President Donald Trump said Thursday he will pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, calling it “a reassertion of America’s sovereignty” and fulfilling a campaign promise despite some objections from within his administration.
President Donald Trump will make a decision on whether to keep the U.S. in the Paris climate agreement sometime “over the next few days,” he tweeted Wednesday morning, spurring pre-emptive pushback from business and local and international leaders who fear the U.S. will drop out of the deal.
Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island Generating Station is scheduled to permanently close earlier than expected, its operator announced Tuesday, citing the state’s lack of policies supporting nuclear generation.
As President Donald Trump prepares to attend the Group of Seven Summit in Italy on Friday and Saturday, he has allowed international pressure to build over a decision on whether the United States should stay in the Paris climate agreement.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Wednesday the agency may not replace the Obama administration’s greenhouse gas-cutting Clean Power Plan, which the Trump administration is reviewing.
The Trump administration’s budget proposal followed through on campaign promises to cut spending at the Environmental Protection Agency and to shift away from climate change programs, but still drew criticism Tuesday from Republicans whose constituents could be affected by the proposed cuts.
The Trump administration on Monday named a Louisiana utility regulator who served on the board of an oil logistics company to lead a bureau responsible for regulating offshore drilling.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) on Tuesday called for limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in the Old Dominion, as Democratic state and city officials push back against the Trump administration’s stance on energy issues.
After blocking 13 of former President Barack Obama’s regulations under the Congressional Review Act, lawmakers are considering bills that could make it harder for the government to impose new regulations in the future.
Democrats and environmentalists are divided over whether it’s worth working with Republicans on changes to the Endangered Species Act, a law supporters say is underfunded and critics say is ineffective and bureaucratic.
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