Sean Reilly

Washington, D.C.

Air Quality and Science Reporter at E&E News

Air quality and science reporter at E&E News, now part of Politico. Feedback, tips, etc.? Text me at 202-316-4596 or DM for Signal.

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Capito urges continued US engagement in global plastics talks

4 weeks ago | capito.senate.gov | Sean Reilly

Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) is urging the Trump administration to stay engaged in United Nations talks to craft a global plastics treaty. “You now have the opportunity to reassert American leadership and credibility by leading negotiations to achieve agreement on a treaty that aligns with our domestic legal frameworks and with the Trump Administration’s manufacturing agenda,” Capito wrote in a recent letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
E&E News: Dems and Zeldin square off in fiery debate over EPA grants

1 month ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Sean Reilly
Treasury Announces First Steps Toward Fast‑Track CFIUS Process

1 month ago | mondaq.com | Sean Reilly |Michael H. Huneke

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Zeldin a ‘no’ on targeting climate groups’ tax-exempt status - E&E News by POLITICO

2 months ago | eenews.net | Sean Reilly |Robin Bravender |Ellie Borst

The EPA administrator also signaled that he was not in a rush to announce reduction-in-force plans, saying,“We’re just trying to get it right.”
China's Anti‑Foreign Sanctions Law Gets Teeth: Understanding The 2025 Implementation Regulations

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Jiaxing Hao |Michael A. DeBernardis |Michael H. Huneke |Sean Reilly

April 14, 2025 – On March 23, China'sState Council issued the Regulations on the Implementation of theAnti-Foreign Sanctions Law (Regulations), effective immediately. These Regulations clarify the 2021 Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law(AFSL) and expand China's legal tool kit to counter foreignsanctions it deems discriminatory or harmful to its sovereignty,security or development interests.
Trump's Latest Executive Orders Aim to Bolster Coal Power and Mining and Allow More Pollution

2 months ago | scientificamerican.com | Peter Behr |Hannah Northey |Sean Reilly

CLIMATEWIRE | President Donald Trump on Tuesday made an unprecedented peacetime intervention in the electricity sector, using executive orders to force aging coal-burning plants to stay open and feed soaring energy demand from American tech companies. At a White House signing ceremony that resembled a campaign-style rally, Trump signed orders squarely aimed at reviving coal mining and coal power, which have both been in decline for more than a decade.
DC Circuit rejects EPA bid to freeze case challenging carcinogen regs

Mar 4, 2025 | ourcommunitynow.com | Sean Reilly

Share Federal judges have nixed EPA’s bid to freeze proceedings in high-stakes litigation over strengthened regulations on releases of a potent carcinogen. In a brief order issued Tuesday afternoon, a divided three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the agency’s motion for a 60-day pause in the competing legal challenges to the updated rules for dozens of plants that use ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment.
EPA fires science advisers

Jan 28, 2025 | politico.com | Sean Reilly

The move echoes an approach taken under former President Joe Biden. EPA's acting administration has dismissed members of two science advisory panels. | Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Acting EPA Administrator James Payne has ousted all members of two of the agency’s most influential science advisory panels, giving President Donald Trump’s administration the opportunity to reshape them with its own appointees.
EPA poised to confront Supreme Court concerns over smog plan

Nov 27, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Sean Reilly

Share EPA is set to release a reworked justification for its “good neighbor” smog control plan aimed at addressing objections that led to a Supreme Court stay. The White House regulations office Tuesday completed a routine review of what EPA has elsewhere dubbed a “supplemental final action,” according to a notice posted on a government tracking website. An agency spokesperson had no immediate information Wednesday on when the supplement will be made public.
Judges take aim at time limits in ‘Cancer Alley’ civil rights rematch

Oct 8, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Sean Reilly

ShareA landmark environmental racism case that will impact “Cancer Alley” residents and potentially the Biden administration’s environmental justice agenda may hinge on a legal rigidity: the statute of limitations. “It’s a hefty case” with “very interesting” issues, Judge Carl Stewart of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday as the oral arguments ended after about 50 minutes.