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Trump’s Coal-Friendly EPA Rolls Back Rules Meant to Prevent Water Contamination
The move delays base-level reporting and monitoring, and actual cleanup will be punted even further into the future.
Trump’s EPA Aims to Drop Key Agency Finding That Greenhouse Gases Are Harmful
Last year was the hottest year on record, several climate studies have demonstrated.
Trump Executive Order Looks to Cut Environmental Regulations That Musk Opposes
The draft text directs the secretary of transportation to eliminate environmental reviews for rocket launch licenses.
Texas Lawmakers Ignored Key Recommendations to Prepare Rural Areas for Floods
The state legislature has repeatedly failed to enact measures like alert systems and funding for local data collection.
Public Health Experts Sound the Alarm as Trump EPA Eliminates Research Arm
Scientists warn the closure will obstruct the agency's ability to protect the environment and public health.
FL Miccosukee Tribe Joins Environmental Groups Suing Over “Alligator Alcatraz”
The tribe will keep fighting to “protect the land and save the land that saved us,” said the tribal council secretary.
1,500 Deaths in Europe’s Heat Wave Were Due to Climate Crisis, Study Shows
“The influence of climate change has [temperatures] up by several degrees,” the study's lead author said.
Climate Erasure Replaces Climate Denial Under Trump Administration
The days of loudly debating the science have mostly given way to an effort to withhold the raw information itself.
Trump Plan to Expand Land for Arctic Drilling Is an Ecological Disaster
Trump has announced he will open millions of acres of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska up to oil and gas companies.
The US Public Loves the National Park Service. Trump Is Destroying It Anyway.
Trump is pushing for cuts that could require 350 of the 433 sites run by the National Park Service to shut down.