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The Trump Administration's latest attack on the Endangered Species Act
August 21, 2026 05:24 PM EDT
southernfriedscience
There are three ways to destroy an environmental law. You can repeal it. You can withhold funds to enact or enforce the law. Or you can keep the law on the books, but rewrite the machinery that mak…
MAHA activists urge Trump against promoting coal to power energy-hungry AI data centers
August 21, 2026 04:58 PM EDT
NBC Boston
Trump has been a vocal advocate for data centers, framing them as a necessary component of winning the AI race against China.
Trump's environmental rollbacks are being struck down by courts
August 21, 2026 12:40 PM EDT
The Mercury News.
The Trump administration’s many steps to reshape and shrink the scope of federal environmental protection have been met with a flood of legal challenges from companies, environmental groups and state officials. So far this summer, it’s bee…
As Colorado River reservoirs plummet, the Trump administration orders water cuts
August 21, 2026 12:01 PM EDT
Los Angeles Times.
The Trump administration is order water cuts along the Colorado River, where reservoirs have been dropping dramatically.
Trump to allow drilling, mining near world heritage site
August 21, 2026 02:00 AM EDT
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A UNESCO spokesperson said the world heritage committee has consistently considered mining and drilling near sites to be “incompatible with world heritage status.”
Controversial California oil pipeline can continue to operate, judge rules
August 20, 2026 08:13 PM EDT
The Guardian.
State sought to stop system off coast of Santa Barbara from resuming operations after Trump ordered its reopening
The U.S. and others turn to Brazil for rare earths, raising environmental concerns
August 20, 2026 04:44 PM EDT
BNN Bloomberg
Nearly half of the 2,727 overall rare earth exploration applications in Brazil were made by subsidiaries of foreign mining companies.
How Trump is trying to crush California's environmental policies
August 20, 2026 10:45 AM EDT
San Francisco Examiner.
The Trump administration is targeting California's environmental regulations and pushing back against the state's efforts to move away from fossil fuels, setting the stage for a contentious battle over environmental protection and energy dominance.
A Supreme Court case may be slowing Trump's next climate rollback
August 20, 2026 06:29 AM EDT
E&E News.
“EPA is trying to have their cake and eat it, too,” said one environmental lawyer.
These are all the places you can find the 'rescued climate data' the Trump administration has erased
August 20, 2026 03:30 AM EDT
Good Good Good Co.
The Trump administration has shut down websites like climate.gov and other climate data projects. Academics, journalists, and nonprofit organizations are working to rebuild what has been lost.
Where is the U.S. climate movement?
August 20, 2026 02:00 AM EDT
Verso Books
In the United States, there is a pervasive sense that the once-ascendent climate movement is in disarray or has even disappeared. The prior decade saw the actions and ambitions of climate activism become household images, slogans, and policy goals. A few years later, as the second Trump administration guts environmenta
Could Donald Trump revive the Keystone XL pipeline?
August 19, 2026 05:02 PM EDT
The Globe and Mail
U.S. President brought up proposal as part of a tentative trade deal with Canada
Endangered Species Act gets revamped rules. What effect could they have?
August 19, 2026 07:56 AM EDT
The Christian Science Monitor.
The Trump administration says changes to Endangered Species Act rules balance costs and benefits. Conservationists see risks for habitats.
Trump administration moves to end rule protecting swaths of forest land
August 18, 2026 05:26 PM EDT
Al Jazeera Media Network
US Agriculture Department says rescinding 2001 rule will help reduce wildfire risk and return control to local managers.
Trump administration moves to rescind rule that protects millions of acres of national forest
August 18, 2026 03:20 PM EDT
NBC News
The change would lift a 25-year-old ban on logging, roads and mining in undeveloped forests.
Trump administration moves ahead to end roadless rule on national forests
August 18, 2026 02:49 PM EDT
WKMG News 6.
The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to rescind a quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging and other development on national forest lands, drawing the ire of environmentalists nationwide.
Trump moves to end protections for 44 million acres of U.S. forests
August 18, 2026 10:59 AM EDT
Scientific American
The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects the nation’s forests from logging and other industry activities
Letters: Our climate is in crisis. We are going backward on renewables in the US.
August 17, 2026 06:00 AM EDT
The Chicago Tribune
It has been the consensus of climate scientists that burning fossil fuels is causing a greenhouse effect that is warming our planet.
