Daily Headlines: Environment Federal judge orders EPA to reinstate $7 billion in Solar for All grants for 900,000 lower-income households, ruling Trump’s budget law cannot cancel existing grants. September 19, 2026 View Details Trump signs orders expanding federal-land hunting and restoring lead ammunition, telling hunters “I don’t know what the hell that means” but “you wanted it.” September 19, 2026 View Details Trump administration begins installing 30-foot wall panels in the Big Bend region a day after West Texas landowners sued to stop it. September 19, 2026 View Details National Park Service awards a $389,355 engineering contract and posts a $49 million construction bid for Trump’s East Potomac golf course overhaul without telling Congress, Rep. Huffman reveals. September 17, 2026 View Details EPA repeals limits on power-plant climate pollution, arguing greenhouse gases don’t endanger health, a claim that if upheld would bar future presidents from restoring them. September 15, 2026 View Details North Carolina wins $590 million from Chemours and DuPont over forever-chemical pollution from the Fayetteville Works plant, the largest environmental damages recovery in state history. September 14, 2026 View Details Park Service quietly opens contracting for a $500 million-plus sea wall key to Trump’s East Potomac golf project, with no funding after Congress ignored the request. September 13, 2026 View Details Interior Department blocks more than 130 national park projects worth $25 million, including Joshua Tree fire preparedness, saying partner groups work against administration priorities, Washington Post reports. September 12, 2026 View Details Federal appeals court strikes down Energy Department’s emergency order keeping 64-year-old Michigan coal plant open 15 months past retirement, finding no specific shortage justified it. September 12, 2026 View Details Nearly 2 dozen states sue to void 3 Trump rules weakening the Endangered Species Act, including one that stops counting habitat destruction as harm. September 10, 2026 View Details Washington, D.C., adds 20 more locked food-waste “smart bins” for apartment dwellers this fall after residents dropped 1 million pounds into the first 31 since 2024. September 8, 2026 View Details Trump orders agencies to start removing gray wolves from the endangered species list and tells Interior Secretary Burgum to push states to let ranchers shoot them. September 5, 2026 View Details Sunnyvale, California, launches Beam, an all-electric ride-hailing service with $3.50 fares and $1.75 for seniors, teens and low-income riders, funded for the next 20 years. September 5, 2026 View Details Forest Service will close nearly 2 dozen research facilities, dissolve all regional offices and move its headquarters from Washington to Salt Lake City, claiming $16 million in savings. September 4, 2026 View Details Maryland awards $28.5 million to electrify school and transit buses and add EV chargers, including 35 ports at 5 apartment complexes, as gas prices climb. August 30, 2026 View Details California sues to void a $120 million federal buyout that paid Golden State Wind to drop its offshore lease and fund Gulf Coast fossil fuel projects. August 29, 2026 View Details Interior Department weighs trading part of Yosemite National Park to a Nevada developer wanting a private road into the park, a year after Congress refused, the LA Times reports. August 29, 2026 View Details Interior cuts over 60 East Potomac Park trees days before Trump’s golf course overhaul, after Judge Ana Reyes asked for notice before removing more than 10. August 29, 2026 View Details River outfitters and Lipan Apache members win a court order halting all Homeland Security border barrier construction in Big Bend National Park until at least September 15. August 29, 2026 View Details Masked, armed CBP agents escort border wall contractors onto Tohono O’odham Nation land to begin drilling, 11 days after a judge refused to halt construction. August 28, 2026 View Details New Mexico sues the US and border wall contractors over unauthorized wells in protected water basins, demanding double repayment for stolen groundwater. August 27, 2026 View Details Alexandria, Virginia, expands its EV charger grants to nonprofits and churches, paying up to $15,000 plus free engineering help per site. August 26, 2026 View Details Nevada sues Interior over Colorado River cuts, saying the plan announced as 17% actually authorizes taking up to 70% of Las Vegas’s water supply. August 25, 2026 View Details Human-caused Hawk Fire hits 15,000 acres near Reno, forcing 42,000 to evacuate and 45,000 more on warning, as Nevada declares emergency. August 24, 2026 View Details Interior finalizes the largest Colorado River cuts on record, taking 1.25 million acre-feet yearly from Arizona, California, and Nevada as reservoirs hit historic lows. August 22, 2026 View Details Minnesota and Wisconsin link 40 E. coli and salmonella cases to alfalfa sprouts from a Minnesota grower, warning consumers to discard 2 brands. August 21, 2026 View Details National Park Service installs Flock license plate readers in Yosemite, extending warrantless-search camera networks into public lands as rangers object. August 19, 2026 View Details Appeals court unanimously upholds EPA’s hazardous designation for 2 forever chemicals, keeping polluters liable for Superfund cleanup over industry objections. August 19, 2026 View Details Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro orders data centers to win local approval and ends their expedited permitting, reversing his embrace of an industry now facing bipartisan backlash. August 19, 2026 View Details Reflecting Pool contractor returns to fix the failed liner as new Park Service signs still blame vandals for damage DOJ attributed to botched installation. August 19, 2026 View Details USDA moves to rescind the 2001 roadless rule protecting tens of millions of forest acres from road construction, logging, and mining. August 19, 2026 View Details Energy Secretary Wright issues a 6th emergency order keeping Michigan’s Campbell coal plant open, 15 months past its planned retirement. August 18, 2026 View Details EPA quietly stops publishing cancer risk estimates from air pollution after 2 decades, leaving raw emissions data the public cannot interpret alone. August 18, 2026 View Details CBP pauses all construction on its $1.7 billion border project in Big Bend National Park as bulldozers clear a route near Santa Elena Canyon. August 18, 2026 View Details Lake Powell hits its lowest level ever days after Lake Mead did, with combined contents last this low in 1957 before Powell existed. August 17, 2026 View Details Mono County, California, opens an air curtain burner that destroys 3 to 5 tons of wildfire fuel hourly while trapping smoke. August 17, 2026 View Details Colusa County, California, offers residents up to $10,000 to replace woodstoves made before 1988 with cleaner, cheaper-to-run heating. August 16, 2026 View Details USDA undersecretary Michael Boren pressed Forest Service staff for more firefighting aircraft on a 7-acre blaze near his Idaho ranch, the Washington Post reports. August 15, 2026 View Details North Carolina’s attorney general says Duke Energy gave wrong rate-hike figures under oath, with residential increases reaching 9.3% instead of 6.8%. August 14, 2026 View Details Lake Mead falls to its lowest level ever recorded after record-low winter snowpack, as Lake Powell nears the threshold where Hoover Dam’s twin loses hydropower. August 9, 2026 View Details A federal judge orders the Pentagon to resume wind project reviews it froze for a year, stalling 125 projects across 25 states on radar claims. August 7, 2026 View Details The Interior Department agrees to pay German energy giant RWE $1.22B to abandon 3 offshore wind leases, its fifth buyout pushing total payouts past $3.9B. August 7, 2026 View Details Appeals court rules EPA cannot claw back $20 billion in clean energy grants terminated over a policy disagreement. August 5, 2026 View Details Louisiana prepares to transfer 130,000 acres of coastal marshland from an ExxonMobil pollution settlement to SpaceX for a Starship launch site, the Times-Picayune reports. August 4, 2026 View Details CBP halts new well drilling for border wall construction after New Mexico found contractors illegally drilled 8 wells pumping ranchers’ groundwater during a drought. August 4, 2026 View Details Interior Dept. orders the largest Colorado River cuts ever for Arizona, California and Nevada, reducing supply by 3 million acre-feet over the coming decade. August 1, 2026 View Details Energy Department names Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah as potential nuclear waste hosts while seeking to scrap the law requiring Yucca Mountain storage. July 29, 2026 View Details St. Petersburg opens hurricane recovery programs offering buyers up to $80,000 and purchasing flood-prone homes to permanently convert into open space. July 29, 2026 View Details Energy Department admits in court it canceled $7.5 billion in clean energy grants based solely on whether states voted Democratic, contradicting sworn testimony denying politics. July 25, 2026 View Details Rhode Island Gov. McKee declares an energy affordability emergency, directing $28 million in climate auction funds to offset a 15% winter rate hike for 450,000 households. July 24, 2026 View Details Energy Department deletes its entire 1,600-page consumer energy section without explanation, wiping utility-savings guidance drawing 160,000 monthly views during heat waves. July 21, 2026 View Details Trump orders debarment officials to review a judicial science manual over its climate chapter, which the judiciary already withdrew under Republican pressure. July 21, 2026 View Details California regulators reject utilities’ plan and bar power shutoffs for unpaid bills when temperatures top 90 degrees, down from 100. July 21, 2026 View Details Federal judge rules the administration illegally used an OMB budget clause to cancel billions in grants Congress already approved for states. July 18, 2026 View Details Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke five months after the Supreme Court ruled he lacks unilateral tariff authority. July 18, 2026 View Details Charlotte creates a registry letting residents certify pollinator gardens as natural habitats, exempting them from code violation citations. July 18, 2026 View Details Canadian wildfire smoke drives hazardous air through Saturday for 120 million Americans from Minneapolis to the mid-Atlantic as nearly 900 fires burn. July 17, 2026 View Details Rangers evacuate up to 10,000 campers from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters as smoke from over 100 Canadian wildfires blankets the Midwest and Northeast. July 16, 2026 View Details Bloomington, Indiana offers neighborhood groups up to $1,000 for resident-led climate projects like community gardens, composting, and solar on shared buildings. July 16, 2026 View Details New York becomes the first state to ban new large AI data centers, freezing 50-megawatt projects for a year as electric bills climb 68% since 2019. July 15, 2026 View Details Trump shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante again, cutting 3 million acres and leaving the Utah monuments below a tenth of their size. July 14, 2026 View Details Trump names a climate skeptic with no climate science training to lead the National Climate Assessment, the congressionally mandated report his administration already pulled offline. July 11, 2026 View Details Interior Department strips habitat destruction from the Endangered Species Act’s definition of harm, ending 50 years of protection for places imperiled wildlife live and breed. July 11, 2026 View Details Baltimore sends city crews into every council district for 24 weeks of street sweeping, pothole repair, graffiti removal, and rodent control. July 10, 2026 View Details Twenty of Iowa’s 41 monitored state park beaches have been flagged unsafe for swimming at least once in the season’s first seven weeks. July 5, 2026 View Details Tacoma begins offering expedited permits and waived fees to builders who have structures assessed for reusable materials before demolition. July 5, 2026 View Details Trump pardons six unnamed people imprisoned for disabling vehicle pollution controls, claiming they were persecuted for “fixing their car.” July 4, 2026 View Details Energy Department deletes its own 78-degree thermostat guidance after conservatives mock NYC Mayor Mamdani for giving identical heat wave advice. July 3, 2026 View Details Appeals court rules the Trump administration can keep slavery, climate, and immigration materials out of national parks, reversing a June restoration order. July 3, 2026 View Details Federal judge demands assurances Trump won’t start East Potomac golf course renovations before the lawsuit resolves, citing his September 1 announcement and detailed Fazio plans. July 3, 2026 View Details New York City prepares two Manhattan heliports for electric air taxi service, with first commercial flights under an FAA pilot program expected this year. July 2, 2026 View Details California becomes the first state to ban “sell by” food labels, requiring standardized dates aimed at the 6 million tons of unexpired food tossed yearly. July 2, 2026 View Details A reversal of decades of wildfire science draws scrutiny after three federal firefighters die in Colorado under Trump’s new full-suppression policy and untested fire agency. July 1, 2026 View Details Pennsylvania’s House votes 197-5 in rare bipartisan agreement to repeal data center tax breaks for Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet, ending a five-year giveaway. June 30, 2026 View Details Arizona builds its 27th wildlife crossing over Interstate 17, part of a network the state credits with cutting wildlife collisions 90%. June 28, 2026 View Details A federal appeals court rejects Trump’s EPA bid to abandon a 2024 rule tightening soot limits, leaving the standard the agency says will prevent 4,500 deaths a year in place. June 27, 2026 View Details Chicago builds the nation’s largest community air-monitoring network, 277 sensors citywide, under a 2023 settlement of a civil rights complaint over a polluting scrap shredder. June 27, 2026 View Details The Supreme Court rules 7-2 that federal pesticide law bars consumers from suing Monsanto for failing to warn that Roundup may cause cancer, ending tens of thousands of state lawsuits. June 26, 2026 View Details DeSantis declares the Everglades migrant lockup “Alligator Alcatraz” a success as he confirms its shutdown after less than a year and at least $1 billion in contracts. June 26, 2026 View Details An internal Interior Department memo bars National Park Service staff from confirming visitor deaths or injuries, reversing a longtime disclosure policy that rangers say keeps the public safe. June 25, 2026 View Details Chemours will pay $450 million to settle a decade of illegal “forever chemical” discharges into three rivers, the first federal PFAS-manufacturer deal, which an affected state calls inadequate. June 25, 2026 View Details A nonprofit relaunches the government’s deleted climate.gov, restoring 15 years of data, research, and the National Climate Assessment the Trump administration took down. June 24, 2026 View Details The Senate passes a bipartisan housing affordability bill 85 to 5, restricting large companies from buying single-family homes and waiving some environmental reviews for new construction. June 23, 2026 View Details A Trump supporter’s company, ScottsMiracle-Gro, pledges $1 million to repair the White House lawn its sponsored UFC event destroyed, drawing ethics complaints. June 23, 2026 View Details Los Angeles declares a local emergency as a Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse burns for a fourth day, blanketing the city in smoke from 85 million pounds of rotting food. June 21, 2026 View Details A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore climate change and Wabanaki Nations signs removed from Acadia and other national parks, ruling the removals rewrote history “with a white-out pen.” June 19, 2026 View Details The National Science Foundation reverses its dismantling of a $386 million ocean monitoring network after a bipartisan revolt and a unanimous Senate bill led by Merkley and Murkowski. June 19, 2026 View Details The Interior Department pays Invenergy $765 million to drop four offshore wind leases, its third such buyout in three months totaling $2.6 billion. June 18, 2026 View Details Fired Homeland Security Secretary Noem, still serving as a Trump special envoy, joins a Canadian mining firm’s advisory board as it pursues critical minerals. June 17, 2026 View Details The Trump administration blames Obama after the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turns green days after its $14 million renovation. June 17, 2026 View Details Two rural Tennessee communities pause data center development to write grid, water, and pollution rules first, after the industry targeted them expecting little local resistance. June 16, 2026 View Details The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls to its lowest level since 1983, months after the Trump administration ordered a 172 million-barrel drawdown. June 16, 2026 View Details A bipartisan group of lawmakers demands the National Science Foundation halt the dismantling of a $386 million ocean observatory network, accusing it of skipping legally required notice to Congress. June 16, 2026 View Details National Park Service crews scrub algae from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a $15 million no-bid renovation painted it blue. June 16, 2026 View Details Fourteen Republican attorneys general ask the EPA to regulate the abortion pill mifepristone as a water contaminant, a claim environmental scientists say has no evidence. June 13, 2026 View Details A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore displays about slavery and climate it stripped from national parks, ruling the removals unlawful censorship. June 13, 2026 View Details National Science Foundation decommissions a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring network as Alaska’s fisheries face salmon crashes, crab collapses and repeated marine heatwaves. June 12, 2026 View Details Federal judge rules the EPA illegally killed a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program but declines to order its restart. June 12, 2026 View Details DC Water rushes emergency repairs on another corroded stretch of the sewer line that dumped 240 million gallons into the Potomac in January. June 11, 2026 View Details Agriculture Secretary Rollins blames Biden border policies for the flesh-eating screwworm’s return as Democrats point to her department’s 21,000 lost employees. June 11, 2026 View Details FBI serves search warrant at the aerospace plant whose overheating chemical tank forced 50,000 Californians from their homes over Memorial Day weekend. June 11, 2026 View Details Trump’s Justice Department killed a criminal pollution investigation into the coal empire of Republican Senator Jim Justice, a close Trump ally. June 9, 2026 View Details New Mexico confirms its first New World screwworm case in 60 years as the flesh-eating parasite spreads beyond Texas. June 9, 2026 View Details Salt Lake City and county sue to stop ICE from turning an 830,000-square-foot warehouse into a 10,000-bed detention center. June 9, 2026 View Details Agriculture Department confirms a second Texas screwworm case, the flesh-eating pest’s first U.S. cattle return since 1982. June 8, 2026 View Details Lawsuit seeks to block the UFC fight Trump scheduled on the White House South Lawn for his June 14 birthday. June 8, 2026 View Details Thousands protest in Albania as a $4.6 billion resort tied to Kushner advances on protected coastal wetlands, with security guards filmed dragging demonstrators off the site. June 5, 2026 View Details Trump invokes the 1950 Defense Production Act to steer nearly $700 million toward reviving coal plants, as the fuel sits in two-decade decline. June 5, 2026 View Details Tyco agrees to a $10 million settlement with Wisconsin over decades of PFAS contamination in Marinette, far less than residents sought. June 5, 2026 View Details Environmental groups sue after federal agencies shrink protected grizzly habitat in Montana from 2,500 acres to one acre, clearing the way for logging. June 5, 2026 View Details Seven states sue to block the administration’s $795 million deal paying a foreign energy company to abandon offshore wind off New York and New Jersey and drill oil and gas instead. June 3, 2026 View Details National Park Service diverts at least $67 million in visitor entrance fees to Trump’s Washington beautification projects as a $23 billion maintenance backlog goes unfunded. May 28, 2026 View Details Supreme Court approves three-state settlement curbing groundwater pumping along the Rio Grande to guarantee water flows from New Mexico to Texas. May 28, 2026 View Details Orange County shrinks Garden Grove chemical tank evacuation from 50,000 to 16,000 as catastrophic explosion threat ends day 5 of GKN Aerospace crisis. May 26, 2026 View Details Booz Allen Hamilton on pace to make 3.4x its own Recreation.gov estimate, projected $620 million by 2028 contract end as DOGE cuts oversight. May 25, 2026 View Details Newsom asks Trump for federal emergency declaration as Garden Grove chemical tank threatens explosion four days into 50,000-person evacuation. May 25, 2026 View Details Newsom declares state of emergency as 50,000 evacuated around Garden Grove aerospace plant where overheating tank of flammable acrylic chemical could still explode. May 24, 2026 View Details Energy Secretary Wright tells Utah summit that global warming is real but “no big deal,” not among the world’s top 5 or 10 problems, urging Americans to drop “doomster” climate views. May 23, 2026 View Details Greenland envoy Landry pitches 2 million barrels of daily Danish-territory oil to relieve Strait of Hormuz pressure after uninvited three-day visit. May 23, 2026 View Details EPA loosens grocery store refrigerant rule from Trump’s 2020 bipartisan climate law, pitching rollback of potent greenhouse gas as a grocery price fix. May 22, 2026 View Details Trump’s Bedminster golf club manager, with no engineering training, advised Interior on Reflecting Pool repairs and recruited contractor that won $1.7M no-bid deal. May 20, 2026 View Details Trump-supporting Georgia town of Social Circle sues DHS and ICE in federal court to block the planned 10,000-bed detention center that would triple its population. May 15, 2026 View Details Bureau of Land Management rescinds 2024 rule that recognized conservation as a legitimate use of 245 million acres of public land. May 13, 2026 View Details Interior Associate Deputy Secretary Karen Budd-Falen admits on video to shaping grazing rules that benefit ranches her family runs on 250,000 acres of federal land. May 10, 2026 View Details FOIA records show 180+ polluters got Clean Air Act exemptions through email requests with no EPA scientific review. May 9, 2026 View Details Bureau of Reclamation cuts Lake Powell releases 20% to protect reservoir, leaving Arizona, Nevada, California water deliveries uncertain. May 9, 2026 View Details Interior Secretary Burgum directs national park, refuge, and wilderness managers to scale back hunting restrictions, including 55 NPS sites. May 9, 2026 View Details Joint Base Andrews lost 32,000 gallons of jet fuel, some into Piscataway Creek, over four months as Air Force failed to notify Maryland of December leak test failure. May 7, 2026 View Details Federal judge orders Trump administration to seek court approval before cutting more than 10 trees at East Potomac Golf Links, warning against forgiveness-later approach. May 5, 2026 View Details DHS environmental waivers allowed border wall construction to destroy 60-foot section of 1,000-year-old Hia-ced O’odham intaglio in Arizona wildlife refuge. May 1, 2026 View Details Trump approves Bridger Pipeline Expansion to carry 550,000 barrels of Canadian oil daily through Montana and Wyoming, dubbed “Keystone Light” after Biden killed original. May 1, 2026 View Details Whistleblower groups represent EPA workers disciplined over 2025 dissent letter to Administrator Zeldin, citing internal warning that punishment carried significant legal risk. April 29, 2026 View Details Interior Department pays Bluepoint and Golden State Wind $885 million to surrender offshore leases in exchange for matching investments in fossil fuel projects. April 28, 2026 View Details White House withdraws nomination of Delaware North executive Scott Socha for National Park Service director after February nomination drew conservationist backlash over privatization ties. April 28, 2026 View Details US Mint laundering Colombian cartel gold into ‘American’ coins for years despite 1985 ban, NYT investigation finds. April 27, 2026 View Details Arizona AG Mayes sues the Trump administration over plans to convert a Surprise warehouse across the street from a hazardous chemical storage site into an ICE detention center. April 25, 2026 View Details Maine Gov. Mills vetoes first-in-nation data center moratorium to save 800 construction jobs at a paper mill in her home county, six weeks before her Senate primary. April 25, 2026 View Details USDA moves to close world’s largest agricultural research complex in Maryland despite congressional appropriations language barring closures without committee approval. April 24, 2026 View Details 11th Circuit vacates injunction ordering Everglades immigration detention facility closed, accepting Florida’s argument that the state-built camp is exempt from federal environmental review. April 22, 2026 View Details Environmental groups sue Interior Department over approval of BP’s ultra-deepwater Gulf drilling project on 16th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon disaster. April 21, 2026 View Details Justice Department and Maryland separately sue DC Water over February Potomac sewage spill, alleging neglected maintenance of aging sewer line. April 21, 2026 View Details Maine passes the nation’s first statewide ban on new large data centers, pausing permits until November 2027 to study energy and water impacts. April 15, 2026 View Details Trump denies Colorado wildfire and flood disaster funding for the first time in 35 years while pursuing multiple punitive actions against the state. April 15, 2026 View Details Environmental groups ask appeals court to reinstate order closing an immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades after state received $608 million in federal funding. April 8, 2026 View Details Trump moves to close the nation’s premier federal bee research lab six months after scientists there identified the cause of 1.6 million colony deaths. April 7, 2026 View Details USDA kills 49 of 50 farm grants for underserved producers, costing Montana tribes nearly $15 million for land and training programs the agency labeled DEI. April 4, 2026 View Details EPA official overseeing methane rule rollback secretly authored the oil industry’s arguments against those same rules while working as a lobbyist, ProPublica finds. April 2, 2026 View Details Trump’s “God Squad” convenes for the first time in over 30 years and votes unanimously to exempt all Gulf of Mexico oil and gas drilling from Endangered Species Act protections. April 1, 2026 View Details USDA relocates Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City, closes all regional offices, and consolidates research operations in the largest restructuring in the agency’s history. April 1, 2026 View Details EPA watchdog finds nearly 100 Superfund toxic waste sites vulnerable to flooding and wildfires, with 13 million Americans living within three miles of them. March 31, 2026 View Details Hegseth invokes national security to seek first-ever Endangered Species Act exemption for oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening 50 remaining Rice’s whales. March 27, 2026 View Details Climate scientist Kate Marvel resigns from NASA after approved research went unfunded and her lab lost its lease, part of a 10,000-scientist federal exodus. March 26, 2026 View Details EPA waives summer restrictions on higher ethanol gasoline blend to ease prices as the Iran war disrupts global oil supply through the Strait of Hormuz. March 26, 2026 View Details California sues Trump for using the Defense Production Act to force restart of an offshore oil pipeline shut down after the 2015 Refugio Beach spill. March 25, 2026 View Details White House agrees to pay French energy giant TotalEnergies $1 billion to abandon its East Coast wind farm leases and reinvest in U.S. oil and gas production. March 24, 2026 View Details New Jersey and Roxbury sue to block ICE from converting a 470,000-square-foot warehouse into a 1,500-bed detention center that could open within three months. March 21, 2026 View Details Twenty-four states and 8 cities sue to restore the EPA’s endangerment finding, the legal foundation for all U.S. climate regulation since 2009. March 20, 2026 View Details Nebraska’s largest wildfires in state history burn more than 800,000 acres across four fires as Gov. Pillen seeks a federal disaster declaration and ranchers scramble to relocate livestock. March 19, 2026 View Details U.S. transfers sacred Apache site Oak Flat to mining company partly owned by Chinese state entity, ending seven decades of federal protection. March 17, 2026 View Details DC Water completes emergency repair of Potomac Interceptor 55 days after collapse sent more than 234 million gallons of raw sewage into the river. March 15, 2026 View Details Energy Secretary Wright invokes Defense Production Act to restart a California offshore oil pipeline shut down after a 2015 spill that sent more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil onto the coast. March 15, 2026 View Details Rhode Island’s Revolution Wind starts powering 350,000 homes and businesses after suing to overturn Trump’s suspension of five offshore wind leases. March 14, 2026 View Details Trump administration sues California to block its 2035 zero-emission vehicle mandate as gas prices spike nationwide from the Iran war. March 13, 2026 View Details Federal judge halts construction of Maryland ICE detention center for 1,500, ruling the state will likely succeed in its challenge that DHS skipped environmental review. March 12, 2026 View Details Trump’s regulatory czar Jeffrey Clark leaves the White House 22 days after finalizing the repeal of the government’s legal authority to fight climate change. March 7, 2026 View Details Federal science workforce lost nearly 95,000 employees in 15 months as Trump cut Fish and Wildlife science contracts 100% and CDC contracts 79%. March 5, 2026 View Details Leaked database shows National Park Service flagged hundreds of exhibits on slavery, civil rights and climate change under Trump order banning content that “disparages” Americans. March 3, 2026 View Details DOJ tells court the $608M federal reimbursement Florida counted on for its Everglades detention facility won’t cover construction costs and may not materialize at all. February 26, 2026 View Details U.S. Forest Service stops issuing firefighter pants containing PFAS “forever chemicals” after ProPublica revealed the agency knew about the contamination for years and stayed silent. February 24, 2026 View Details Trump approves FEMA emergency disaster relief for Washington after a Potomac River sewage line collapse that the city estimates will cost $20 million to repair and remediate. February 22, 2026 View Details EPA rolls back mercury and toxic emission limits on coal plants nationwide, returning to weaker Obama-era standards the Biden administration had tightened. February 21, 2026 View Details DC Mayor Bowser declares state of emergency over Potomac sewage spill and requests federal disaster declaration, after meeting with White House staff and EPA about the weeks-long ecological crisis. February 19, 2026 View Details Seventeen health and environmental groups sue EPA over repeal of the endangerment finding, the 2009 scientific framework that allowed regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. February 19, 2026 View Details Energy Secretary Wright threatens to withdraw the U.S. from the International Energy Agency unless it stops producing renewable energy scenarios and drops its net-zero work. February 18, 2026 View Details Six conservation groups sue Interior Secretary Burgum over removal of hundreds of exhibits on slavery, climate change, and Indigenous history from national parks. February 18, 2026 View Details California Gov. Newsom signs clean energy agreement with U.K. in London as Trump calls it “inappropriate” and warns British leaders against partnering with him. February 17, 2026 View Details Trump blames Maryland Gov. Moore for month-old Potomac sewage spill from a federally regulated pipe and deploys FEMA, currently shut down, to lead cleanup. February 17, 2026 View Details Pentagon airlifts a five-megawatt nuclear reactor from California to Utah aboard three C-17s, the first time a nuclear reactor has been transported by military aircraft, with plans to generate power by July 4. February 16, 2026 View Details Six months after an explosion killed two workers at the nation’s largest coke plant, Trump exempted the facility from Biden-era benzene monitoring rules at U.S. Steel’s request. February 15, 2026 View Details NOAA plans to weaken vessel speed rules protecting North Atlantic right whales, now fewer than 400, days after a 3-year-old female washes up dead off Virginia. February 15, 2026 View Details Two Washington golfers sue to block Trump’s overhaul of a century-old public golf course where crews are dumping White House demolition debris on historic parkland. February 14, 2026 View Details EPA revokes the 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, eliminating the legal foundation for all federal climate regulation. February 13, 2026 View Details Trump orders Pentagon to purchase power from coal plants, signing the executive order with Peabody Energy’s CEO at his side. February 12, 2026 View Details Forest Service knew wildland firefighter pants contained PFAS “forever chemicals” as early as 2021 but chose not to tell firefighters, waiting instead for a study that is still ongoing. February 11, 2026 View Details Federal Judicial Center removes 90-page climate science chapter from official reference manual for U.S. judges after Republican attorneys general call it biased. February 11, 2026 View Details Federal judge declares Texas anti-ESG law unconstitutional, ruling that its definition of “boycotting” fossil fuel companies was too broad and violated First Amendment protections. February 7, 2026 View Details EPA reapproves controversial herbicide dicamba for use on cotton and soybeans despite known drift risks, cutting allowed volume in half but drawing criticism from both environmentalists and MAHA activists. February 7, 2026 View Details Trump for the third time rolls back Obama-era protections on a nearly 5,000 square mile Atlantic marine monument, reopening it to commercial fishing. February 7, 2026 View Details Energy Secretary Wright credits emergency orders keeping aging coal plants open for preventing blackouts, while critics say the policy costs consumers $3 billion per year. February 7, 2026 View Details Oregon, Washington and Native American tribes return to court after Trump killed a $1 billion Biden-era deal to recover endangered salmon runs on the Snake and Columbia Rivers. February 6, 2026 View Details Courts block all five Trump stop-work orders against offshore wind farms, handing the industry a clean sweep of legal victories over the administration. February 3, 2026 View Details Federal judge rules Energy Department violated federal law by forming secret climate group that met 18 times to produce report downplaying global warming. January 31, 2026 View Details U.S. formally exits Paris climate agreement for second time, joining Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries not party to the landmark pact. January 28, 2026 View Details Federal judge allows nearly complete Massachusetts offshore wind project to resume construction, fourth of five to win court challenge against Trump administration’s December national security freeze. January 28, 2026 View Details California sues to block restart of pipeline that caused 2015 Refugio oil spill after federal agency reclassified it as “interstate” to bypass state control. January 24, 2026 View Details House votes 214-208 to reverse 20-year mining ban near Boundary Waters wilderness, clearing path for Chilean-owned copper mine in northern Minnesota. January 22, 2026 View Details Federal judge allows third offshore wind project to resume construction this week, rejecting Trump administration’s unspecified national security claims and citing “inconsistencies” in government evidence. January 17, 2026 View Details EPA says it will stop calculating health costs of pollution when setting regulations, a change legal experts say violates Supreme Court precedent and “will not survive court challenge.” January 13, 2026 View Details Federal judge orders Energy Department to restore clean energy grants after administration admitted in court that blue-state location was “a primary reason” for cancellations. January 13, 2026 View Details Federal judge restores construction on 87% complete Rhode Island wind farm, finding Trump administration’s classified national security argument “insufficient” to justify December pause. January 13, 2026 View Details New York sues Trump administration over freeze on two offshore wind projects already under construction, citing need to power 1 million homes. January 11, 2026 View Details House fails to override two Trump vetoes of unanimously-passed bills, including Lauren Boebert’s Colorado water project vetoed after she signed Epstein files discharge petition. January 9, 2026 View Details Colorado AG accuses Trump of “revenge campaign” against state, updating Space Command lawsuit to include terminated transportation funds, SNAP threats, and denied disaster relief. January 9, 2026 View Details Nonprofit sues Trump administration for refusing to say whether asbestos was removed before rapid demolition of East Wing for planned $400 million ballroom. January 8, 2026 View Details Trump withdraws US from 66 international organizations and treaties including UN climate, gender equality, and oceans bodies, claiming they threaten American sovereignty. January 8, 2026 View Details Danish energy company Ørsted files legal challenge over Trump’s suspension of Revolution Wind project that is 85% complete with all federal permits secured since 2023. January 3, 2026 View Details Energy Secretary orders third coal plant in one week to remain on standby, this time a Colorado facility that broke on December 19 and would cost $20-85 million to restart, despite state finding it “is not required for reliability.” January 1, 2026 View Details Dominion Energy sues Trump administration over stop-work order on $11.2 billion Virginia offshore wind project, calling the national security pause “arbitrary and capricious” after spending $8.9 billion. December 31, 2025 View Details Michigan loses $540 million in climate grants and $3 billion in canceled clean energy investments since January as automakers shift back to gas vehicles. December 30, 2025 View Details Energy Department orders two Indiana utilities to keep coal plants running to “prevent blackouts,” overriding closure plans as residential electric bills spiked 17.5% this year. December 25, 2025 View Details Trump administration weighing deal to give SpaceX 775 acres of federal wildlife refuge to expand rocket launch site, trading habitat for two endangered wild cats. December 24, 2025 View Details Interior Department suspends five East Coast offshore wind projects citing classified national security concerns weeks after Trump said “wind is the worst” and “we don’t approve windmills.” December 23, 2025 View Details Energy Secretary declares fake “emergency” to block Washington coal plant closure mandated by state law for 15 years; governor says “there’s no emergency here.” December 20, 2025 View Details Trump Media announces $6 billion merger with Google-backed nuclear fusion firm TAE Technologies, with Devin Nunes saying deal will “cement America’s global energy dominance.” December 19, 2025 View Details Court filings reveal Florida has received no federal reimbursement for Everglades immigration detention facility despite DeSantis claiming taxpayers “are not on the hook.” December 19, 2025 View Details DOJ tells court targeting blue states for energy grant cuts is “constitutionally permissible” because partisanship “can serve as a proxy for legitimate policy considerations.” December 18, 2025 View Details Trump administration moves to dismantle 65-year-old Colorado climate research center that developed hurricane forecasting tools, calling it “climate alarmism.” December 17, 2025 View Details Sixteen states sue Trump administration for withholding $2.1 billion in EV charging funds Congress allocated under Biden’s infrastructure law. December 17, 2025 View Details National Park Service orders superintendents to cap top performance ratings at 5%, a move experts say violates federal code and could set up staff for layoffs. December 13, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore $3.6 billion in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding after 22 states sued, ruling Congress appropriated the money and “the government must follow the law.” December 12, 2025 View Details Six EPA employees fired for signing letter accusing agency of “recklessly undermining” its mission are appealing to MSPB, alleging First Amendment violations and political retaliation. December 4, 2025 View Details Trump rolls back Biden fuel economy standards requiring 50.4 mpg by 2031 months after GOP eliminated all penalties for noncompliance. December 4, 2025 View Details Interior Department adds $100 per person fee for international visitors at 11 top national parks, designates Trump’s birthday as one of six “patriotic fee-free days” for Americans. November 26, 2025 View Details Department of Energy backs Three Mile Island nuclear restart with $1 billion loan to support Microsoft data center demand amid rising electricity prices from AI. November 19, 2025 View Details Trump administration proposes redefining wetlands to exclude seasonal streams and wetlands from Clean Water Act protection, potentially eliminating pollution safeguards for 85% of U.S. wetlands. November 18, 2025 View Details Trump opens Arctic reserve’s five protected wildlife areas to oil drilling, rescinding Biden rule that 250,000 people supported during public comment. November 14, 2025 View Details Interior Department proposes six offshore oil lease sales along California coast between 2027 and 2030 for first time since 1980s despite uncertain industry interest and lack of infrastructure to transport oil to market. November 11, 2025 View Details Trump wildlife service orders Colorado to halt voter-approved wolf reintroduction, claiming 15 wolves already released from Canada violate federal rule limiting sources to U.S. states that refused to provide wolves. October 25, 2025 View Details Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed permits Thursday advancing drilling, mining and road projects across Alaska in ceremony dubbed “Alaska Day,” prompting environmental groups to call it “Alaska Sellout Day.” October 24, 2025 View Details Typhoon Halong destroyed 90% of homes in one Alaska village and displaced over 2,000 people who cannot return for at least 18 months, as Trump administration cuts to weather monitoring made forecasts less accurate. October 18, 2025 View Details Army announces Janus Program to place small nuclear microreactors on U.S. bases worldwide, following Trump executive order requiring reactor operation by September 30, 2028. October 15, 2025 View Details EPA canceled $20 million Alaska flood protection grant five months before catastrophic flooding hit Kipnuk, where Lee Zeldin called it wasteful DEI grant despite community’s vulnerability. October 15, 2025 View Details Federal officials reject Navajo company’s $186,000 bid for 167 million tons of Montana coal, less than a penny per ton, for failing to meet fair market value requirements. October 15, 2025 View Details More than 1,000 Western Alaska residents sleep in schools without functioning toilets or water after Sunday storm damaged nearly every home in two villages. October 15, 2025 View Details EPA directed scientists to research tracing abortion drug mifepristone in wastewater following Republican congressional letter, a method anti-abortion activists seek to restrict medication. October 11, 2025 View Details EPA furloughs most of 15,000 employees after nine-day delay using carryover funds, with only 11% continuing work as toxic pollution inspections and oversight halt nationwide. October 10, 2025 View Details Republicans repeal Biden mining and drilling restrictions in Alaska, Montana and North Dakota despite findings projects threaten wildlife and Alaska Native tribes reliant on hunting. October 10, 2025 View Details White House energy official says Trump’s National Energy Dominance Council provides “concierge, white glove service” to fast-track fossil fuel projects while blocking renewable energy permits. October 8, 2025 View Details Navajo company bids one-tenth of a penny per ton for 167 million tons of federal coal as only bidder after Trump reverses Biden climate ban, down from $1.10 at last sale. October 7, 2025 View Details Solar companies, unions and homeowners sue EPA for canceling $7 billion Solar for All program expected to save 900,000 low-income households $350 million annually, claiming Trump violated separation of powers by blocking congressional funding. October 7, 2025 View Details Trump approves 211-mile Ambler mining road through Gates of the Arctic National Park despite local opposition, reversing Biden as US government invests $35 million in Canadian company developing the district. October 7, 2025 View Details Minnesota regulators approve BlackRock’s $6.2 billion takeover of Minnesota Power despite attorney general’s opposition and judge’s warning that private equity will pursue profit at ratepayers’ expense. October 5, 2025 View Details Florida awarded full $608 million FEMA detention grant as sole applicant on final day before shutdown, days after court dismissed environmental lawsuit because Everglades facility had no federal funding. October 4, 2025 View Details Administration cuts $7.6 billion in clean energy grants affecting 223 projects exclusively in 16 states that backed Harris and whose senators voted against the GOP funding bill during the shutdown. October 3, 2025 View Details Energy Dept. takes 5% stake in Lithium Americas and its GM joint venture after renegotiating $2.26 billion loan for Nevada mine, marking Trump administration’s latest equity investment in strategic industries. October 1, 2025 View Details Trump administration opens 13 million acres of federal land for coal mining, triple what law required, and slashes royalty payments companies owe from 12.5% to 7% while investing $625 million in taxpayer funds to expand the coal industry. September 30, 2025 View Details Energy Department bans words ‘climate change’ and ’emissions’ from office whose mission is reducing emissions causing climate change. September 29, 2025 View Details Transportation Dept. cancels bike and trail grants in six states, calling projects “hostile to motor vehicles.” September 27, 2025 View Details Trump demands up to 10% stake in Nevada lithium mine for renegotiating $2.26 billion loan while opposing automakers’ EV transition. September 27, 2025 View Details Former National Park superintendents urge Interior to close parks during shutdown, warning Burgum’s keep-open order endangers visitors without adequate staffing. September 27, 2025 View Details Portland State study finds Trump’s spending bill threatens $530 million in federal funding for Northwest tribes’ water, housing and climate programs. September 26, 2025 View Details The Interior Dept. secretly plans new layoffs that could push its total staff cuts under Trump to over one-third, after already shedding 11% of its workforce. September 25, 2025 View Details Trump denounced the United Nations and multilateralism in a speech calling climate change a con job before privately pledging his 100% support to its leader. September 24, 2025 View Details The EPA eliminates its independent research office in a reorganization that places scientists under the administrator’s direct political control. September 23, 2025 View Details A federal judge ends the 31-day halt on the Revolution Wind farm, ruling the Trump administration’s stop-work order was arbitrary and capricious. September 23, 2025 View Details EPA political appointees halted Office of Water research for a new political review two months after dismantling the agency’s main research branch. September 21, 2025 View Details The Trump administration asks a court to revoke a major offshore wind permit eight months after its approval, citing a new legal theory. September 20, 2025 View Details The National Academy of Sciences refutes the scientific basis for the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the 2009 climate endangerment finding. September 18, 2025 View Details The Trump EPA plans to eliminate the program that has tracked industrial greenhouse gases since 2009, citing $2.4 billion in business savings. September 13, 2025 View Details Two months after employees accused leadership of undermining public health and scientific progress, the EPA suspends dozens and moves to fire others. September 7, 2025 View Details An appeals court blocks the shutdown of a Florida immigration detention center, ruling enforcement needs outweigh environmental risks. September 5, 2025 View Details A D.C. Circuit panel led by Trump appointees allows the EPA to cancel $16 billion in green energy grants following congressional repeal of the program. September 3, 2025 View Details The Trump administration is cutting climate satellite programs to prioritize weather forecasting, a move scientists warn will actually harm prediction accuracy. September 2, 2025 View Details Days after halting a major New England wind farm, the Trump administration canceled another $679 million for offshore wind projects. August 30, 2025 View Details Two months after 170 employees dissented over the agency’s scientific policies, the EPA fired eight of them, primarily targeting vulnerable probationary staff. August 30, 2025 View Details Judge upholds order to shut down Florida immigration detention center, leaving taxpayers facing $218M loss on controversial project. August 29, 2025 View Details Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs over its failure to deliver water owed to Texas farmers under a 1944 treaty. August 28, 2025 View Details Trump administration halts nearly finished $4B Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island citing national security, jeopardizing state climate goals, and power supply. August 23, 2025 View Details Trump blames soaring electricity prices on wind and solar ‘scam,’ though analysts cite data centers, EV demand and climate-driven strain. August 22, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocks expansion of the Florida internment camp and orders all detainees transferred out within 60 days after state and federal officials moved ahead without an environmental study. August 22, 2025 View Details Judge denies bid by San Carlos Apache Tribe and allies to halt Oak Flat land transfer for copper mine, clearing way for appeal before deadline next week. August 17, 2025 View Details Trump administration tightens solar and wind tax-credit rules under new GOP guidance, threatening clean-energy projects as it undercuts Inflation Reduction Act incentives. August 16, 2025 View Details Acting NASA chief says climate science will ‘move aside’ as agency focuses solely on space exploration under Trump administration. August 15, 2025 View Details Trump orders shutdown of two NASA carbon-monitoring satellites, cases scientists warn will erase critical climate and agricultural data. August 15, 2025 View Details Trump vows to replace “old, tired” grass in Washington D.C. parks as part of beautification push during federal takeover of city police. August 14, 2025 View Details Trump administration disbands FEMA’s youth advisory council after months of silence, ending climate-focused disaster preparedness projects by high school members. August 14, 2025 View Details Federal judge pauses construction for two weeks at Florida’s Dade-Collier immigration detention center after environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe allege NEPA violations. August 8, 2025 View Details Secret Service asked the Army Corps to raise Ohio’s Little Miami River for Vice President JD Vance’s birthday kayak trip for security. August 8, 2025 View Details EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin cancels $7 billion Biden-era Solar for All grants, citing elimination of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund under Trump August 8, 2025 View Details Wayne County judge halts hazardous waste shipments from five states to Wayne Disposal landfill in Michigan, citing environmental risks from Army Corps cleanup sites. August 8, 2025 View Details Interior Secretary Burgum cancels 1,000-megawatt Idaho wind project citing legal deficiencies after Republican officials opposed federal approval. August 7, 2025 View Details Trump eliminates funding for NASA carbon monitoring satellites that track greenhouse gas emissions and crop health globally. August 7, 2025 View Details EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces plan to revoke 2009 endangerment finding that underlies all federal greenhouse gas regulations, calling it largest deregulatory action in US history. July 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration targets four DOE sites to fast‑track AI data centers using federal land and bypass environmental reviews. July 25, 2025 View Details Trump EPA moves to reregister twice-banned pesticide less than a month after installing former soybean industry lobbyist Kyle Kunkler as pesticides chief. July 24, 2025 View Details The EPA, led by Administrator Lee Zeldin and Jeffrey Clark, seeks to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding, eliminating the legal basis for all climate regulations. July 23, 2025 View Details Trump’s EPA eliminates scientific research division affecting 1,500 scientists studying pollution who learned of closure through press release. July 19, 2025 View Details Trump grants coal plants and chemical manufacturers two-year exemption from Biden-era pollution standards. July 18, 2025 View Details Interior Secretary Burgum must personally approve every wind and solar project on federal lands. July 18, 2025 View Details Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suspends NOAA’s climate-driven rainfall prediction tool development weeks after deadly Texas flooding. July 17, 2025 View Details Police pepper-sprayed dozens of protesters outside a Trump-led summit at Carnegie Mellon University after they blocked a street and confronted attendees. July 16, 2025 View Details NASA reverses promise to host climate reports after Trump administration shuttered official government websites earlier this month. July 15, 2025 View Details Gov. Hobbs demands federal inquiry after officials chose controlled burn strategy that destroyed historic Grand Canyon Lodge during Arizona’s driest season. July 15, 2025 View Details DOJ sues California claiming voter-approved animal welfare laws drive up egg prices nationwide despite avian flu being primary cause of increases. July 12, 2025 View Details EPA union demands Zeldin reinstate 144 workers placed on leave for criticizing Trump policies, calling disciplinary action “blatant retaliation” for protected speech. July 12, 2025 View Details House Democrats demand review of whether Trump’s weather service staff cuts delayed flood warnings that could have saved lives. July 12, 2025 View Details Trump administration abandons plan to rewrite Biden asbestos ban after public outcry including Hillary Clinton’s “Make Asbestos Great Again” criticism. July 8, 2025 View Details Trump orders higher national park fees for foreign tourists while cutting 24% of park staff and enacting largest budget reduction in agency history. July 6, 2025 View Details Air Force suspends SpaceX hypersonic cargo delivery tests at U.S. territory Johnston Atoll after environmental groups raised seabird protection concerns. July 4, 2025 View Details Trump creates Make America Beautiful Again Commission led by Doug Burgum to open protected public lands for drilling and mining. July 4, 2025 View Details EPA administrator Lee Zeldin places 140 employees on administrative leave after they signed public letter criticizing Trump’s environmental policies. July 4, 2025 View Details Trump budget proposes eliminating all NOAA climate research and shutting weather labs nationwide while cutting 17 percent of the agency’s staff. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration takes down U.S. climate research website containing congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment reports four months after dismantling the program. July 2, 2025 View Details Over 170 EPA employees publicly dissent against Trump administration environmental policies with support from 20 Nobel laureates who warn people will die. July 1, 2025 View Details Newsom forces California legislature to weaken environmental law by tying controversial reforms to state budget approval. July 1, 2025 View Details Trump expected to attend opening of Florida Everglades detention camp built on seized land using emergency powers despite environmental lawsuit and $450 million annual cost. June 30, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans add new taxes on wind and solar projects while tightening renewable energy credit requirements in updated Trump megabill draft hours before voting begins. June 30, 2025 View Details About 1,000 protesters denounce DeSantis’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center as “inhumane” for being built in the Everglades on land indigenous groups call sacred. June 29, 2025 View Details Defense Department to stop sharing microwave satellite data over cybersecurity risks, hobbling forecasters’ ability to track rapidly intensifying hurricanes ahead of peak season. June 28, 2025 View Details Louisiana becomes fourth Republican-led state to legally redefine natural gas as green energy, potentially redirecting clean energy funds to fossil fuel projects. June 27, 2025 View Details Biden-appointed judge blocks Trump from withholding $5 billion in EV charger funds after administration ignored government watchdog finding it violated law. June 25, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian blocks GOP provision forcing Postal Service to sell electric vehicles from Trump’s reconciliation megabill, citing Byrd Rule violations. June 24, 2025 View Details Trump administration announces plan to rescind Clinton-era roadless rule protecting 58 million acres of federal forest from logging after decades of Republican state and industry pressure. June 24, 2025 View Details GOP tax bill would force USPS to auction off brand-new electric vehicles for “negligible” revenue to eliminate Biden climate initiatives from postal service. June 22, 2025 View Details Trump calls green energy tax credits in his own “big beautiful bill” a “giant scam” and “junk” as GOP scrambles to meet July 4 deadline amid parliamentary setbacks. June 22, 2025 View Details Justice Jackson accuses Supreme Court of favoring moneyed interests over ordinary citizens in fuel industry victory against EPA emissions rules. June 21, 2025 View Details Federal Judge Adam Abelson halts Trump EPA bid to kill $600 million environmental justice grants for underserved communities from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. June 20, 2025 View Details MT Gov. Gianforte vetoes community solar bill despite supermajority legislative support, citing cost concerns that advocates say contradict experience in 23 other states. June 19, 2025 View Details Michigan Attorney General Nessel and environmental groups file requests for rehearing of Energy Secretary Wright’s emergency order forcing coal plant to stay open. June 19, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Nuclear Regulatory Commission to override Texas and New Mexico governors’ opposition for temporary nuclear waste storage sites. June 19, 2025 View Details Trump orders Forest Service and Interior to merge wildfire programs during active fire season after 5,000 employees left agency through workforce cuts. June 17, 2025 View Details EPA plans to reconsider ban on cancer-causing asbestos that kills 40,000 Americans annually and is banned in more than 50 countries. June 17, 2025 View Details Environmental groups sue Trump EPA over exemptions granted to 68 coal plants from mercury pollution rules, claiming many already meet the standards. June 14, 2025 View Details Trump-appointed judges allow ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil project to proceed despite finding environmental law violations, citing economic disruption concerns. June 14, 2025 View Details Trump kills $1 billion salmon recovery agreement with Native American tribes to prioritize dam energy production, forcing return to decades of litigation over treaty fishing rights. June 13, 2025 View Details Trump blocks CA’s gas-powered car ban and emission rules as state immediately sues over federal environmental override. June 13, 2025 View Details DOJ overturns 88-year legal precedent to give Trump authority to abolish national monuments created by Biden and previous presidents. June 11, 2025 View Details Federal judge gives Apache tribes 60 days after environmental review to challenge sacred land transfer to mining company for congressionally authorized copper mine. June 10, 2025 View Details EPA moves to end greenhouse gas reporting requirements for large polluters, risking reversal of 20% emissions decline achieved since Obama-era accountability rule took effect in 2010. June 7, 2025 View Details Transportation Secretary Duffy moves to reverse Biden fuel economy standards requiring 50 mpg by 2031, calling previous administration’s EV calculations “illegal.” June 7, 2025 View Details California’s Yurok Tribe regains 73 square miles of ancestral land after 120 years, marking California’s largest tribal land return and beginning new restoration efforts. June 6, 2025 View Details White House proposes shutting down chemical safety agency by October 2026 in new budget documents, despite board investigating fatal explosions and toxic disasters at industrial facilities nationwide. June 4, 2025 View Details Trump opens 23 million acres of Alaska wilderness to drilling and mining after reversing Biden protections that environmental groups and Indigenous communities fought to secure. June 3, 2025 View Details Trump’s 2026 budget proposal cuts 90% of funding for major U.S. Geological Survey ecology program that studies wildfires, invasive species and climate impacts. June 1, 2025 View Details Energy Department cancels $3.7 billion in clean-energy projects, claiming Biden officials failed to conduct thorough financial reviews and rushed awards after election loss. May 31, 2025 View Details Supreme Court unanimously rules federal agencies don’t need to study far-reaching environmental impacts when approving major construction projects. May 30, 2025 View Details Supreme Court refuses to hear Apache case, clearing way for copper mine to destroy sacred Oak Flat site. May 28, 2025 View Details Environmental groups sue to block Trump’s order opening Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. May 27, 2025 View Details EPA confirms it is drafting plan to eliminate all greenhouse gas limits on coal and natural gas power plants, claiming U.S. emissions don’t contribute significantly to climate change. May 25, 2025 View Details Trump deregulates nuclear industry with “total reform” of independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission, cutting staff and fast-tracking reactor approvals for AI data centers and defense facilities. May 24, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans use controversial Congressional Review Act to overturn California’s ban on new gas-only car sales by 2035 despite warnings the move violates congressional rules and could worsen air pollution. May 23, 2025 View Details Senate GOP establish new precedent to bypass filibuster rules and block CA clean air standards with simple majority vote. May 22, 2025 View Details Trump administration lifts pause on $2.5 billion New York offshore wind project after pressure from Governor Hochul and concerns over 1,500 job losses. May 20, 2025 View Details Last day for (anonymous) public comment as SpaceX seeks to more than double its Cape Canaveral launches, raising concerns for pilots, fishers and wildlife. May 15, 2025 View Details EPA plans to weaken drinking water rules by rescinding PFAS limits. May 14, 2025 View Details USDA restores climate and conservation content after lawsuit over Trump purge that removed key farm support tools from public websites. May 14, 2025 View Details EPA tells 1,500 scientists in Office of Research and Development to apply for new agency jobs after Trump administration reorganization targets their positions. May 13, 2025 View Details White House directs federal agencies to stop using social cost of carbon when making regulatory decisions. May 11, 2025 View Details Trump signs four bills overturning Biden-era efficiency regulations for appliances. May 10, 2025 View Details Fifteen states sue over Trump order fast-tracking fossil fuel projects after he declares “energy emergency.” May 10, 2025 View Details NOAA to discontinue weather disaster database as Trump administration cuts agency resources. May 9, 2025 View Details Trump-backed tax cut package includes controversial plan to sell public lands in Nevada and Utah, drawing sharp backlash. May 8, 2025 View Details 16 states sue Trump administration for withholding billions in EV infrastructure funding. May 8, 2025 View Details EPA plans to shut down Energy Star efficiency label program in Trump‑driven agency reorganization. May 7, 2025 View Details Democratic states sue Trump administration over freeze on wind energy development. May 6, 2025 View Details Democratic senators press Trump administration over plan to gut endangered species habitat protections. May 6, 2025 View Details Trump administration halts air-quality monitoring at all national parks, citing contract disputes. May 6, 2025 View Details Trump EPA dismantles science office, reshuffles 1,500 staff in major reorganization. May 3, 2025 View Details House Republicans vote to block California’s clean air waivers and revoke Biden-era vehicle rules in legally dubious move. May 2, 2025 View Details Trump budget proposes 23% cut to domestic spending, 13% boost to defense, and elimination of dozens of social programs. May 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration disbands U.S. climate report authors, threatening congressionally mandated national assessment. April 29, 2025 View Details National Weather Service to resume translating forecasts after contract lapse endangered non-English speakers. April 27, 2025 View Details Trump administration cancels $400 million in AmeriCorps grants, cutting 41 percent of the agency’s 2025 budget. April 26, 2025 View Details Trump administration pushes IMF and World Bank overhaul to scrap climate work, limit equity programs, and confront China. April 24, 2025 View Details EPA to fire or reassign 450 environmental justice and DEI staff on Earth Day under Trump order. April 23, 2025 View Details Trump reopens half million square miles of Pacific to commercial fishing April 18, 2025 View Details Trump officials move to gut endangered species protections by redefining “harm” to exclude habitat destruction. April 17, 2025 View Details Trump administration halts offshore wind project set to help power NYC, defying permits and threatening climate and jobs goals. April 17, 2025 View Details Judge orders immediate unfreezing of climate and infrastructure funds, says Trump can’t block laws in perpetuity. April 16, 2025 View Details Trump exempts nearly 70 coal plants from mercury and toxin pollution limits, including nation’s top polluter. April 16, 2025 View Details FEMA denies disaster aid to Washington for bomb cyclone damage after Trump demands immigration and DEI compliance. April 15, 2025 View Details Trump plan halves NASA science, shutters Goddard, and cancels Mars and Venus missions. April 12, 2025 View Details Musk’s DOGE hijacks computerized federal grant system, blocking agencies from posting $500B in awards. April 12, 2025 View Details Trump DOJ kills sewage cleanup deal in Alabama, slamming environmental justice as DEI ‘preference’. April 12, 2025 View Details Trump threatens tariffs over Mexico’s failure to deliver Rio Grande water under 1944 treaty, says it forced Texas crop losses April 11, 2025 View Details Kathleen Sgamma withdraws from Bureau of Land Management nomination after past criticism of Trump’s role in Jan. 6 attack resurfaces. April 11, 2025 View Details Trump kills water conservation rule, skips process and cites ‘beautiful hair’ and 15-minute showers. April 10, 2025 View Details Trump signs orders to revive U.S. coal industry, mandate new plants, and reclassify coal as a critical mineral despite its role in climate change and extreme weather. April 9, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, echoing Utah ban and triggering EPA review. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration doesn’t renew contract for translating weather alerts and forecasts, cutting access for non-English speakers. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump opens 176,000 square miles of forest to faster logging, ends key protections in wildfire-prone areas. April 5, 2025 View Details Chemical lobby races through EPA’s ‘polluter portal’ as two trade groups ask Trump to exempt all toxic air polluters from Biden-era rules. April 5, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends disaster prep grant program for communities, cancels pending funds and past awards. April 5, 2025 View Details Interior secretary orders national parks to keep all areas open despite staff cuts and mass layoffs. April 5, 2025 View Details Judge slams EPA and Citibank over $20 billion green grant freeze, questions legality of Trump-aligned shutdown targeting nonprofits. April 3, 2025 View Details Zeldin shuts down one-room EPA museum he calls a shrine to climate change and environmental justice, slams omission of Trump-era policies. April 1, 2025 View Details EPA opens portal for polluters to request Trump exemptions from Clean Air Act rules as coal push escalates. March 28, 2025 View Details Top White House energy aide quits weeks after launching Trump’s Energy Dominance Council, leaving oil execs in charge as fuel policy hangs in the balance. March 23, 2025 View Details Trump taps 1950 emergency law to boost mining, open federal lands to coal, and give allies sweeping power over mineral policy. March 21, 2025 View Details Trump administration opens 82% of Alaska reserve to drilling, reinstates ANWR leases and clears path for LNG pipeline. March 21, 2025 View Details Trump’s EPA moves to eliminate science research office, cut 1,000+ experts, critics call it illegal March 19, 2025 View Details EPA head Lee Zeldin vowed to put “a dagger through the heart of climate change religion” by rolling back or reconsidering over 30 regulations regulating vehicles, power plants, and more March 13, 2025 View Details A leaked EPA memo reveals the agency will eliminate all 11 environmental justice offices nationwide. March 12, 2025 View Details NOAA, the agency for weather, oceans, and fisheries, faces a second round of 1,000 layoffs, bringing total job losses to 25%. March 12, 2025 View Details Secretary of State Marco Rubio says 83% of USAID’s programs have been eliminated, with the State Department taking over the rest. March 11, 2025 View Details Climate United Fund sues EPA to recover billions held by agency and Citibank. March 9, 2025 View Details NOAA ordered to cut another 1,000 workers, bringing total reductions to 20% of its workforce. March 9, 2025 View Details Justice Dept. drops lawsuit against LA petrochemical plant accused of poisoning a majority-Black neighborhood, claiming it was rolling back “radical DEI” activity. March 8, 2025 View Details EPA now requires spending over $50K to be approved by Elon Musk’s DOGE unit. March 8, 2025 View Details WH terminating 34 building leases for National Park Service (see the full list) March 8, 2025 View Details NOAA cancels lease for its main forecast center and a radar lab. March 5, 2025 View Details Trump admin orders review to bypass endangered species and other environmental rules to boost logging on 280M acres amid timber tariffs. March 4, 2025 View Details The FBI widened a criminal probe into an EPA climate grant program, leading to resignations after DOJ pressured prosecutors to freeze $20B in clean-energy funds, targeting Citibank’s role despite judges rejecting warrants. February 28, 2025 View Details After firing 1,000 FEMA employees, Trump saw over a dozen senior executives leave and has threatened to disband the disaster relief agency. February 28, 2025 View Details The Trump administration fired hundreds of NOAA workers by email without notice, gutting the nation’s official weather and climate agency. February 28, 2025 View Details Trump claims 65% EPA staff cuts—WH later insists its spending, not layoffs February 27, 2025 View Details Trump slashes 90% of foreign aid contracts, $60 billion cut. February 27, 2025 View Details Trump kills NYC’s congestion pricing plan, revoking fed approval and posting, “Congestion Pricing is Dead…Long Live the King!” February 25, 2025 View Details Trump said he will have Transportation Dept review NYC’s congestion lanes and remove bike lanes February 23, 2025 View Details National Marine Fisheries Service ordered to stop contact with foreign nationals February 23, 2025 View Details Federal Hwy Admin halts a program building fast EV chargers February 23, 2025 View Details The EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were closed February 22, 2025 View Details Donald Trump is placing at least 100 environmental justice employees at the EPA on leave February 22, 2025 View Details
