The shift in oversight intends to streamline offshore oil platform removal while protecting marine ecosystems The Department of the Interior assigned the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement…
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Supreme Court Limits Federal Environmental Research Requirements
The ruling overturns a circuit court opinion, saying that “substantial deference” should be made to the federal agency in a Utah railroad project case. The Supreme Court allowed…
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Interior Seeks to Accelerate Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Lands
The Bureau of Land Management implements a policy for a six-month review timeline to increase energy development and public participation. The U.S. Department of the Interior issued a…
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Senate Considers Eliminating California Environmental Waivers
The Senate minority warns against overriding the parliamentarian. Members of the Senate majority have expressed interest in revoking California’s environmental waivers, which could have dramatic consequences for the…
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EPA Takes Steps to Address “Forever Chemicals” in Water Supply
The agency requested Congressional collaboration to curtail PFAS pollution in the U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced actions this week to address polluting “forever chemicals” in the…
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USDA Secretary Issues Memo to Expand Timber Production
She states that excess timber is increasing the risk of wildfires. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins issued a Memo last week that moved forward the president’s executive order to…
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EPA Concludes Clean-up at NY Mercury Refining Superfund Site
The agency removed the site from the National Priorities List after the conclusion of a decades-long clean-up effort. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially removed the…
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EPA Administrator Cancels $1.7 Billion in DEI Grants
The agency’s administrator is also trying to recoup $20 billion allocated under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced this month that…
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EPA Faces Largest Battery Cleanup After California Wildfires
Batteries from thousands of electric vehicles may require toxic waste disposal. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is addressing the safe disposal of burned and damaged electric vehicle batteries…
Read MorePresident’s Administration Dismisses Members of 2 EPA Oversight Boards
Requests that members nominate replacements for the panels. President Trump’s administration dismissed all members of two boards within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Clean Air Scientific Advisory…
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