Reed Re-Affirms Key Positions; Questions Implications Of Supported Cuts
Congressman Tom Reed may have been on President Donald Trump's transition team, but he said the two don't agree on everything.
Category Archives: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
California’s environmental crusaders helped save our state. Now, they face down Trump
Communities for a Better Environment organizer Alicia Rivera tries to get shoppers interested in a protest march. It did not begin well for Alicia Rivera, who carried a stack of fliers as she made her way around the parking lot of a Wilmington shopping center.
Is it time to boycott America?
The catastrophic outcome of last November's U.S. presidential election is now clear. President Donald Trump's indifference to the risk of climate change, and the actions he is taking because of that indifference, are likely to have consequences that dwarf the significance of his executive order on immigration, his nomination of an arch-conservative to the Supreme Court and, should he manage to achieve it, his repeal of the Affordable Care Act .
Trump’s climate policy puts spring skiing on endangered list
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump step off Air Force One with their children at Andrews Air Force Base on March 5. The couple, along with Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and their families spent their spring vacation in Aspen this month. The weather wasn't perfect this week for the Trump family's spring break in Aspen.
Trump lays plans to reverse Obama’s climate change legacy
President Donald Trump is poised in the coming days to announce his plans to dismantle the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's climate change legacy, while also gutting several smaller but significant policies aimed at curbing global warming. The moves are intended to send an unmistakable signal to the nation and the world that Trump intends to follow through on his campaign vows to rip apart every element of what the president has called Obama's "stupid" policies to address climate change.
Air pollution reduction program faces budget ax from Trump administration
The Trump administration's plans to cut funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will threaten a grant program that trucking, busing and construction companies say for years has helped them reduce smog from their vehicles. The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, first enacted by Congress in 2005 with broad, bipartisan support, was recently identified by the Office of Management and Budget as a program the White House could soon eliminate.
Trump Attacks America the Beautiful
Trump is the first president to take on America the Beautiful. He's at war with America.
Trump set to roll back federal fuel-economy requirements
In this Feb. 21, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to employees of the EPA in Washington. The Trump administration is moving to roll back federal fuel-economy requirements that would have forced automakers to significantly increase the efficiency of new cars and trucks.
Cuts to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: A plan to sink American cities
The Great Lakes contain 95 percent of America's fresh surface water and supply drinking water to more than 30 million people in North America. The environmental and ecological justification for improving and maintaining the Great Lakes is undeniable but one must look no further than my of hometown Buffalo, N.Y., to see how Great Lakes cleanup is breathing new life into the economy of once struggling cities.
Trump to roll back fuel-economy requirements
The Trump administration is moving to roll back federal fuel-economy requirements that would have forced automakers to increase significantly the efficiency of new cars and trucks, a key part of former President Barack Obama's strategy to combat global warming. The Environmental Protection Agency is close to an announcement reversing a decision made in the waning days of the Obama administration to lock in strict gas mileage requirements for cars and light trucks through 2025.
Otters are sweet relief from witless war on EPA
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan joins Senate colleagues and President Donald Trump at the White House for the signing of an executive order requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to revise its "waters of the U.S." regulation. Feb. 28, 2017.
How Scott Pruitt’s EPA can do its job
Editor's note: John Cruden was a senior manager at the Department of Justice for 23 years, most recently serving from January 2015 to January 2016 as assistant attorney general for DOJ's Environment and Natural Resources Division. He is president-elect of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.
Trump may cut Great Lakes protection budget by 97 per cent
The Trump administration would slash programs aimed at slowing climate change and improving water safety and air quality, while eliminating thousands of jobs, according to a draft of the Environmental Protection Agency budget proposal obtained by The Associated Press. Under the tentative plan from the Office of Management and Budget, the agency's funding would be reduced by roughly 25 per cent and about 3,000 jobs would be cut, about 19 per cent of the agency's staff.
EPA rule rollback effect unknown
No one knows yet what effect, if any, the rollback of part of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule will have, although some already are celebrating the move. According to an article by Colorado State University researchers Reagan Waskom and David Cooper, posted Tuesday morning on the website theconversation.com , the rollback could mean even more confusion for farmers and ranchers.
Here are 4 ways climate change is messing with our brains – for the worse.
We might think of climate change as purely physical: wildfires blazing through forests, rising seas lapping at the doors of coastal homes. But those brutal conditions also affect our mental health, changing how we think and act.
What would Teddy Roosevelt have to say about new Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke?
Roosevelt, also a Republican, was no saint , but he was an avid conservationist . So the 26th U.S. president might not like what Zinke has planned for the 500 million acres that the Interior Department manages: opening many of them to coal mining and oil and gas drilling .
Trump orders review of Obama rule protecting small streams
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating a review of an Obama-era rule aimed at protecting small streams and wetlands from development and pollution, fulfilling a campaign promise while earning the ire of environmental groups. The order, signed at the White House Tuesday, instructs the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers to review a rule that redefined "waters of the United States" protected under the Clean Water Act to include smaller creeks and wetlands.
Trump ordering review of Obama rule protecting small streams
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday mandating a review of an Obama-era rule aimed at protecting small streams and wetlands from development and pollution. The order will instruct the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers to review a rule that redefined "waters of the United States" protected under the Clean Water Act to include smaller creeks and wetlands, according to a senior White House official.
Founders had different idea
If all the rules and regulations by which we are forced to live are such good ideas, why are so many of them promulgated unilaterally? Why were the checks and balances the Founders built into our system of government abandoned? We're taught in school that basic rules in the form of laws have to be approved by both houses of Congress, then the ... (more)
Why the EPA faces big cuts under Trump budget proposal
Environmental issues have become more polarized even since the years of George W. Bush. One factor is the stakes for both parties surrounding climate change have risen.