"Green Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Report Downplaying Climate Damage"
"Environmental advocates are suing the Trump administration over what they described as a secretive plan to undermine climate science."
Source: The Hill, 08/13/2025
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"Trump Cracks Down on Bird Deaths, but Only From Wind Turbines"
"Bald eagles must be protected to the fullest extent of the law from dangerous wind turbines, President Trump’s interior secretary declared this week. But four months ago, President Trump called for gutting the very law that applies, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, calling it a burden on oil and gas producers."
Source: NYTimes, 08/12/2025
"David Rosner Is Set To Lead FERC. Who Is He?"
"President Donald Trump plans to elevate a Democratic member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to full chair as many continue to raise questions about the agency’s independence." "The centrist Democrat has supported efforts to address power demand by strengthening grid reliability via an “all-of-the-above” philosophy."
Source: E&E News, 08/12/2025
NWS Plan to Hire Staff After Layoffs Will Be Too Late for Wildfire Season
"Key California weather forecast offices will remain “criminally understaffed” while new hires get on board, former NWS meteorologists warn."
Source: Capital & Main, 08/12/2025
Unlikely Coalition Fighting To Keep Energy Star Labels On Your Appliances
"The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy-efficiency program, but bakers, builders, hot tub lobbyists, and chemical companies are trying to save it."
Source: Grist, 08/11/2025
Trump Orders Political Control Over All Federal Grants, Alarming Researchers
"An executive order signed by President Donald Trump late Thursday aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies. Scientists say it threatens to undermine the process that has helped make the U.S. the world leader in research and development."
Source: AP, 08/11/2025
"EPA Dissolves Union Contract, AFGE Says"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has unilaterally dissolved a collective bargaining agreement with members of the union that represents its workers, the union said Friday."
Source: The Hill, 08/11/2025
Commercial Fishing In Vast Pacific Reserve Halted As Judge Blocks Trump Order
"Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections."
Source: AP, 08/11/2025
Records Contradict What FEMA Leader Told Congress About Texas Flood Response
"In the week after floods tore through Texas Hill Country, most survivors were unable to get through to a federal aid hotline because the Department of Homeland Security let funding lapse, according to publicly available contract records and internal FEMA call center logs obtained by NPR."
Source: NPR, 08/11/2025
"Far More Environmental Data Is Being Deleted In Trump's Second Term"
"The current Trump administration has made 70% more changes to government environmental websites during its first 100 days than the first Trump administration did, and those changes are bolder, according to a report published by the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI)."
Source: NPR, 08/11/2025
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