Laws & Regulations

"Where Coal Is Retiring, and Hanging On, in the U.S."

"About 780 coal units, individual generators with a boiler and a turbine capable of producing electricity, have retired since 2000. And more than half of the remaining units are also slated for retirement, according to new data from the Global Energy Monitor, an organization that collects international energy data."

Source: NYTimes, 02/07/2025

"Trump Dismantles Environmental Justice Team, Staff Put on Leave"

"The EPA on Thursday put 168 employees within its environmental justice office on administrative leave as the Trump administration executes presidential actions to roll back diversity initiatives."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/07/2025

"EPA To Prioritize AI, Lobbyists And Staff Cuts In ‘Mission To Traumatize’"

"A new and starkly different vision for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been outlined by the Trump administration – one that involves mass staff cuts, an influx of industry lobbyists and, unusually, the promotion of artificial intelligence as a key agency priority."

Source: Guardian, 02/07/2025

Burgum Directive Weakens Public Land Protections to Push Fossil Fuels

"National monuments, migratory birds, endangered and threatened species: Some of the nation’s most vulnerable natural resources are in jeopardy after Doug Burgum issued—on his first full day as secretary of the Department of the Interior—a seven-page directive weakening their protections to further fossil fuel development."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/06/2025

"Republicans Move To Repeal Lead Limits Imposed By Biden-Era Rules"

"Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration are attempting to repeal the Biden administration’s groundbreaking rules that require all the country’s lead pipes to be replaced over the next 13 years and lower the limit on lead in water."

Source: Guardian, 02/06/2025

"How Tearing Down Small Dams Is Helping Restore Northeast Rivers"

"More than 30,000 small dams currently block river tributaries from Maine to Maryland. New initiatives to remove them are aimed at restoring natural flows, improving habitat for aquatic life, and reopening thousands of river miles to migratory fish, from shad to American eels."

Source: YaleE360, 02/05/2025

"Mountain Valley Pipeline Files Application To Build Southgate Extension"

"Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC filed with regulators Monday official requests to build its revised Southgate extension project from Southwest Virginia into North Carolina." "The company’s proposal to build more than 30 miles of natural gas pipeline has worried environmental advocates, who believe it could harm nearby residents."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/05/2025

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