ENVIRONMENT POLICIES, ANALYSIS, AND RESOURCES
Latest Environment Posts
Trump’s EPA Seeks to Hide Science with New “Transparency” Rule
Brief #105—Environment
By Jacob Morton
On January 5, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a new rule requiring that any scientific evidence that is to be considered by the agency when crafting new environmental regulation, such as limiting the use of certain chemicals or determining levels of allowable pollution, must make all relevant data publicly available (including study participants’ personal medical records) to be considered credible.
The Trump Administration’s Last Push to Open Land to Energy and Mining Companies
Brief #104—Environment
By Jacob Morton
As the Trump administration’s single term nears its end, top agency officials are attempting a last-minute push to approve a flush of large-scale energy and mining projects for companies hoping to secure contracts to extract various natural resources.
Trump, Pressured to Reject Mining Permit in Alaska, Races to Sell Drilling Leases in the Arctic
Brief #100—Environment
By Jacob Morton
Since the beginning of his presidency, Donald Trump has had his eye on Alaska, hoping to expand extraction of its rich mineral and fossil fuel deposits.
How Will Amy Comey Barret rule on “Contentious Environmental Issues”?
Brief #103—Environment
By Shannon Q. Elliott
On Monday November 9th, 2020 Amy Comey Barrett heard her first case as a justice to the Supreme Court of the United States. (SCOTUS) The conservative justice, a former Notre Dame Law School graduate, filled the seat which belonged to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Trump Administration Removes Federal Protections for Gray Wolves
Brief #102—Environment
By Jacob Morton
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has announced it will no longer provide federal protections to the gray wolf and will remove the species from the Endangered Species List.
Timber industry clear-cuts a path to more old-growth forest in Alaska
Brief #100—Environment
By Todd Broadman
The Tongass forest, referred to as “America’s Amazon,” was designated a National Forest by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Refuses to Protect Wolverines Under the Endangered Species Act
Brief #100—Environment
By Jacob Morton
The wolverine is a rather elusive character. Only about 300 of these iconic mammals exist in the United States’ lower 48 states.
Rescinded Environmental Policies and how they will impact the Economy
Brief #99—Environment
By Shannon Q. Elliott
According to the Trump Administration they have been successful in “cutting the red tape” of Obama era environmental policies and protections.
Corporate Elites Strike New Oil with the Federal Reserve Bank
Brief #98—Environment
By Todd J. Broadman
The Federal Reserve has made an unprecedented policy change: the Fed is now directly intervening to support corporate credit markets.