Tag: Environment
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U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued a temporary injunction on October 2, 2026, halting construction of a planned 30-foot steel wall and related infrastructure through the Big Bend region, part of the...
Democratic attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed two lawsuits on September 9, 2026 challenging Trump administration rules that narrow protections under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. One...
Trump signed an executive order, "Supporting America's Ranchers," on September 4, 2026, giving Interior Secretary Doug Burgum 90 days to determine whether the gray wolf and the Mexican wolf have met Endangered Species...
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a supplemental proposed rule on September 4, 2026 that the agencies said would likely reduce the number of water bodies subject to Clean...
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Tuesday that the U.S. Forest Service had filed a proposed rule to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule in its entirety. The Clinton-era rule blocks road...
On July 30, 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration published a notice of proposed rulemaking, proposed 14 CFR 400.3, that would waive compliance with 13 federal laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act...
On July 13, 2026, President Trump signed a pair of executive proclamations in the Oval Office reducing the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in southern Utah, removing what he described as...
On his first day in office, Trump ordered a second U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and directed federal agencies to end or revoke related international climate commitments.
The withdrawal reversed the...