"Interior Plan Slashes Environmental Reviews To 1 Month"
"Leaning on President Donald Trump’s declared energy emergency, the department aims to limit fossil project reviews to 28 days."
Source: E&E News, 04/28/2025
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Burgum Confirms Administration Is Reviewing National Monument Boundaries
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum confirmed Friday the administration is reviewing the boundaries of several national monuments — meaning it eventually could move to shrink them."
Source: The Hill, 04/28/2025
"China Says Trump’s Order on Seabed Mining Violates International Law"
"China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that an executive order President Trump signed a day earlier to accelerate the permitting process for seabed mining in international waters “violates international law and harms the overall interests of the international community.”
Source: NYTimes, 04/28/2025
Supreme Court Could Limit Agencies’ Duty To Consider Environmental Harms
"A forthcoming Supreme Court decision is poised to weaken a bedrock law that requires federal agencies to study the potential environmental impacts of major projects."
Source: Grist, 04/28/2025
"‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries"
"On August 6, 2012, a corroded, eight-inch pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, cracked open, sending a white cloud hundreds of feet into the air. The cloud quickly engulfed the 19 refinery firefighters, managers and other workers who had been trying to fix what had been a small leak in the pipe."
Source: Public Health Watch, 04/28/2025
Oversight Dem Questions How CDC Can Provide FOIA Records Without Staffers
"Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is demanding to know how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests when the relevant staff have been put on administrative leave."
Source: The Hill, 04/28/2025
"Climate Change, Once a Big Issue, Fades From Canada’s Election"
"Even though Liberal candidate Mark Carney has a lengthy climate policy résumé, Trump’s threats have nearly drowned the issue out of the campaign."
Source: NYTimes, 04/28/2025
DOJ Says It Will Resume Obtaining Reporters’ Records In Leak Inquiries
"The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have authority to use subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to hunt for government officials who make “unauthorized disclosures” to journalists."
Source: AP, 04/28/2025
"12 Books To Commemorate The Diverse Legacy Of Earth Month"
"From the seeds planted by the first Earth Day celebrated over 50 years ago, an astonishing variety of environmental shoots have sprouted and spread. As a result, an eclectic mix of titles is required to celebrate Earth Month in 2025."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 04/25/2025
"Environmental Groups Say Trump Admin Violated Their Free-Speech Rights"
"Scott Vlaun has been working with his school district in western Maine to cut back how much energy it uses and helping his town come up with a plan to deal with climate threats from things like rising temperatures and worsening floods."
Source: NPR, 04/25/2025
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