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Trump Administration Moves to Lift Protections for Fish and Divert Water to Farms
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Tuesday moved to weaken protections for a threatened California fish, a change that would allow large amounts of water to be diverted from the San Francisco Bay Delta to irrigate arid farmland and could harm the region’s fragile ecosystem.
Forest Service Backs an End to Limits on Roads in Alaska's Tongass Forest
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday took a step toward opening up the pristine woodlands of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging and road construction, saying it would prefer an end to all road-building restrictions throughout the forest.
New EPA Lead Standards Would Slow Replacement of Dangerous Pipes
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration was expected Thursday to propose new regulations on lead and copper in drinking water, updating a 20-year-old rule that may have contributed to the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, Michigan, that began in 2015.
Interior Chief Pushes Dam Project That Old Lobbying Client Wanted
WASHINGTON — For years, the Interior Department resisted proposals to raise the height of its towering Shasta Dam in Northern California. The department’s own scientists and researchers concluded that doing so would endanger rare plants and animals in the area, as well as the bald eagle, and devastate the West Coast’s salmon industry downstream.
Trump's EPA to Revoke California Role on Car Emissions
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to formally revoke California’s authority to set auto emissions rules that are stricter than federal standards, taking a major step forward in its wide-ranging attack on government efforts to fight climate change.
Trump Administration to Finalize Rollback of Clean-Water Protections
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday is expected to complete the legal repeal of a major Obama-era clean water regulation, which had placed limits on polluting chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and water bodies.
Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday made public its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and sent 4.9 million barrels of oil gushing into the sea, causing the worst oil spill in American history.
Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday is expected to unveil its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and sent 4.9 million barrels of oil gushing into the sea, causing the worst oil spill in American history.
Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday is expected to unveil its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and sent 4.9 million barrels of oil gushing into the sea, causing the worst oil spill in American history.Interior Department Delays its Plan to Open U.S. Coastline to Drilling
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday confirmed that it will likely delay the release of a long-awaited plan that had been expected to open most of the nation’s coastline for offshore oil drilling, pending the final outcome of a recent court decision that blocks drilling off the Alaskan coast.
Trump Order to Open Arctic Ocean to Drilling Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
WASHINGTON — In a major legal blow to President Donald Trump’s push to expand offshore oil and gas development, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by Trump that lifted an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and parts of the North Atlantic coast was unlawful.Trump Order to Open Arctic Ocean to Drilling Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
WASHINGTON — In a major legal blow to President Donald Trump’s push to expand offshore oil and gas development, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by Trump that lifted an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and parts of the North Atlantic coast was unlawful.
Trump's Order to Open Arctic Waters to Drilling Was Unlawful, Federal Judge Finds
WASHINGTON — In a legal blow to President Donald Trump’s push to expand offshore oil and gas development, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by Trump that lifted an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean was unlawful.Trump Is Increasingly Alone on One Side of the Climate Science Divide
WASHINGTON — New efforts by President Donald Trump and his staff to question or undermine the established science of climate change have created a widening rift between the White House on one side, and scientific facts, government agencies and some leading figures in the president’s own party on the other.
Trump Is Increasingly Alone on One Side of the Climate Science Divide
WASHINGTON — New efforts by President Donald Trump and his staff to question or undermine the established science of climate change have created a widening rift between the White House on one side, and scientific facts, government agencies and some leading figures in the president’s own party on the other.
A Growing Divide on Climate Science: Trump vs. the Rest of the World
WASHINGTON — New efforts by President Donald Trump and his staff to question or undermine the established science of climate change have created a widening rift between the White House on one side, and scientific facts, government agencies and some leading figures in the president’s own party on the other.
EPA Will Study Limits on Cancer-Linked Chemicals. Critics Say the Plan Delays Action.
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will start work by the end of the year on a long-awaited plan to set national drinking-water limits for two harmful chemicals linked to cancer, low infant birth weight and other health issues.Zinke's Likely Successor Is a Former Oil Lobbyist Who Has Influenced Trump's Energy Policy
WASHINGTON — With Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke departing at the end of the year, the agency will likely be run, at least for a time, by its deputy secretary, David Bernhardt, a former oil lobbyist who has played a central role in enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda of rolling back conservation measures and opening up public lands to drilling and mining.Trump Plan Would Weaken Rules Protecting Wetlands From Pollutants
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected Tuesday to unveil a plan that would weaken federal clean water rules designed to protect millions of acres of wetlands and thousands of miles of streams nationwide from pesticide runoff and other pollutants.
Fewer inspections for aging nuclear plants, regulators propose
Democrats in Congress and nuclear safety advocates criticized the report’s proposals, saying they reflect the influence of an industry seeking to cut regulations rather than improve public safety.
