Jan 30, 2020 | Editorials & Op Eds
President Trump has always come off as, to put it nicely, an off-the-cuff speaker. Blurring the lines between improvisational and premeditated, Trump often begins at a talking point and then rambles until coming to rest at an unrelated point, dragging both into an...
Dec 3, 2019 | Environment
The Trump administration has recently re-introduced plans to lease hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land in central California to oil and gas developers, ending a five-year moratorium on such practices and opening the door for hydraulic fracking on public...
Nov 15, 2019 | Environment
In August 2018, President Donald Trump called for the replacement of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which identify mile-per-gallon targets for vehicles by 2025, with the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicle (SAFE) rules. Policy Summary: In...
Jun 22, 2018 | Environment
Brief #33—Environment Summary On May 29th, the Trump Administration circulated a confidential document, which was then leaked by an outside source, proposing that the American government intervene within American energy markets. As a result, the program has...
Feb 20, 2018 | Environment
Executive Order Issued February 28, 2017 Update: January 31, 2018 Almost a year after the announcement of its review, the Trump administration has formally suspended the “Waters of the United States” Rule. This suspension paves the way for this Administration’s...