ENVIRONMENT POLICIES, ANALYSIS, AND RESOURCES
Latest Environment Posts
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Rescinded Environmental Policies and how they will impact the Economy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.
Trump EPA Refuses to Ban Pesticide Shown to Reduce IQ and Infant Brain Development
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.
Biden’s Climate Plan and California’s Example
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.
The President moves to ban offshore drilling in parts of the Atlantic
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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