe From Heat"
"A warming climate exposes more and more workers to increasingly hotter conditions every year, yet soon after taking office, Donald Trump indefinitely froze a heat illness prevention rule proposed under the previous administration and gutted the only agency that studies workplace health and safety."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/19/2025
Storms, Tornadoes Kill 28 In Kentucky, Missouri And Virginia
"Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods, still on edge Sunday for more severe weather ahead after storms that killed more than two dozen people as they swept through parts of the Midwest and South."
Source: AP, 05/19/2025
