"‘Drill Baby Drill’ Belied by Firing Federal Permit Approvers"
"Federal firings expected to undermine oil and gas permitting"
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/05/2025
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UN Sets August Date For Extra Session To Finalize Plastics Treaty
"The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take place from August 5 to 14 in Geneva, Switzerland, after countries failed to agree on the parameters of a final agreement last December in Busan, South Korea."
Source: Reuters, 03/04/2025
Trump Official Who Tried To Downplay Major Climate Report Now Will Oversee It
"A former Trump official who alarmed scientists years ago when he attempted to meddle with a congressionally mandated climate report has returned to the White House in a role that’s expected to heavily influence the next version of the assessment."
Source: E&E News, 03/04/2025
"Coming Soon: Trump Plans To Boot Agencies From Washington"
"President Donald Trump, who pledged to send up to 100,000 federal workers outside of Washington, could move quickly to eject energy and environmental agencies from the nation’s capital."
Source: E&E News, 03/03/2025
"‘Full on Fight Club’: How Trump Is Crushing U.S. Climate Policy"
"In a few short weeks, President Trump has severely damaged the government’s ability to fight climate change, upending American environmental policy with moves that could have lasting implications for the country, and the planet. With a flurry of actions that have stretched the limits of presidential power, Mr. Trump has gutted federal climate efforts, rolled back regulations aimed at limiting pollution and given a major boost to the fossil fuel industry."
Source: NYTimes, 03/03/2025
"Pipeline Safety Agency’s Senior Leaders Exit Amid Trump Push"
"More than half of the senior executives at a key US government regulatory body responsible for overseeing safety of the US pipeline system will depart the agency in the next three months, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/28/2025
"Former Lumber Industry Executive Named As Forest Service Chief"
"The Trump administration’s pick to lead the Forest Service was previously an executive at a lumber industry company."
Source: The Hill, 02/28/2025
"Congress Votes To Kill Biden-Era Methane Fee On Oil And Gas Producers"
"The Republican-controlled Congress has voted to repeal a federal fee on oil and gas producers who release high levels of methane, undoing a major piece of former President Joe Biden’s climate policy aimed at controlling the planet-warming “super pollutant.” The fee, which had not gone into effect, was expected to bring in billions of dollars."
Source: AP, 02/28/2025
Trump Admin Restores $2.1 Billion To Pennsylvania After State’s Lawsuit
"Federal funding to Pennsylvania for climate-related and other programs will be restored, Gov. Josh Shapiro said, reversing a Trump administration freeze after lawsuits by Pennsylvania and almost two dozen other states."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/28/2025
"Trump’s Plan to Repeal Climate Policy Could Upend Shift to Electric Cars"
"The administration is setting the stage for Congress to repeal a longstanding waiver that allows California to set its own pollution standards. State officials say the effort is illegal."
Source: NYTimes, 02/27/2025
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