Enviros Sue Trump Admin to Restore Web Tools for Climate, Pollution Impacts
"The removal of websites designed to help disadvantaged communities will hurt those communities the most, lawyers argue."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/16/2025
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Trump Exempts Nearly 70 Coal Plants From Biden Rule On Mercury And Air Toxics
"The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene."
Source: AP, 04/16/2025
Judge Orders Agencies To Release Billions From Two Biden-Era Initiatives
"A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country."
Source: AP, 04/16/2025
Trump Ends Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Black Alabama Communities
"The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Alabamians in majority-Black communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/16/2025
"Inside Trump’s Plan to Halt Hundreds of Regulations"
"The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more."
Source: NYTimes, 04/16/2025
Trump Axed Rule Designed To Spare Taxpayers The Burden Of Future Flooding
"The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again."
Source: Grist/BPR, 04/15/2025
"Documents Reveal Trump’s Plan To Gut Funding For Nasa And Climate Science"
"Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed"
Source: Guardian, 04/15/2025
Big Oil Seeks to Shield Itself From Climate Liability While Trump Is in Power
"As several climate liability lawsuits against large oil and gas companies inch closer to trial and states start to adopt climate “Superfund” legislation, the White House and Republican-controlled Congress are rolling out new measures to shield the industry from accountability."
Source: Sierra, 04/15/2025
"AP Journalists Held Out Of White House Events Despite Judge’s Ruling"
"The Associated Press was not included in the in-town pool Monday, and its journalists were rebuffed when trying to cover an Oval Office meeting."
Source: Washington Post, 04/15/2025
"Trump Administration Cancels $3 Billion Climate-Friendly Farming Program"
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said it had canceled a $3 billion program for climate-smart farming projects after a review found it did not align with the priorities of the Trump administration."
Source: Reuters, 04/15/2025
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