Dharna Noor

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Conservationists sue Trump administration over rollback of green policies

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dharna Noor

Conservationists on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its attempts to boost the oil industry by rolling back green policies. Filed by the environmental non-profit Center for Biological Diversity, the litigation focuses on Trump’s day-one “unleashing American energy” executive order.
Green Groups Sue Trump Administration over Climate Webpage Removals

1 week ago | earthisland.org | Dharna Noor

The White House has pulled federal webpages tracking climate and environmental justice data. Green groups have sued the Trump administration over the removal of government webpages containing federal climate and environmental justice data that they described as “tantamount to theft”.
Green groups sue Trump administration over climate webpage removals

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dharna Noor

Green groups have sued the Trump administration over the removal of government webpages containing federal climate and environmental justice data that they described as “tantamount to theft”. In the first weeks of its second term, the Trump administration pulled federal websites tracking shifts in the climate, pollution and extreme weather impacts on low-income communities, and identifying pieces of infrastructure that are extremely vulnerable to climate disasters.
'No coming back from this'

1 week ago | nationalobserver.com | Dharna Noor |Gabrielle Canon

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration The White House is ending funding for the body that produces the federal government's pre-eminent climate report, which summarizes the impacts of rising global temperatures on the United States.
Celebrate! Trump commits ‘a crime against the planet!’ by ending funding for Activist US climate assessment scare report, declares Michael Mann - ‘It is pure villainy’ - ‘The most profound of all crimes’ - Climate Depot

1 week ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Dharna Noor |Gabrielle Canon

Every four years, the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is required by Congress to release a new national climate assessment to ensure leaders understand the drivers of – and threats posed by – global warming. It is the most comprehensive, far-reaching and up-to-date analysis of the climate crisis, playing a key role in local and national decision making about agriculture, energy production, and land and water use. The next assessment is due by 2027.
Fear spreads as Trump targets lawyers and non-profits in ‘authoritarian’ takedown

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Rachel Leingang |Dharna Noor

As Donald Trump dismantles federal agencies, his administration is also creating a chill among non-governmental groups, cowing non-profits, intimidating universities and extracting commitments from law firms to support his aims. Officials have launched investigations into progressive and climate organizations, colleges and recipients of government grants. Experts worry that if nongovernmental groups are frightened into silence, US democracy may not weather the strain.
White House ends funding for key US climate body: ‘No coming back from this’

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Dharna Noor |Gabrielle Canon

The White House is ending funding for the body that produces the federal government’s preeminent climate report, which summarizes the impacts of rising global temperatures on the United States. Every four years, the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRF) is required by Congress to release a new national climate assessment to ensure leaders understand the drivers of – and threats posed by – global warming.
Trump takes aim at city and state climate laws in executive order

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Dharna Noor

Donald Trump is taking aim and city- and state-led fossil fuel accountability efforts, which have been hailed as a last source of hope for the climate amid the president’s ferociously anti-environment agenda. In a Tuesday executive order, Trump instructed the Department of Justice to “stop the enforcement” of state climate laws, which his administration has suggested are unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable.
‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Dharna Noor

The sweeping package of tariffs unveiled by Donald Trump on Wednesday includes an exemption for the energy sector, which is a clear sign of the president’s fealty to his big oil donors over the American people, advocates say. Trump’s new 10% universal tariffs – which are higher for many major economies – are wreaking havoc on the global economy and are expected to increase consumer prices in the US.
Clean energy spending boosts GOP districts. But lawmakers are keeping quiet as Trump targets incentives

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Oliver Milman |Dharna Noor |Aliya Uteuova

Billions of dollars in clean energy spending and jobs have overwhelmingly flowed to parts of the US represented by Republican lawmakers. But these members of Congress are still largely reticent to break with Donald Trump’s demands to kill off key incentives for renewables, even as their districts bask in the rewards.