Transportation Secretary Duffy moves to reverse Biden fuel economy standards requiring 50 mpg by 2031, calling previous administration’s EV calculations “illegal.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Supreme Court unanimously rules federal agencies don’t need to study far-reaching environmental impacts when approving major construction projects.
Supreme Court refuses to hear Apache case, clearing way for copper mine to destroy sacred Oak Flat site.
Environmental groups sue to block Trump’s order opening Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing.
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.
