In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy

The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves.

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Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling

The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production.

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Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico

A Trump administration proposal to allow more exploration for oil and gas violates environmental laws, the groups said.

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Trump Administration Revokes Biden Ban on Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness

The decision to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s ecologically sensitive North Slope has the support of the state’s governor and senators.

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Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling

The move would set up a clash with Gov. Gavin Newsom, a chief critic of the president and an opponent of oil exploration in the Pacific.

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Interior Department Pauses Plans for Layoffs Amid Shutdown

The agency had been planning to eliminate more than 2,000 positions before the lapse in federal funding, but a federal judge blocked the move.

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Interior Secretary Faces Scrutiny for Travel Amid Shutdown

While some national parks are seeing damage and illegal activity during the government shutdown, Doug Burgum is traveling around the Middle East, selling American gas and oil.

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Trump Can Reconsider Permit for Offshore Wind Farm, Judge Rules

The decision dealt a setback to the developers of SouthCoast Wind, a 141-turbine project off Nantucket, Mass.

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Trump Opens ANWR to Oil Drilling

The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.

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What Shutdown? Work on Fossil Fuel Permits Continues.

Federal workers who issue permits for oil, gas and mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal pollution limits.

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