There are still many ways to shut down major polluters — including some options the agency isn’t using.
Items by Elizabeth Shogren
The Obama-era guidelines emphasized research and precaution in decision-making.
Under the EPA administrator, neither climate change nor science was a priority.
Following political pressure, references to humans’ role in sea level rise were restored.
Secretary Zinke said he hadn’t seen drafts omitting humans’ role in climate change.
Interior promised not to interfere with agency science. A long-awaited report shows otherwise.
Egged on by industry lobbyists, Interior Department weakens bird protections.
The rollback prompts broad opposition from former officials from both political parties.
The Trump administration will allow oil and gas leasing in key sagebrush lands.
Many regulations were axed because they are ‘burdens’ to energy development.
Climate change initiatives were the most targeted by the Trump administration.
Reductions in Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante exclude thousands of significant objects.
In California, land managers use fire as a tool.
As other initiatives get cut, these centers could ride out the Trump administration.
As Trump sidelines science, the agency flips on San Pedro River development.
The deadly Wine Country blazes ignited and grew in forests and shrublands.
However, several more steps would have to happen for drilling to be authorized.
The Mojave Desert project moves forward without typical environmental review.
Campaign donations are flowing at record pace for a state Senate seat in the high-tech suburbs of Seattle.
Climate change official Joel Clement was one of the few current staffers to speak out.
New alliance highlights states’ progress despite President Donald Trump’s rollbacks.
The policy ignores major drivers of Western fire: weather and climate change.
The senator bucks his party on climate change, after years of silence.
The courts have slowed some rollbacks but many have moved ahead.
In exchange, the state asks a coal mine to trap its gas—but the BLM won’t require it.
Extreme climate conditions over recent years pummeled the king of Western salmon.
Solar advocates win a surprising victory in Nevada.
And seniors are rushing to get one before they’re gone.
Unusually hot desert nights contributed to what may well be a new planet record.
Courts likely will decide the fate of designations threatened by Trump’s review.
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