Brief #97—Environment
By Jacob Morton
The Environmental Protection Agency under Donald Trump has released a new assessment of the pesticide Chlorpyrifos, claiming the current science is inconclusive as to the amount of exposure necessary to be harmful.
Brief #96—Environment
By Linda F Hersey
Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden has rolled out a $2 trillion climate change plan that has become a hallmark of his candidacy.
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By Jacob Morton
Since 2016, President Donald Trump has made quite clear his intention to increase the amount of oil and gas drilling operations along the Atlantic and Arctic coastlines
Brief #94—Environment
By Jacob Morton
On Monday, August 31, the US EPA under the Trump administration announced that it has made revisions to a 2015 Obama era policy that places pollution restrictions on power plants that burn coal.
Brief #93—Environment
By Shannon Q Elliott
This past week automakers, Ford, Honda, Volkswagen, BMW and Volvo in conjunction with the California Air Resources Board (CARB), finalized a pact to strengthen emissions and improve fuel economy in California and 13 other states.
Brief #93—Environment
By Jacob Morton
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a 19.3 million acre stretch of wilderness in northern Alaska, the largest in the United States, and has been protected from development for nearly six decades.
Brief #92—Environment
By Todd J. Broadman
Methane gas is 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide and is a main driver of climate change.
Brief #19—Corruption Blog
By Sean Gray
The Environmental Protection Agency has a wide range or responsibilities related to human health and conservation.
Brief #91—Environment
By Jacob Morton
Donald Trump has finalized a rollback of the nation’s “Magna Carta” of environmental protection policy, the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). NEPA, signed into law 50 years ago by President Richard Nixon, requires government agencies to provide an environmental impact statement (EIS) for any proposed federal infrastructure project, such as building a pipeline or highway.
Brief #90—Environment
By Jacob Morton
Two major victories for environmental justice have been served this past week.
Brief #89—Environment
By Jacob Morton
The Trump administration and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler have decided to end Federal regulation of the toxic chemical Perchlorate in America’s drinking water.
Brief #86—Environment
By Shannon Q. Elliott
In 2012, President Obama made historic changes to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) standards.