U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has halted all pending environmental litigation and reassigned four career Justice Department attorneys focused on environmental issues, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
Presidents Clinton, Biden issued orders aiming to correct environmental injustice. On Monday, President Trump issued orders revoking those efforts.
Watchdog groups are calling for the state to require more transparency from lobbyists who work for both fossil fuel companies and governments and environmental groups fighting against climate change.
Experts say Trump’s moves to step away from global climate action, ramp up domestic oil and gas production and remove incentives for electric vehicles are worrisome as the planet continues to heat up. 2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, and climate scientists say the rising heat is contributing to extreme weather affecting millions.
• The decision has left state regulators and environmental groups scrambling to address PFAS contamination without federal guidance.
President Donald Trump’s ban on new offshore wind leases won’t halt giant wind farms already planned off California’s coast, but industry officials say the policy shift is a blow to a renewable energy industry still working to gain a foothold.
Establishing a Florida panther breeding population in Osceola County is a goal for state officials and environmentalists, but obstacles are formidable and time is running out for the endangered
On January 20, 2025, and throughout his first week in office, President Trump signed a series of executive orders (EOs) outlining his priorities
Executive orders issued by President Donald J. Trump during his first day in office signaled a sharp shift in US policy as may affect the
Donald Trump issued a number of orders reversing Joe Biden's policies, kickstarting his second-term agenda after the inauguration.
WASHINGTON — The 2015 Paris climate agreement is not the boogeyman that punishes the United States that critics such as President Donald Trump claim. But it hasn’t quite kept the world from overheating either.
Amid rising surface temperatures and an ongoing climate crisis, scientists and architects alike are working hard to think of creative ways to reduce