"The Trump Administration Has All But Stopped Enforcing Environmental Laws"
"The EPA is the nation's top environmental cop. In the last few months, the federal agency has significantly scaled back pollution enforcement."
Source: Grist, 05/12/2025
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"Enviros Release Climate Emissions Data After EPA Refused"
"An environmental group has released EPA’s annual accounting of greenhouse gas emissions after the agency refused to do so."
Source: E&E News, 05/12/2025Trump To Stop US Research On Space Pollution, In Boon To Elon Musk
"The Trump administration is poised to kill federal research into pollution from satellites and rockets, including some caused by Elon Musk’s space companies, raising new conflict-of-interest questions about the billionaire SpaceX and Starlink owner."
Source: Guardian, 05/12/2025"Public Lands Sales The New Threat To GOP Megabill"
"A last-minute add to the Republican tax, energy and national security megabill mandating the sale of public lands threatens to fracture GOP support for the sweeping measure, presenting Speaker Mike Johnson a new hurdle as he races to assuage his party on multiple fronts."
Source: E&E News, 05/12/2025"Trump Tightens Control Of Independent Agency Overseeing Nuclear Safety"
"The Trump administration has tightened its control over the independent agency responsible for overseeing America's nuclear reactors, and it is considering an executive order that could further erode its autonomy, two U.S. officials who declined to speak publicly because they feared retribution told NPR."
Source: NPR, 05/12/2025"There Is No ‘Energy Emergency,’ a New Lawsuit Claims"
"Fifteen states sued the Trump administration over its declaration of an “energy emergency,” arguing that there is no emergency and that the order instructs regulators to illegally bypass reviews of fossil fuel projects, potentially damaging the environment."
Source: NYTimes, 05/12/2025"5 Things To Know About EPA’s Overhaul"
"The plans laid out May 2 included new organizational charts that suggest the elimination of — or, at the very least, the relocation of — key programs tackling climate change, “forever chemicals” and pollution prevention."
Source: E&E News, 05/12/2025Congress OKs Bill Ending Biden-Era Rule Targeting Rubber Tire Emissions
"Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes in the U.S."
Source: AP, 05/12/2025"First US Trial Over PFAS Injuries to Focus on Kidney Cancer"
"The first bellwether personal injury trial in a nationwide proceeding over damages from PFAS in specialized firefighting foam will focus on kidney cancer, the court managing the multidistrict case litigation ordered Friday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/12/2025"Humans Still Haven't Seen 99.999% Of The Deep Seafloor"
"Bizarre creatures like vampire squid and blobfish make their home in the dark, cold, depths of the deep sea, but most of this watery realm remains a complete mystery. That's because humans have seen less than 0.001% of the globe's deep seafloor, according to a new study."
Source: NPR, 05/12/2025"Pope: Climate Change Impacts Poorest And Requires Global Cooperation"
"Speaking on the deteriorating environmental crisis facing the world, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, stressed it is time to move “from words to action.” He said the answer to this challenge must be based on the Social Doctrine of the Church."
Source: Vatican News, 05/09/2025Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Admin Takes Aim at the Agency
"The ouster of Cameron Hamilton, less than a month before the start of the hurricane season, came a day after he told lawmakers that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated."
Source: NYTimes, 05/09/2025"Congress Counters Trump With Massive FEMA Restructuring Plan"
"A bipartisan group of House members is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency — and in some cases expand its services — in an effort to head off President Donald Trump’s threats to shrink or abolish the agency."
Source: E&E News, 05/09/2025"Trump Taps MAHA Influencer For Surgeon General, Replacing First Pick"
"The White House pulled the nomination of Janette Nesheiwat to be the surgeon general in favor of Casey Means, a key figure in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement."
Source: Washington Post, 05/09/2025Asbestos Clinic Forced To Close In Montana Town Where Thousands Sickened
"BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets to pay off a judgment to the railroad BNSF."
Source: AP, 05/09/2025
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