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Environment

Environmental policy and sustainability

6w ago
Environment•28q•42 min

Senate blocks CRA bid to restore Colorado haze cleanup plan

46-52 vote leaves coal plants open under reversed state clean air plan

7w ago
Environment•18q•27 min

Judge Casper blocks Trump from requiring Burgum to personally approve all wind and solar permits

Boston judge says Burgum can't personally veto every wind and solar permit

7w ago

Federal judge blocks DOJ bid to stop Hawaii from suing fossil fuel companies

Judge dismisses federal preemption suit and 20-plus state climate suits can proceed

17 questions•26 min practice

7w ago
Environment•20q•30 min

Senate votes to repeal Boundary Waters mining ban after Collins and Tillis oppose

Collins and Tillis voted No on motion to proceed and final passage vote is pending

8w ago
Environment•25q•38 min

EPA Administrator Zeldin proposes weakening coal ash groundwater protections

Rule change would eliminate cleanup requirements and allow toxic ash to contaminate water supplies

9w ago
Environment•29q•44 min

EPA gives water utilities two more years to remove PFAS from drinking water

Lee Zeldin extends EPA water cleanup deadline to 2031, shifting costs to ratepayers

9w ago
Environment•25q•38 min

EPA let oil companies burn off methane gas for 72 hours without penalty under a new rule

The rollback saves the industry $208 million a year while critics say the flaring window has no real cap

52 topics in 'Environment'

Mar 19

Environment

24 states sue EPA as Trump repeals foundation of all climate rules

Led by NY AG Letitia James, coalition fights to restore 2009 Endangerment Finding

25q · 38 min

Mar 14

Environment

Trump invokes Defense Production Act to restart California pipeline blocked by courts

First-ever use of a Cold War emergency law to override state courts on oil

27q · 41 min

Mar 13

Environment

Trump directs EPA and Army Corps to revise wetland and water permitting rules

Each rule change will require a separate rulemaking process taking 12 to 36 months

12q · 18 min

Feb 23

Environment

Senate to vote on opening Boundary Waters to foreign copper mining

First-ever CRA challenge to a public land order could lock out future protections

20q · 30 min

Feb 20

Environment

EPA rolls back mercury limits and interstate pollution rules

Coal plants can now emit twice as much mercury into the air

25q · 38 min

Feb 20

Environment

BLM approved 55% more drilling permits in 2025, cutting environmental reviews

Burgum leased 328,000 acres across 10 states, NEPA reviews slashed from years to 28 days

25q · 38 min

Feb 18

Environment

California sued Trump for canceling $1.2 billion in energy programs Congress already funded

Thirteen states say DOE Secretary Chris Wright and OMB Director Russell Vought illegally killed clean energy and infrastructure grants approved by bipartisan majorities in Congress

25q · 38 min

Feb 14

Environment

Seven states miss deadline. feds take control of Colorado River

Federal takeover ends 100 years of state control amid historic drought

32q · 48 min

Feb 12

Environment

Trump EPA repeals the 2009 endangerment finding, stripping federal authority to regulate greenhouse gases

Repealing the 2009 endangerment finding eliminates the legal basis for all federal greenhouse gas rules

25q · 38 min

Feb 11

Environment

House votes 217-214 to cut $125M from lead pipe replacement in the final year of infrastructure funding

The money gets repurposed for wildland fire management instead

25q · 38 min

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