"Republicans Helped Some Environment Programs Dodge DOGE"
"Republican lawmakers have succeeded in back-channeling with Trump officials to save energy and environment programs and workers from the wrath of Elon Musk."
Source: E&E News, 03/26/2025
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Utilities Don't Want To Clean Up Their Toxic Coal Ash. EPA Grants Their Wish.
"Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide."
Source: Grist, 03/26/2025
"Trump Wants States To Handle Disasters. States Aren't Prepared"
"President Trump has signed an executive order directing state and local governments to "play a more active and significant role" in preparing for disasters. For months, Trump has said he's considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the country's disaster response arm."
Source: NPR, 03/26/2025
EPA Knew It Wrongfully Canceled Dozens Of Environmental Grants: Documents
"Trump officials knew their legal justification for terminating dozens of Environmental Protection Agency grants was flawed, according to documents and internal emails reviewed by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 03/26/2025
"NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change"
"The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica."
Source: ProPublica, 03/25/2025
"Trump Will Nominate Acting CDC Director Susan Monarez For The Position"
"President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a longtime federal staffer, to the permanent position, a White House official confirmed Monday."
Source: AP, 03/25/2025
Congress Seeks Trillions in Cuts. Will Oil Industry’s Tax Breaks Skate By?
"With a $4.5 trillion fight over tax cuts looming, the oil and gas industry wants to protect billions of dollars in tax benefits it enjoys and get new ones, too."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/25/2025
"Voice Of America Journalists Sue Trump Officials For Dismantling The Outlet"
"The lawsuit asks a federal judge to order Trump administration officials to restore VOA."
"Six Voice of America journalists — including its former White House bureau chief — sued members of the Trump administration Friday, accusing officials of unlawfully shuttering a federally funded media outlet that has delivered news coverage to millions across the globe since its founding during World War II.
Source: Washington Post, 03/25/2025
"E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk"
"The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution in poorer areas."
Source: NYTimes, 03/24/2025
"Slow Pace of Mining, Federal Layoffs to Stymie Trump's Order"
"Federal agencies will need fully-staffed teams to implement President Donald Trump’s order for the Interior Department and other agencies to expedite mining on federal lands, natural resources lawyers say. But massive staffing cuts could get in the way of Trump’s demand to mine more minerals domestically, and it could take years for agencies and companies to mobilize and begin digging rock."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/24/2025
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