Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care.
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The Trump administration’s tumultuous presidency has brought a flurry of changes—both realized and anticipated—to U.S. environmental policy. Many of the actions roll back Obama-era policies that aimed to curb climate change and limit environmental pollution, while others threaten to limit federal funding for science and the environment…
Read Full Article, National Geographic (07-19-2018)
Trump Spares NO Coast, Every State at Risk: A Call To Take Action, By NRDC (01-05-2018)
Trump Moves to Open Nearly All Offshore Waters to Drilling; The New York Times (01-04-2018)
Federal penalties against polluters at lowest level in a decade under Trump; Guardian UK (02-09-2018)
Figures released by the EPA show that 115 crime cases were opened in 2017, down from a peak of nearly 400 in 2009…
EPA Fines Declined More than 70 Percent in 2017; Yale E360 (02-09-2018)
The Environmental Protection Agency fined polluters $1.6 billion in penalties for breaking emissions rules in fiscal year 2017 — one-fifth of the $5.7 billion that the Obama-era EPA fined companies and municipalities the year before…
Top US firms including Walmart and Ford oppose Trump on climate change; Guardian UK (12-01-2017)
Global Climate Meeting Will Forge Ahead, Despite Trump’s Contempt; Scientific American (11-03-2017)
As Trump Retreats, States Are Joining Forces on Climate Action; Yale E360 (10-09-2017)
