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Trump administration looking at carbon tax, value-added tax
Carbon tax part of tax code overhaul On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported the Trump administration is exploring a carbon tax and a value-added tax as part of the planned tax code overhaul, according to an unidentified administration official who has been briefed on the matter. The new tax options are under consideration by President […]
Youth activists name Trump in landmark suit against U.S. over climate change
Trump replaces former President Obama as named party in case against US gov’t By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK, Feb 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A group of American students, one as young as nine, is suing President Donald Trump over the U.S. government’s climate-change policy that they claim puts their future in jeopardy, their attorney […]
Climate advocates study industry lobby’s playbook to fight Trump
Scientists challenging Trump may use Information Quality Act By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Scientists may steal a page from the oil industry’s playbook to stop President Donald Trump rewriting the U.S. position on climate change, by relying on an obscure law meant to ensure federal agencies present accurate information. The 2001 Information […]
Senate delays vote on Trump EPA pick after Democrats boycott
Trump EPA nominee doubts climate change science By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday delayed a committee vote on President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency after the panel’s Democrats boycotted the meeting, saying that nominee Scott Pruitt doubts the science of climate change. The boycott […]
U.S. lawmaker moves to scrap SEC’s resource extraction rule
Opponents to move say resource extraction rule could help reduce corruption By Sarah N. Lynch and Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. lawmakers unveiled legislative plans on Monday to scrap a rule devised under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law requiring publicly-traded mining, oil and gas companies to disclose payments they make […]
Trump administration seeks to muzzle U.S. agency employees
Trump may seek to sideline climate change research By Valerie Volcovici and P.J. Huffstutter WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has moved in the past week to curb the flow of information from several government agencies involved in environmental issues in actions that may have been designed to discourage dissenting views. […]
White House temporarily freezes EPA grants, contracts
EPA awards billions of dollars in grants and contracts yearly WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily halt all contracts, grants and interagency agreements pending a review, according to sources. The White House sent a letter to the EPA’s Office of Administration and Resources Management ordering […]
Zinke would review Obama’s limits on oil drilling
Zinke Trump’s Department of Interior Secretary nominee By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Interior, on Tuesday said he would consider an expansion of energy drilling and mining on federal lands but would ensure sensitive areas remain protected. The […]
PHMSA completes rule to boost safety standards
New PHMSA standards expand list of conditions requiring immediate repair NEW YORK, Jan 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) said on Friday it has passed a rule to boost safety requirements on the country’s oil and refined products pipelines. The rule requires pipeline operators to have a system for […]
Trump names Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke to lead Interior Dept
Ryan Zinke proponent of coal development on federal lands By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, a former Navy SEAL commander who questions whether humans are largely the cause of climate change, as his choice for secretary of the interior. If the Senate confirms […]
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