Tag: Trump administration
EPA enforcement in distress — and more trouble is brewing
The White House has now quietly and ominously asked polluters to help identify new opportunities for deregulation.
Trump’s new spy chief used to work for a foreign politician...
Richard Grenell did not disclose payments for advocacy work on behalf of a Moldovan politician whom the U.S. later accused of corruption. His own office’s policy says that could leave him vulnerable to blackmail.
The Trump administration is cutting back protection for migratory birds
Birds are a shared resource among nations. Where governments have acted, they have successfully protected migratory birds and the habitat they depend on.
Driving the Trump rampage: Making the unacceptable acceptable
In Trump's crooked model, only total power allows an autocrat to achieve the highest goal: make what was before unacceptable seem acceptable, staunch public resistance by damned.
Trump’s trophy hunting council disbanded after legal defeat
"The end of Trump's thrill-kill council is a huge victory for elephants, lions and other imperiled animals targeted by trophy hunters."
Republican party raking in millions from Trump-tied foreign agent and lobbyist...
Most of the lobbyists raising money for the RNC and joint fundraising committee are from Trump-connected lobbying firms that brought in record revenues in 2019.
Trump admin exploited wildfires to encourage logging
Instead of stopping the burning of fossil fuels, which is an obvious way to reduce emissions and lower the risk of wildfires, the Trump administration chose a more corrupt route.
The shame of child poverty in the age of Trump
Billionaires are soaring, while poor kids are losing more.
Environmental groups sue Trump administration calling plan to open millions of...
"Trump's illegal, deeply unjust fracking plan would be a disaster for Central Valley communities, as well as our climate, wildlife and water."
Trump admin ordered ‘climate censorship’ in plans to lease Texas public...
"The bigger concern here is the issue of meddling and censorship. If it happens at this stage, it could certainly happen later in the EIS process. So we are concerned about the future of this EIS."













