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Trump Moves to Cut Chemical Safety Board, Putting Texans and Others at Risk

"Amid increasingly intense weather, the Chemical Safety Board is the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor."

Source: Capital & Main, 07/31/2025
August 1, 2025

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Climate Advocates Outraged At Trump Admin Plans To Fast-Track AI Sector

"The Trump administration has unveiled plans to speed the development of the highly polluting artificial intelligence sector, sparking outrage from climate advocates. Rolled out on Wednesday, the 28-page scheme pledges to remove so-called “bureaucratic red tape” and streamline permitting for datacenters, semiconductor manufacturing facilities and fossil fuel infrastructure."

Source: Guardian, 07/28/2025

"Trump Admin Cancels $4.9B Loan For Biggest Transmission Line In US"

"The Trump administration just dealt a blow to the biggest transmission line project currently underway in the United States." "The Grain Belt Express is over a decade in the making and would bring huge amounts of cheap wind and solar from the plains to the East. Its future is now murky."

Source: Canary Media, 07/24/2025

"Gutting Chemical Safety Board Endangers Millions Of Americans, Groups Warn"

"A coalition of environmental, labor and public safety groups are calling on US lawmakers to reject the Trump administration’s move to eliminate a federal unit that investigates chemical accidents, citing risks to more than 170 million people who lives in zones at risk for such events."

Source: The New Lede, 07/24/2025

Trump Admin Looks to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches

"A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought." 

Source: ProPublica, 07/23/2025

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