"What Trump’s Second Administration Could Mean For Environmental Justice"
"Biden poured billions into helping communities most threatened by pollution. Donald Trump could stop it."
Source: Washington Post, 12/04/2024
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"What Trump’s Cabinet Picks Say About Climate Change"
"President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet choices run the gamut from people who acknowledge the threat of climate change to those who deny the scientific consensus that emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are dangerously heating the planet."
Source: NYTimes, 12/04/2024
Climate Advocates Tap Their Spiritual Reservoirs to Continue Their Cause
"Donald Trump promises a new assault on climate policy and environmental regulations when he returns to the White House. Faith leaders say their beliefs compel a response."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/03/2024
"Trump Pick For US Health Agency Proposed ‘Herd Immunity’ During Covid"
"Choosing Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH signals return to controversial and scientifically questionable health policies"
Source: Guardian, 12/02/2024
"What Trump’s Tariffs Could Mean For American Energy"
"President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to slap new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China could inflate the cost of producing and buying energy in almost all forms, possibly sending gasoline prices surging and the U.S. energy industry into a tailspin."
Source: E&E News, 12/02/2024
New Agriculture Secretary Will Have to Reckon With Climate Change
"Exactly where Brooke Rollins stands on agricultural policy is unclear, but her positions on fossil fuels and climate change are explicit."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/02/2024
"How Will Trump’s Covid Contrarians Handle the Next Pandemic?"
"President-elect Donald J. Trump had already succeeded in rattling the nation’s public health and biomedical establishment by the time he announced on Tuesday that he had picked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health. But amid growing fears of a deadly bird flu pandemic, perhaps no one was more rattled than experts in infectious disease."
Source: NYTimes, 12/02/2024
Trump Rejection of Transition Deal Adds Wrinkle to Its Transparency Pledges
"The refusal by President-elect Donald J. Trump’s team to sign a transition agreement with the General Services Administration means that, despite the team’s pledges to abide by several transparency customs of presidential handovers, it isn’t legally bound to follow through on its promises."
Source: NYTimes, 12/02/2024
Will Trump Use Kash Patel To Attack His Critics And The First Amendment?
"The nomination of Kash Patel to serve as America’s next FBI director is a warning shot across the bow for journalists — as Donald Trump’s threats to attack the First Amendement intensifies."
Source: Independent, 12/02/2024
House Passes Bill To Let Treasury Target Nonprofits It Deems "Terrorist"
"The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents."
Source: AP, 11/26/2024
