"E.P.A. Erases Mention of Humans Causing Climate Change From Some Web Pages"
"An E.P.A. site listing the causes of climate change no longer includes the main one: human activity."
Source: NYTimes, 12/10/2025
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Chemical Lobbyists At Trump EPA Double Amount of Formaldehyde Deemed Safe
"Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them." "The chemical industry finally got its wish."
Source: ProPublica, 12/10/2025"Bid To Oust Zeldin Cites ‘EPA-Sanctioned Pollution Spree’"
"Moms Clean Air Force is activating its million-plus members in a bid to oust Administrator Lee Zeldin from EPA."
Source: E&E News, 12/10/2025"Defense Bill Delays Phaseout Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighting Foam"
"The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) gives the Pentagon more time to use firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals.”
Source: The Hill, 12/10/2025"Democratic Senators Demand U.S. Park Police Suspend Hiring Spree"
"Democratic senators are demanding the U.S. Park Police suspend their D.C. recruitment blitz and accuse the Trump administration of “hijacking this federal police force for its own authoritarian purposes,” according to a letter sent to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Monday morning."
Source: Washington Post, 12/10/2025Trump Said Weaker Gas Mileage Rules Will Mean Cheaper Cars. Experts Disagree
"President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken rules for how far automakers’ new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline, set under former President Joe Biden. ... Here are the facts."
Source: AP, 12/10/2025"Federal Judge Finds Trump’s Halt on Wind Energy Is Illegal"
"A federal judge on Monday struck down President Trump’s halt on approvals of all wind power projects on federal lands and waters, dealing a significant legal setback to the administration’s campaign against wind farms."
Source: NYTimes, 12/09/2025PEER Warns that OIRA Chief Jeffrey Clark’s “Acting” Role Is Illegal
"In a new letter to U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is warning that Jeffrey Clark’s role as “Acting Administrator” of the Office of information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is in violation of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA) and actions he has taken could be in legal jeopardy."
Source: PEER, 12/09/2025"More Than 200 Environmental Groups Demand Halt To New US Datacenters"
"A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new datacenters in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis."
Source: Guardian, 12/09/2025"States Push To End Secrecy Over Data Center Water Use"
"States facing drought and dwindling groundwater supplies are seeking to pull back the curtain on water use at data centers, in a push for transparency that has scrambled traditional partisan alliances."
Source: E&E News, 12/09/2025"Trump Admin Orders Parks To Purge Shops Of DEI, Trans References"
"The National Park Service has ordered park rangers to remove books and retail items at park gifts shops that run afoul of President Donald Trump’s edicts targeting diversity and equity across the federal government, according to a recent memo viewed by POLITICO’s E&E News."
Source: E&E News, 12/09/2025"Conservatives Sound Alarm About Westerman’s NEPA Bill"
"Members of the House Freedom Caucus are objecting to House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman’s big permitting bill, contributing to a planned floor vote being postponed."
Source: E&E News, 12/09/2025NPS Fee-Free Calendar Drops MLK Day, Juneteenth And Adds Trump's Birthday
"The Trump administration has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from next year's calendar of entrance fee-free days for national parks and added President Trump's birthday to the list, according to the National Park Service, as the administration continues to push back against a reckoning of the country's racist history on federal lands."
Source: NPR, 12/09/2025"New White House “Hall of Shame” Webpage Expands Trump’s War On The Press"
"“Misleading. Biased. Exposed.” Far from encouraging trustworthy journalism, the new media bias page on the White House website is the Trump administration’s latest effort to pillory the media. Journalists and outlets critical of Trump’s measures are labelled as “offenders” with no factual breakdown of why their reporting is incorrect."
Source: RSF, 12/09/2025"Maha v Maga: Feud Grows As Trump EPA Rolls Back Rules On Toxic Chemicals"
"“Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement leaders have put out a petition calling for Donald Trump to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin, who, since being appointed in late January, has quickly moved to undo toxic chemical regulations and fast-track pesticide approvals."
Source: Guardian, 12/08/2025
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