Court Halts Trump Effort To Help Congress Overturn Calif. Clean Car Rules
"A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration effort to overturn California’s clean car rules through Congress."
"A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration effort to overturn California’s clean car rules through Congress."
"Construction on — or at least preparations for — a border wall through Texas’s Big Bend National Park and the larger Big Bend region have been halted through Sept. 15, and possibly longer, a federal judge said from the bench Friday."
"California sued the Trump administration and Golden State Wind over the federal government’s deal with the company to cancel an offshore wind project lease, alleging the transaction violated multiple federal laws."

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"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer."
"California struggled for years to adopt new landscaping rules that dictate what residents in fire-prone areas can plant and build within five feet of their homes, known as Zone Zero."
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"The Trump administration has taken a series of extraordinary steps to attack California’s position as a national leader in environmental protection, enlisting at least a half-dozen federal agencies to undermine the state’s efforts to pivot away from fossil fuels."

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"State regulators face calls to better protect low-income, Spanish-speaking immigrants from pesticide exposure in agricultural communities."