Politics Mar 19 Federal judge blocks Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in 'green bank' grants The order by U.S. District Judge Tonya Chutkan prevents the Environmental Protection Agency from ending the grant program and freezing awards totaling $20 billion.
Politics Mar 18 EPA plans to cut scientific research, more than 1,000 employees could be fired As many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists — 75% of the research program's staff — could be laid off, according to documents reviewed by Democratic staff on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
Politics Mar 12 EPA head announces sweeping plan to revoke dozens of environmental regulations In what he called the “most consequential day of deregulation in American history,” the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of actions Wednesday to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change…
Politics Feb 04 WATCH: Senate votes to confirm fossil fuel CEO Chris Wright as energy secretary Wright, CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, has been one of the industry's loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change.
Politics Jan 29 WATCH: Lee Zeldin confirmed as Trump's EPA administrator in Senate vote The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations.
Politics Jan 06 Biden bans new offshore drilling in most federal waters in last-minute effort to block possible action by Trump administration Biden said he is using authority under the federal Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect offshore areas along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea from future oil and…
Politics Nov 29 Trump has called for U.S. 'energy dominance' but is likely to hit real-world limits Donald Trump is creating a National Energy Council that he says will establish U.S. "energy dominance" around the world, but the president-elect's energy wishes are likely to run into real-world limits.
Politics Nov 16 Trump names Chris Wright, fossil fuel CEO and campaign donor, as energy secretary CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Wright is a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, including fracking, a key pillar of Trump’s quest to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market.
Politics Nov 15 Trump picks North Dakota Gov. Burgum to run Interior Dept. and new energy council President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump's choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world.
Politics Nov 15 What the Biden administration plans to accomplish before Trump takes over the White House Trump's administration can propose new regulations to undo some of what the Biden administration did through the rule-making process.