Sharon Lerner

1 month ago | propublica.org | Eli Hager |Sharon Lerner |Robert Faturechi |Mark Olalde

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The clear-cutting across the federal government under President Donald Trump has been dramatic, with mass terminations, the suspension of decades-old programs and the neutering of entire agencies.

1 month ago | propublica.org | Sharon Lerner |Robert Faturechi |Mark Olalde |Alec MacGillis

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Environmentalists have long faced harassment, imprisonment and other forms of retribution in some parts of the world. The U.S. has largely been an exception, a place where people and organizations can freely and safely pursue efforts to protect human health and nature — sometimes working hand in hand with the government.

1 month ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Sharon Lerner

CLIMATE CHALLENGESTrump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most PollutersPublished 16 April 2025Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.

1 month ago | undark.org | Sharon Lerner

The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eliminate long-standing requirements for polluters to collect and report their emissions of the heat-trapping gases that cause climate change. The move, ordered by a Trump appointee, would affect thousands of industrial facilities across the country, including oil refineries, power plants, and coal mines as well as those that make petrochemicals, cement, glass, iron, and steel, according to documents reviewed by ProPublica.

1 month ago | omahadailyrecord.com | Sharon Lerner

The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eliminate long-standing requirements for polluters to collect and report their emissions of the heat-trapping gases that cause climate change. The move, ordered by a Trump appointee, would affect thousands of industrial facilities across the country, including oil refineries, power plants and coal mines as well as those that make petrochemicals, cement, glass, iron and steel, according to documents reviewed by ProPublica.