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Trump Administration Will Freeze Emission Standards

Arsenij Percov — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 20:12:57 +0000

On Thursday, the Trump administration put forth its proposal to freeze fuel-efficiency and pollutions standards for cars, weakening federal fuel efficiency policies from Obama’s era. Last year, President Donald Trump made a similar decision: to abandon the 2015 Paris Agreement, under which many countries agreed to fight the global warming. The new proposal from the U.S. […]

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Thankfully President Trump Wants to Cut Clean Coal Funding

Nicholas Say — Mon, 29 May 2017 04:32:24 +0000

The Trump Administration has been openly hostile to any kind of sustainable energy development. With the newly released federal budget it is now obvious that environmental concerns aren’t important at all to Trump&Co. In his first budget as President, Trump has decided to not only defund all sustainable development at a federal level, but also […]

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Trump Signs Order That Loosens Regulations on the Coal Industry

Ece Polat — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 06:43:26 +0000

This Tuesday, the U.S. president Donal Trump signed an order that will take back any regulation about climate change that was implemented by the Obama administration. This will support the coal industry legally. Although Trump signed this “Energy Independence” executive order, many people started to speak and act against the action. 23 states, local governments, […]

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REINS Act: New Bill Passes to Stop Environmental Regulations

Ece Polat — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 19:29:09 +0000

Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that will affect any future governmental action taken for environmental standards, public health, consumer protection, labor standards, occupational safety. The bill is called REINS Act, and it calls for any major regulation that is related to the Executive Agency should be first passed as a resolution […]

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Climate Scientists Could Be Forced to Deny Climate Change

Ece Polat — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:04:15 +0000

Today’s energy policy is going to be much more different than previous years. President Donald Trump, stated in his tweet from 2012 that global warming is a hoax created by China. Also his pick for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is Scott Pruitt, who denies the global warming. Another big change in the new cabinet […]

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Trump Reinstating Controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

Nicholas Say — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 05:42:25 +0000

On Wednesday morning, President Trump signed an executive order that put both the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access pipelines back into play. While the Keystone XL pipeline is an awful idea, it is still far off in the ether, given its level of present development. The Dakota Access pipeline on the other hand, […]

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California Adopts New Laws to Fight Climate Change, Despite New Government Policy

Ece Polat — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:58:35 +0000

Against all odds, California keeps fighting for a green future. Thirty seven minutes after Trump got sworn into the U.S. Presidency, California released new measures to take action against climate change. The measures will aim towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent of 1990 levels by 2030. Being the world’s sixth largest […]

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Donald Trump’s False Claims About Wind Turbines Rejected in Scotland

Leigh Hutchens — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:42:31 +0000

Members of Scottish Parliament (MSP) have rejected Donald Trump’s incorrect, outrageous, and unsubstantiated claims that wind turbines will do incredible damage to the Scottish tourism industry. However, Mr. Trump may have an ulterior motive; he is trying to stop an offshore turbine from being developed because it is in view of his north-east golf course. […]

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