Susan Phillips

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Susan Phillips

1 hour agoThe Smoot-Hawley tariffs didn’t save agriculture. Trump’s tariffs probably won’t save manufacturing. When Donald Trump was inaugurated, by most measures, the United States was the strongest major economy in the world. Growth was robust, unemployment was just above a historic low, inflation had …

1 month ago | alleghenyfront.org | Susan Phillips

This story comes from our partners at WHYY. In another blow to New Jersey’s nascent offshore wind industry, the Environmental Protection Agency has pulled a Clean Air Act permit for the Atlantic Shores project, citing President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day executive order hitting the pause button on offshore wind. In “remanding” the permit, construction on the project cannot begin without additional review and approval by the agency.

1 month ago | wesa.fm | Susan Phillips

he new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to roll back dozens of air and water protections, announcing the move in a video posted on the social media site X on Wednesday. A flurry of press releases announcing each rollback accompanied the 2-minute speech. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called it a historic day for environmental deregulation that will help manufacturers and make products cheaper for consumers.

Jan 17, 2025 | savingseafood.org | Susan Phillips

January 17, 2025 — New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew, a Republican from Cape May County, said he’s working with President-elect Donald Trump on an executive order that “would halt offshore wind on the East Coast.” “These offshore wind projects should have never been approved in the first place,” Van Drew said in a statement, referring to President Joe Biden’s effort to expand renewable energy as a “reckless green agenda that put politics over people.” He says the executive order is just...

Jan 17, 2025 | alleghenyfront.org | Susan Phillips

Could climate polluters face criminal charges in Pennsylvania for causing or risking a catastrophe?A new article published this month in the New York University Environmental Law Journalhighlights a Pennsylvania statute that could be used as a unique legal strategy to hold large emitters of carbon dioxide accountable. But several lawyers say it could be a tough sell to prosecutors.