Tag: environmental protection
Lawsuit Against Trump for Drilling in Protected Waters
Lawsuit Against Trump for Drilling in Protected Waters Environmental conservation groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana, Greenpeace, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, have taken legal action against the Trump administration. The lawsuits,...
EPA Rule to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water: Inside Climate News
A recent landmark Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule, enacted at the close of last year, aimed to combat the lead crisis threatening the health of millions of Americans by tightening restrictions on toxic lead...
Interior Secretary Weakens Land Protections to Promote Fossil Fuels
Interior Secretary Undermines Land Protections to Promote Fossil Fuels On his first full day as Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Doug Burgum issued a directive that could threaten national monuments, migratory birds, and...
The Impact of Trump’s EPA Policies on the Environment
President Donald Trump, in fulfillment of his campaign promises, has initiated the process of reducing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The impact of these policies on the environment has been a cause for concern...
Preventing CO2 Pipeline Leaks: Trump Administration Derails Efforts
Federal regulators were on the brink of implementing new safety regulations for CO2 pipelines to prevent future disasters following a toxic gas leak in Mississippi. However, these efforts were thwarted during the early days...
Arctic Geoengineering Experiment Halted Over Environmental Concerns
A US-based nonprofit, the Arctic Ice Project (AIP), recently made headlines as it announced the cancellation of its geoengineering experiments in Alaska. The organization had initially proposed releasing tiny silica particles over parts of...
Impact of Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze on Arizona Conservation Efforts
Amidst the arid foothills of the Santa Rita and Patagonia mountain ranges in Arizona lies a landscape marked by erosion and dried vegetation, a stark reminder of the changing climate's impact on the region....
Record UK Flood Defense Spending Amid Climate Crisis
The United Kingdom is currently facing a significant challenge due to increased flooding incidents, exacerbated by the effects of climate change. In the wake of Storm Henk, which caused the River Trent to burst...
Protecting Human Rights vs. Defending Nature: Which is Riskier?
Alright, so picture this: one chilly evening in January 2023, Indigenous leader Antonio Díaz Valencia and human rights lawyer Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca decided to pull a vanishing act. Yep, they straight up disappeared...
Federal Judge Orders Restoration of Environmental Grant Funding by Trump Administration
A federal judge on Monday announced that he would make the Trump administration return $176 million in funding to 13 nonprofit groups and six municipalities across the country. This decision, made by Judge Richard...

















