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Trump may entrench DC Circuit’s stunning NEPA ruling

by E&E News | November 13, 2024
Peter Jenkins, senior counsel at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, who represented Marin Audubon Society in the case, said he had only expected a few people in the Bay Area to be interested in the court ruling. “The focus of the case, it was not about the CEQ ...

How Trump 2.0 and Project 2025 could reshape chemical rules

by E&E News | October 25, 2024
Former members of the Trump administration say that EPA under his watch laid the groundwork for the Biden administration’s efforts to address PFAS contamination. But health advocates say the Trump administration downplayed the risks of the chemicals, was slow to take action on PFAS and ...

Groups challenge BLM’s Western Solar Plan over impact to trails

by E&E News | September 30, 2024
What’s more, BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act by not properly evaluating potential impacts to the national trail system from encouraging solar applications within trail boundaries, the coalition, led by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said. ...

Watchdog slams EPA for retaliation on chemical reviews

by E&E News | September 18, 2024
An EPA spokesperson said the whistleblower’s complaints are a bygone of the Trump administration, and the agency under President Joe Biden “has restored scientific integrity as the cornerstone of its work to protect public health and the environment, including reinstating key ...

Major Nevada power line, solar project win final approval

by E&E News | September 9, 2024
The proposed route and its impacts on the national monument, as well as undeveloped desert lands across seven counties, is part of an ongoing debate over green energy and how the infrastructure needed to get that electricity to the power grid will forever change previously untouched places ...
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