Thursday, August 27, 2026

Tag: Trump administration

EPA watchdog: White House blocked part of truck pollution investigation, caused...

"The troubling extent to which the Trump EPA went to break the law and abuse the regulatory process in order to benefit individual political benefactors from the glider truck industry."

The Trump administration’s latest attempt to undermine science – and how...

A bill that is gaining bipartisan momentum in the House would protect the science that protects the public.

Putting ‘health of all species’ in danger, Trump EPA proposal guts...

“With Trump's EPA reversing even the most commonsense protections, our health, and the health of all species, is in serious danger.”

Four states, led by New York, challenge Trump admin over oil...

The courts will likely decide whether states, in lieu of federal oversight, can create oil train safety regulations to protect their citizens or if the American public will need to trust its safety to corporations and hope for the best.

Under Trump air pollution has increased for the first time in...

“We had expected that things would be getting worse—and that they would perhaps be getting worse in lots of places.”

‘Corruption’ and ‘disgrace’: White House confirms that G7 summit will exclude...

"Not only is Trump using the powers of the presidency to enrich himself, which is blatantly unconstitutional. He is ignoring a massive international crisis that threatens humanity. What a disgrace."

‘Shameful’: Trump aiming to gut rules that prevent corporate offshore tax...

"The same administration that tried to cut food stamps to save money wants to make it easier for companies to avoid paying taxes by hiding their profits offshore."

Merging ‘loyalty to the oil industry’ and ‘grudge against California,’ Trump...

"Turning over these spectacular wild places to dirty drilling and fracking will sicken Californians, harm endangered species, and fuel climate chaos."

Trump’s decision to hamstring California’s climate authority is illogical and uninformed

Revoking California’s ability to set stricter air-pollution standards also misses three important benefits to California and the nation.

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A Starbucks storefront in Long Beach, California. Photo: Brad.K / CC BY 2.0

Starbucks Workers United calls nationwide boycott as contract fight drags on

The AFL-CIO's 65 unions endorsed the campaign as more than 550 unfair labor practice charges sit unresolved against the company.

How much sleep do I need? Why you can forget the eight-hour rule

Eight hours isn’t necessarily the magic number for sleep. Your age, body clock and individual needs all matter.
Candace Owens speaking in 2018. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

These women don’t trust politicians. They do trust Candace Owens.

The 19th interviewed half a dozen of her listeners, after a Media Matters report found her platforms grew 80 percent between January 2025 and March 2026 to roughly 10.9 million new followers.
A gas station price board in Lewiston, Maine. Photo: Micov / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Joint Economic Committee Democrats put Trump’s 2026 oil and gas stock gains at up...

The same report totals $71.5 billion in extra gasoline spending since February 28, an average of $604 a family, and the White House says independent managers control the portfolio.
Water Street in downtown Eastport, Maine. Photo: Ken Gallager / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A week after Eastport banned data centers for 180 days, federal regulators accepted the...

The developer cut the plan from 400 acres to 27 and from 51 megawatts to 15 after FERC found four deficiencies, and comments close October 19.