"Trump Plan Waives Protection At +80% Of Wetlands"
"In some states, more than 90 percent of wetlands could be excluded from safeguards provided by the Clean Water Act."
Source: E&E News, 11/19/2025
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"Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico"
"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over a plan to sell oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The groups say the sale violates a core environmental law and threatens coastal communities and endangered whales."
Source: NYTimes, 11/19/2025
"Cost-Conscious Utilities Resist Trump’s Push For Nuclear Revival"
"The administration has yet to convince major utilities to commit to building large reactors again."
Source: E&E News, 11/19/2025
"Trump Fracking Plan for Chaco Park Site Stokes Tribal Conflicts"
"The Trump administration’s expected rollback of an oil and gas drilling ban around New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon is pitting tribes and environmental groups against each other as they prepare for possible legal challenges."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/18/2025
"National Parks In Retrograde: Will NPS Rewrite US History Under Trump?"
"The park service has long tried to present a wide range of perspectives on historical events. The Trump administration could reverse that."
Source: E&E News, 11/18/2025
"2,500+ EPA Employees Take Trump’s Resignation Offer"
"Nearly a fifth of EPA’s workforce has opted into President Donald Trump’s mass resignation plan as he pushes to reduce the federal government’s payroll."
Source: E&E News, 11/18/2025
"FEMA Chief Steps Down As Trump Administration Prepared To Oust Him"
"The embattled acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency will step down after hurricane season following months of public controversy and internal frustration."
Source: CNN, 11/18/2025
"Brazil Says It’s A Climate Leader. Not Everyone Buys It."
"Brazil intended this year’s United Nations climate talks now underway in the Amazon rainforest, to be the capstone of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s effort to establish the country as a global environmental leader. Instead, Brazil’s own domestic environmental policy is in disarray, as the summit known as COP30 struggles to offer a counterpoint to the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to promote fossil fuels."
Source: Washington Post, 11/18/2025
EPA Moves To Limit Scope Of Clean Water Law To Reduce Wetlands It Covers
"The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to significantly limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for vast areas."
Source: AP, 11/18/2025
Trump DOI Repealing Protections For Key Swaths Of Alaska Petroleum Reserve
"The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas leasing vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife."
Source: AP, 11/14/2025
