"Trump Team’s Endgame: Gut EPA"
"President Donald Trump appears to welcome the EPA boss’ plan to cut most of the agency’s workforce."
Source: E&E News, 02/28/2025
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"Congress Votes To Kill Biden-Era Methane Fee On Oil And Gas Producers"
"The Republican-controlled Congress has voted to repeal a federal fee on oil and gas producers who release high levels of methane, undoing a major piece of former President Joe Biden’s climate policy aimed at controlling the planet-warming “super pollutant.” The fee, which had not gone into effect, was expected to bring in billions of dollars."
Source: AP, 02/28/2025"Former Lumber Industry Executive Named As Forest Service Chief"
"The Trump administration’s pick to lead the Forest Service was previously an executive at a lumber industry company."
Source: The Hill, 02/28/2025"Pipeline Safety Agency’s Senior Leaders Exit Amid Trump Push"
"More than half of the senior executives at a key US government regulatory body responsible for overseeing safety of the US pipeline system will depart the agency in the next three months, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/28/2025"Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is No Longer A Threat To Earth, Scientists Say"
"Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat from the asteroid 2024 YR4, NASA and the European Space Agency said Tuesday."
Source: AP, 02/28/2025"Trump: EPA Boss Expects To Cut 65 Percent Of Staff"
"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin expects to cut most of that agency’s staff, President Donald Trump said Wednesday as he and his administration plow ahead with dramatic reductions to the federal workforce."
Source: E&E News, 02/27/2025Unvaccinated Texas Child Dies Of Measles, A First For The US In A Decade
"A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious — but preventable — respiratory disease since 2015."
Source: AP, 02/27/2025She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals.
"Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde."
Source: NYTimes, 02/27/2025"EPA Urges White House To Strike Down Landmark Climate Finding"
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal government’s push to combat climate change, according to three people briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly."
Source: Washington Post, 02/27/2025"Trump’s Plan to Repeal Climate Policy Could Upend Shift to Electric Cars"
"The administration is setting the stage for Congress to repeal a longstanding waiver that allows California to set its own pollution standards. State officials say the effort is illegal."
Source: NYTimes, 02/27/2025Bezos Overhauls Washington Post Opinion Section. Editor Resigns.
"Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, announced a major shift to the newspaper’s opinion section on Wednesday, saying it would now advocate “personal liberties and free markets” and not publish opposing viewpoints on those topics." "David Shipley, The Post’s opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction."
Source: NYTimes, 02/27/2025"Unknown Deadly Illness Strikes Western Congo"
"An unidentified illness has killed scores of people and infected hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has reported, with preliminary investigations tracing the outbreak to three children who in January ate a bat and died."
Source: NYTimes, 02/27/2025"Utah Could Become The First State To Ban Fluoride In Its Drinking Water"
"Utah could become the first state to ban fluoride in its drinking water, alarming public health experts and dentists who note the mineral’s role in reducing tooth decay across the nation. The Republican-controlled statehouse sent the legislation to Gov. Spencer Cox (R) last week after both chambers passed it largely along party lines."
Source: Washington Post, 02/27/2025"Trump Removes “Zombie” Pipeline Safety Rules"
"The Trump administration has withdrawn a slate of proposed carbon dioxide safety regulations inspired by a pipeline failure that sent nearly 50 people to the hospital with “zombie”-like symptoms, and the new regulator overseeing these matters previously worked as a lobbyist for the pipeline industry."
Source: Lever/ExxonKnews, 02/27/2025"Trump Threatens To Sue Authors And Media Who Use Anonymous Sources"
"US President Donald Trump, furious over a disparaging new tell-all book about him, threatened Wednesday to sue authors and media outlets that use anonymous sources."
Source: AFP, 02/27/2025
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