Michael Copley

2 months ago | treefrogcreative.ca | Michael Copley |Camila Domonoske |Kevin Mason

The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to target dozens of rules and policies in what the agency called the “most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history.” …[The agency is] reconsidering rules that apply to things like climate pollution from vehicles and power plants, wastewater from coal plants and air pollution from the energy and manufacturing sectors.

2 months ago | wkar.org | Michael Copley

Despite the Trump administration's wide-ranging attacks on renewables like wind and solar power, the clean-energy industry is on pace for record growth this year, according to government analysts. The buildout of big solar and battery plants is expected to hit an all-time high in 2025, accounting for 81% of new power generation that companies will add to America's electric grids, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a recent report.

2 months ago | laist.com | Michael Copley |Camila Domonoske

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2 months ago | opb.org | Michael Copley |Camila Domonoske

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on his nomination in January. The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to target more than two dozen rules and policies in what the agency called the “most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history.”The EPA didn’t provide details about what it wants to do with the regulations — whether it will try to weaken them or eliminate them entirely.

Feb 12, 2025 | kuow.org | Michael Copley

Removing lead paint and pipes. Cleaning up contaminated land. Monitoring pollution. Making houses more energy efficient. Installing solar panels in low-income neighborhoods. Those are some of the projects across the country that were cut off from federal funding when the Trump administration paused spending approved earlier by Congress. The sweeping move is part of President Trump's plan to roll back environmental and climate change initiatives that started under former President Biden.