Environmental Politics

"How Chris Wright Is Remaking The National Labs"

"The Department of Energy’s world-class laboratories are poised for dramatic changes." "The DOE secretary’s proposed budget would slash research programs and boost efforts “to reindustrialize America, to win the race on AI, and to stop the huge upward pressure on electricity prices.”"

Source: E&E News, 06/30/2025

"Nancy Mace Privately Asks Trump Aides To Unfreeze Mercedes EV Funds"

"Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) privately asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to release funding for a Mercedes-Benz plant to convert to the production of electric vehicles, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post." "The program, set up through President Joe Biden’s climate law, would benefit a Mercedes-Benz plant in South Carolina."

Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2025

Enviros Sue To Stop Opening Of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ In Everglades

"Florida officials have said the facility, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Republicans, will open early next week and hold up to 3,000 detainees." 

Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2025

"A Logging Protest In The Treetops Ends In Terror, Activists Say"

"Protesters lived in a tree for 40 days on the Olympic Peninsula to protest logging of older forests." "On the 40th night of the protest, a black Jeep drove up a logging road and stopped near the base of a towering grand fir."

Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2025

"A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill"

"Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said late Saturday that he had dropped his contentious plan to sell millions of acres of public lands from the sweeping domestic policy package that the Senate will soon begin debating."

Source: NYTimes, 06/30/2025

"Surprise Tax in G.O.P. Bill Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power"

"Senate Republicans have quietly inserted provisions in President Trump’s domestic policy bill that would not only end federal support for wind and solar energy but would impose an entirely new tax on future projects, a move that industry groups say could devastate the renewable power industry."

Source: NYTimes, 06/30/2025

Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind EPA Deadline

"Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076." 

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/27/2025

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