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"U.S. Has Entered Unprecedented Climate Territory, EPA Warns"

"For years, President Donald Trump and his deputies played down the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and delayed the release of an Environmental Protection Agency report detailing climate-related damage. But on Wednesday, the EPA released a detailed and disturbing account of the startling changes that Earth’s warming had on parts of the United States during Trump’s presidency."

Source: Washington Post, 05/13/2021

"Final OK Expected for Nation’s First Major Offshore Wind Farm"

"The Biden administration on Tuesday will announce its final approval of the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, a major step toward President Biden’s goal of expanding renewable energy production across the United States, according to two people familiar with the matter."

Source: NYTimes, 05/11/2021

"US Stops Trump-Era Effort To Loosen Safety Rules For Arctic Drilling"

"The United States on Friday said it had revoked a last-minute effort by the Trump Administration to loosen safety regulations for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska."

Source: Reuters, 05/10/2021

Trump Weakened Migratory Bird Law. Biden Just Moved To Restore It.

"Months after the Trump administration weakened the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, allowing industry and individuals to unintentionally kill any number of birds, the Biden administration proposed a new rule Thursday that would revoke that change."

Source: Washington Post, 05/07/2021

"U.S. EPA To Hand Over Biofuel Exemption Documents To GAO Probe"

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is handing over to the Government Accountability Office information on oil refiners that petitioned for exemptions to biofuel blending mandates, in an effort to help the government watchdog investigate the exemption program."

Source: Reuters, 05/06/2021

"Environmental Enforcement Tool Still Stymied by Trump Regulation"

"A Trump-era Justice Department regulation is preventing the EPA from resuming broad use of a popular enforcement tool that the Biden administration has been asked to revive."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/06/2021

"California Senator Seeks Expansion Of Land, Water Protection"

"California Sen. Alex Padilla on Monday proposed a vast expansion of government protection for public lands and rivers that he said would fight climate change and safeguard natural treasures for generations to come."

Source: AP, 05/04/2021

"U.S. Approves Massive Solar Project In California Desert"

"The Biden administration on Monday said it has approved a major solar energy project in the California desert that will be capable of powering nearly 90,000 homes."

Source: Reuters, 05/04/2021

"Biden’s Pick For No. 2 At Interior Has Numerous Ties To Fossil Fuels"

"President Joe Biden’s nominee for the second-highest position at the Department of the Interior has a list of potential conflicts of interest that rivals that of Trump administration Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, whose ties to industry and his revolving-door experience earned him labels like the “ultimate D.C. swamp creature.”

Source: HuffPost, 04/30/2021

Court Rules EPA Must Ban Chlorpyrifos Pesticide — Or Prove It Is Safe

"A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must ban a widely used pesticide linked to neurological damage in children from being sprayed on food crops, unless the agency can demonstrate safe uses for the chemical."

Source: Washington Post, 04/30/2021

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