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Laws & Regulations

"Trump Admin Moves to 'Neuter' America's Most Important Wildlife Law"

"For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has helped scores of species — from whooping cranes to red wolves to California condors — claw their way back from the edge of extinction. Its success has made it supremely popular with the American public — far more popular, for instance, than Congress. But now, like all those species it helps protect, the law itself is in grave peril. The Trump administration, Congress, and their allies have launched a barrage of legislation, litigation and regulatory maneuvers in recent months that together could tear the teeth out of our most powerful wildlife conservation statute."

Source: Public Domain, 05/16/2025

"An Effort to Kill Off Lawsuits Against Oil Giants Is Gaining Steam"

"The Trump administration has declared litigation to hold oil companies responsible for climate change a threat to the American economy and has taken aggressive steps to fight it." "Over the past decade, some three dozen states and local governments have sued the biggest oil companies in the world, arguing that the industry hid what it knew about the dangers of global warming."

Source: NYTimes, 05/16/2025

"Trump’s ‘Fear Factor’: Scientists Go Silent As Funding Cuts Escalate"

"In February, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump was inaugurated, Rebekah Tromble launched a program to advise scientists and journalists targeted for intimidation and harassment. But she announced it quietly, fearing the very kind of attacks the initiative was meant to counter."

Source: Science, 05/15/2025

"EPA Tells Scientists To Apply For New Jobs Within The Agency"

"Political leaders at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have told scientists there to apply to new jobs, implying that those who do not may be fired, according to an official with a union representing the agency’s employees."

Source: The Hill, 05/15/2025

Georgia Shields Maker Of Roundup Weed Killer From Some Cancer Claims

"In a victory for global agrochemical maker Bayer, Georgia has become the second state to shield pesticide manufacturers from some lawsuits claiming that they failed to warn customers of potential dangers."

Source: AP, 05/15/2025

"EPA Ditches Historic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Rule"

"The Trump administration will roll back a landmark regulation on “forever chemicals” in drinking water, two weeks after EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promised to address contamination from the toxic, man-made substances."

Source: E&E News, 05/15/2025

"Senate Republicans Balk at House Plan to Gut Energy Tax Cuts"

"Key Senate Republicans are resisting the House’s plan to gut clean energy tax credits, vowing to soften the blow for emerging technologies. The pushback comes just a day after House Republicans released a plan to help pay for an extension of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts by cutting more than $500 billion in energy tax credits from former President Joe Biden’s signature climate law."

Source: Bloomberg, 05/14/2025

Calif. Senator Calls On NOAA To Restore 'Billion-Dollar' Disaster Database

"Democratic Senator Adam Schiff on Tuesday urged Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's acting secretary to restore a database that tracked billion-dollar U.S. disasters."

Source: Reuters, 05/14/2025

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