Conflict of Interest or pay-to-play
"Maymead, a company that plans to build a controversial asphalt plant south of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is suing a consulting firm and one of its former employees, alleging they committed fraud, civil conspiracy and deceptive trade practices in spearheading opposition to the project."
"Budget chief Russell Vought reportedly wants more power to veto DEI-related funding"
"Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule"
"A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a land exchange that would allow SpaceX, the rocket and satellite maker run by Elon Musk, to expand its launching and production site into a federal wildlife refuge in Texas."
"Democrats controlled the Senate and the presidency when Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse first sought to roust his colleagues from the chamber’s floor, warning them that they were sleep-walking into climate disaster."
"A state investigation shines light on the unpermitted fire, which cost nearly $950,000 to contain."
"The Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump’s planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee said Wednesday."
"The first mining claims have been staked in areas that were formerly part of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument, after President Donald Trump issued an order in July shrinking it to less than 10 percent of its original size."
Trump donor Harold Hamm’s oil company Continental Resources announced a deal Wednesday to drill in Venezuela.
"Air pollution in dozens of cities rose after U.S. embassies stopped providing readings that had previously spurred local government action, a study found."
