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Eva v Goliath: the 20-year-old climate activist taking on Trump and the fossil fuel industry

Young Americans are suing the president for violating rights with executive orders that fuel the climate crisis

The Guardian - US · May 20

Donald Trump dispatches ‘God Squad’ to wipe out the last 51 ocean giants that have survived 3,000,000 years

The whales died so that tankers can move faster.

We Got This Covered · Apr 6

Rice’s whales existed before humans. Now Trump could make them extinct

The US has invoked national security to remove protections for the endangered cetacean, of which only about 50 are left

The Guardian - US · Apr 5

Q&A on the Trump EPA’s effort to curtail regulation of greenhouse gas emissions - Roll Call

A look at the Trump EPA's attempt to rescind the "endangerment finding," which allows the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Roll Call · Aug 22, 2025

After a month of Trump's pro-oil and gas moves, Dems target his energy emergency

President Donald Trump pledged a U-turn away from the Biden administration's commitment to fighting climate change and promoting clean energy

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

EPA declined to challenge federal utility on new gas plant

When the nation’s largest public utility recently decided to replace an aging coal plant with a new gas power plant, the Environmental Protection Agency had a host of questions about how the Tennessee Valley Authority evaluated the alternatives

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Manchin push on pipeline approval recalls 1970s dam project

Approving a large construction project through Congress, as Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia is trying to do for Mountain Valley Pipeline in his state, is highly unusual and, according to legal scholars, rests on very thin precedent.

Tribune News Service · Sep 27, 2022

Manchin push on pipeline approval recalls 1970s dam project - Roll Call

Approving a large construction project through Congress, as Sen. Joe Manchin is trying to do, is highly unusual, experts say.

Roll Call · Sep 26, 2022

Some cities, states say Big Oil should pay for climate damage

In the waning days of 2021, a grass fire broke out in Boulder County, Colorado. Fueled by extreme drought and high winds, the fire swept through the communities of Superior and Louisville. Within hours, it had destroyed more than a thousand structures — making the Marshall fire the most destructive…

Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2022