"Trump’s Legal Attack Fails on California-Quebec Climate Pact"
"California’s climate pact with Quebec doesn’t interfere with U.S. authority to conduct foreign affairs, a federal court said Friday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/20/2020
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"Democrats Eye Trump’s Game Plan to Reverse Late Rule Changes"
"At the dawn of the Trump era, Republicans in the White House and Congress turned an old law into a potent new weapon. An obscure 1996 statute was harnessed to wipe out 14 Obama-era regulations in 16 weeks, before President Trump set out to enact the most significant deregulatory agenda in the modern presidential era. ... Now Democrats are eager to show that turnabout is fair play ..."
Source: NYTimes, 07/20/2020
Inside Trump’s Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus
"The roots of the nation’s current inability to control the pandemic can be traced to mid-April, when the White House embraced overly rosy projections to proclaim victory and move on."
Source: NYTimes, 07/20/2020
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin's Easing Of Rule On Methane Emissions
"A federal judge in California late on Wednesday blocked a rollback by the Trump administration of a rule on slashing emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane from oil and gas operations on federal and tribal lands."
Source: Reuters, 07/17/2020
"Trump’s NEPA Changes Imperil Communities of Color, Advocates Say"
"Low-income Black and Latino communities will be pummeled by the Trump administration’s changes to the nation’s permitting rules for federal infrastructure projects, according to environmental justice leaders across the country."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/17/2020
"Disappearance Of Covid-19 Data From CDC Website Spurs Outcry"
"On the eve of a new coronavirus reporting system this week, data disappeared from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website as hospitals began filing information to a private contractor or their states instead. A day later, an outcry — including from other federal health officials — prompted the Trump administration to reinstate that dashboard and another daily CDC report on the pandemic."
Source: Washington Post, 07/17/2020
COVID-19 Power Shift: Experts Have 'Deep Worries' About Hospital Data
"The Trump administration has taken control of COVID-19 data in the United States, leaving public health experts gravely concerned about whether anyone outside the administration will be able to access the vital information moving forward."
Source: NBC News, 07/16/2020
After Attacks From Trump Aides, Fauci Says ‘Let’s Stop This Nonsense’
"After several days spent weathering attacks from White House officials, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci hit back on Wednesday, calling recent efforts to discredit him “bizarre” and a hindrance to the government’s ability to communicate information about the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: NYTimes, 07/16/2020
Trump Scales Back Landmark Environmental Law, Claims Help To Economy
"President Trump finalized a major overhaul Wednesday of one of the country’s most consequential environmental laws on the grounds that it has slowed the construction of highways, pipelines and other major projects across the country. The sweeping changes to the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act, which opponents have vowed to fight in court and reverse if Democrats regain control of the executive and legislative branches this fall, underscore the stakes in this year’s election."
Source: Washington Post, 07/16/2020
Trump To Announce Rollback of Bedrock Environmental Protection Law
"President Trump plans this week to overhaul a federal law that poor and minority communities around the country have used for generations to delay or stop projects that threaten to pollute their neighborhoods — a law he says needlessly blocks good jobs, industry and public works."
Source: Washington Post, 07/15/2020
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