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With AI plan, Trump keeps chipping away at a foundational environmental law When big infrastructure projects spring up, one crucial law — the National Environmental Policy Act — has for decades been a key way the government has required powerful industry interests to consider...

A look at how Trump's AI data center expansion plan takes aim at the 55-year-old National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), by @melinawalling.bsky.social and @matthewdalyap.bsky.social apnews.com/article/nati...

Trump Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed revoking a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

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Trump's Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal landmark finding that allows climate regulation

EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.

ICYMI: EPA eliminates Office of Research and Development, begins layoffs

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A Georgia town that solidly backed Trump could fall victim to his tax bill's green energy cuts No state may have more to lose than Georgia as Republicans in Congress look to gut federal subsidies that aid both the solar and electric vehicle industries.

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A Georgia town that solidly backed Trump could fall victim to his tax bill's green energy cuts

GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules A plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal by Senate Energy ...

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GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules. Utah Sen. Mike Lee says he is not giving up on land sale plan. Democrats vow to block him.

Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands The Trump administration plans to rescind a nearly quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging on national forest lands.

‘Roadless rule’ in national forests to be repealed, Trump admin says

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - NAACP files intent to sue Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company over air pollution from Memphis supercomputer

Trump fires Democratic commissioner of independent agency that oversees nuclear safety President Donald Trump has fired a Democratic commissioner for the federal agency that oversees nuclear safety as he continues to assert more control over independent regulatory agencies.

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EPA set to roll back rules that limit greenhouse gases and mercury from US power plants The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to eliminate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas.

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Trump EPA set to roll back rules that limit greenhouse gases and mercury from US power plants

Transportation chief seeks to weaken fuel economy standards, calls Biden-era rule 'illegal' Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says Biden-era fuel economy standards for gas-guzzling cars and trucks are illegal and moved to reverse the rules.

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Trump EPA moves to roll back rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy.

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Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars, thousands of lives.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO analysis says

Maryland county may spend $57 million on incinerator it wants to close Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich vowed to shut down the aging facility, which is a nuisance to area residents, when he first ran for office in 2018.

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Maryland county may pay $57M for upkeep of high-polluting trash incinerator it wants to close.

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$14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled in the US this year, analysis says A new analysis finds that more than $14 billion in clean energy projects in the U.S. have been canceled this year.

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$14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled in the US this year, analysis says

Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long Whether it's No Mow May or Let It Bloom June or Leave The Leaves, homeowners are finding more ways to adopt a low mow lifestyle instead of keeping up with short, manicured lawns.

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AP: Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long

The Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that's sacred to Apaches The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Apaches who want to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred.

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US Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that's sacred to Apaches. The justices left in place lower court decisions allowing transfer of forest land known as Oak Flat to Resolution Copper to mine one of world's largest copper deposits

Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits The budget reconciliation bill passed by House Republicans early Thursday would gut clean energy tax credits that Democrats approved three years ago.

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Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits

Budget cuts at Trump EPA become flashpoint at a heated hearing — and, Democrats say, may kill people The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed angrily with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an “aspiring fiction writer” and saying another does not “care about wasting m...

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Budget cuts at Trump EPA become flashpoint at a heated hearing — and, Democrats say, may kill people

Senate will try to block California vehicle standards that would phase out gas-powered cars The U.S. Senate will move this week to block California from enforcing a series of vehicle emissions standards that are tougher than the federal government’s, including first-in-the-nation rules phasi...

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US Senate will try to block California vehicle standards that would phase out gas-powered cars

Developer to resume NY offshore wind project after Trump administration lifts pause The Trump administration is allowing work on a major offshore wind project for New York to resume. The developer, the Norwegian energy company Equinor, said Monday it was told the stop-work order has ...

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Developer to resume Empire Wind NY project after Trump administration lifts pause on offshore project in NY state. Reason for Interior Dept. reversal unclear, but NY officials hail project’s resumption, call it key to electricity production in state

EPA chief Zeldin faces bipartisan anger in Senate over funding freeze, grant cancellations The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has come under bipartisan criticism over his agency’s actions to cancel billions of dollars in congressionally approved spending to address chronic poll...

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EPA chief Zeldin faces bipartisan anger in Senate over funding freeze, grant cancellations

House Republicans push to sell thousands of acres of public lands in the West House Republicans have added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package that would authorize the sale of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah.

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House Republicans push to sell thousands of acres of public lands in the West

WASHINGTON (AP) - Carney rebuffs Trump push for 51st state in Oval Office, says Canada 'won't be for sale, ever'

The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates A new study estimates that the world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, which is a shade less than the sum of all goods and services produced in the United States last ...

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The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates

Environmental groups fear Trump's order to speed deep-sea mining will harm ecosystems Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for ores and minerals.

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Environmental groups fear Trump's order to speed deep-sea mining will harm ecosystems

Chemical industry seeks exemptions from US pollution rules as part of Trump administration offer Industry groups representing hundreds of chemical and petrochemical manufacturers are seeking blanket exemptions from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsen...

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Chemical industry seeks exemptions from US pollution rules as part of Trump administration offer

EPA chief Zeldin says he is closing the agency's one-room museum, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he is closing a one-room museum at the agency’s Washington headquarters, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year in operating costs.

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EPA chief Zeldin says he is closing the agency's one-room museum, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year

EPA offers industrial polluters a way to avoid rules on mercury, arsenic and other toxic chemicals As part of a push to roll back dozens of environmental regulations, the Trump administration is offering coal-fired power plants and other industrial polluters a chance to receive exemptions from rule...

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EPA offers industrial polluters a way to avoid rules on mercury, arsenic and other toxic chemicals. Exemptions under Clean Air Act must be approved by Trump, not agency

Democrats say EPA illegally canceled hundreds of grants aimed at boosting 'environmental justice' Senate Democrats accuse the Environmental Protection Agency of breaking the law when they cancelled grants worth more than $1.5 billion focused on improving the environment in minority communities hit...

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Democrats say EPA illegally canceled hundreds of grants aimed at boosting 'environmental justice'

A decadelong climate lawsuit saw plaintiffs grow from childhood to adulthood. Now, it's over The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a petition filed by young climate activists who argued that the federal government's role in climate change violated their constitutional rights.

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A decadelong climate lawsuit saw plaintiffs grow from childhood to adulthood. Now, it's over