BORDER/ENVIRONMENT/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As President Donald Trump prepares to sell Congress on the border wall at Tuesday’s [2-5-19] State of the Union, a butterfly conservation group is putting itself in the way of construction set to begin in Texas. Equipment for the construction of the first new miles of southern border wall approved since Trump […]
Category: Environment
12/21/2018
AGRICULTURE/ENVIRONMENT/INTERIOR/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to protect people, communities, and watersheds, and to promote healthy and resilient forests, rangelands, […]
12/19/2018
ENVIRONMENT/ESA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “From bees to giraffes and wolves to manatees, a new report from an environmental group says Trump administration proposals would weaken the Endangered Species Act. Some of the most at-risk species include giraffes, red wolves, sea turtles, California condors and West Indian manatees…Other animals on the list include rusty patched bumble bees, […]
12/13/2018
AUTO INDUSTRY/ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/ENVIRONMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The electric vehicle revolution, after years of hype that outpaced reality, finally seems to be taking off in the United States. The best five months for plug-in sales in American history have been the past five months. Tesla’s Model 3 has been one of America’s top five selling passenger cars […]
12/12/2018
ENVIRONMENT/EPA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is moving forward with a significant rollback of an Obama-era clean water regulation that has become a rallying cry for farmers and property-rights activists opposed to federal overreach. The new proposal, unveiled Tuesday [12-11-18] morning by acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and other administration officials, would ease Washington’s oversight […]
12/10/2018
AGRICULTURE/ENVIRONMENT/OBAMA ADMIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is expected on Tuesday [12-11-18] 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. Environmentalists say the proposal represents a historic assault on wetlands regulation […]
12/6/2018
ENVIRONMENT/EPA/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is expected to put forth a proposal on Tuesday [12-11-18] that would significantly weaken a major Obama-era regulation on clean water, according to a talking points memo from the Environmental Protection Agency that was distributed to White House allies this week. The Obama rule was designed to limit pollution […]
12/5/2018
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States is consuming less and less coal, even as President Donald Trump pledges time and time again to revive the dying industry. On the same day the U.S. Energy Information Administration said it expects U.S. coal consumption to continue its decline this year, the Trump administration teased an ‘energy policy […]
12/4/2018
ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….in the world. I want clean air and clean water and have been making great strides in improving America’s environment. But American taxpayers – and American workers – shouldn’t pay to clean up others countries’ pollution.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 4, 2018 5:56 pm […]
12/3/2018
AUTO INDUSTRY/ENVIRONMENT/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration will ratchet down its forecast of the number of lives that would be saved by rolling back the Obama vehicle fuel efficiency standards, an administration source told POLITICO. The change would reduce one of the main benefits that the administration had touted in a rule change it proposed […]
11/16/2018
ENVIRONMENT/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump on Friday [11-16-18] said he intends to nominate Andrew R. Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, to be the permanent administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The E.P.A. has been at the center of the Trump administration’s agenda to reduce the regulations on industry, and Mr. Wheeler has been instrumental […]
11/10/2018
CALIFORNIA/ENVIRONMENT/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Saturday [11-10-18] blamed ‘mismanagement’ of California’s forests for ongoing deadly wildfires, threatening to withhold federal payments after 25 people died in two separate blazes and evacuation orders were issued for some 250,000 state residents…Trump earlier issued an emergency declaration providing federal funds to help firefighters. Trump has […]
11/9/2018
COURTS/ENVIRONMENT/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge ordered both the Trump administration and TransCanada to stop any work on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Thursday [11-8-18], saying President Donald Trump’s approval of the project last year violated several key environmental and administrative laws by ignoring facts about climate change. Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. […]
11/1/2018
CORRUPTION/ENVIRONMENT/IMMIGRATION/INFRASTRUCTURE/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/VENEZUELA: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in order to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13808 of August 24, 2017, Executive Order 13827 of March […]
10/31/2018
ENVIRONMENT/INTERIOR/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ryan Zinke, the secretary of the Interior Department and a key figure in President Trump’s push to roll back environmental regulations and ramp up oil drilling, is facing increased scrutiny amid federal investigations into allegations that he abused travel spending and maintained close ties with industries he oversees. The criticism […]
10/22/2018
ENVIRONMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump on Monday [10-22-18] tweeted that the U.S. has the best air quality in the world ‘BY FAR!’ — but the map he shared on Twitter showed the air quality from 2016, the final year of Barack Obama’s presidency. And while the U.S. has lower levels of the single pollutant […]
10/22/2018
ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’America: the Cleanest Air in the World – BY FAR!’ https://t.co/rMtxHSnof4“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 1:00 pm […]
6/19/2018
ECONOMY/ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. The ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waters of the United States are foundational to the economy, security, global competitiveness, and well-being of the […]
5/17/2018
CONGRESS/ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/INFRASTRUCTURE/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. The Congress has enacted a wide range of statutory requirements related to energy and environmental performance of executive departments and agencies (agencies), including […]
8/15/2017
ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT/INFRASTRUCTURE/JOBS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to ensure that the Federal environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure projects is coordinated, predictable, and transparent, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. America needs […]
7/19/2017
ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT/INFRASTRUCTURE/JOBS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It shall be the policy of the executive branch to advance infrastructure projects that create high-quality jobs for American workers, enhance productivity, improve […]
2/28/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/ENVIRONMENT/EPA/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is in the national interest to ensure that the Nation’s navigable waters are kept free from pollution, while at the same […]
1/24/2017
ENVIRONMENT/INFRASTRUCTURE/JOBS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct as follows: Section 1. Purpose. Infrastructure investment strengthens our economic plat-form, makes America more competitive, creates millions of jobs, increases wages for American workers, and reduces the costs of […]