Laws & Regulations

EPA's Zeldin Vows To Fulfill Coal Industry’s ‘Wish List’

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promised to deliver for the coal industry Tuesday, as part of a broader push to reverse the sector’s fate. “Many of the items that were on your wish list are now done,” Zeldin told members of the National Coal Council gathered at the Willard hotel in Washington."

Source: E&E News, 07/23/2026

Trump Nuclear Deal Could Let Saudis Enrich Fuel, Make Bombs

"U.S. lawmakers and Israeli officials have expressed opposition to such a plan, to be announced Wednesday, fearing that the kingdom could use a civilian nuclear project to develop nuclear weapons."

Source: New York Times, 07/23/2026

States, NYC Sue EPA For Relaxing Climate Rule Over Hydrofluorocarbons

"The Trump administration was sued ​on Tuesday by 18 Democratic-led states, Washington, D.C. and New York City over a new ‌federal rule they say would harm the climate by giving companies more time to stop using dangerous hydrofluorocarbons in commercial refrigeration equipment."

Source: Reuters, 07/22/2026

Trump Threatens National Academies With Debarment. Here’s What It Is.

"The oil industry and its allies gained a major supporter in their yearslong effort to derail climate science programs at the National Academies: the president of the United States."

Source: E&E News, 07/22/2026

U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency Just as Prices Are Rising

"The Trump administration is dismantling a wide array of federal energy-efficiency programs at the same time that war in Iran is raising oil prices, climate change is fueling record heat that is driving up demand for air conditioning and new data centers are straining America’s electricity supply."

Source: New York Times, 07/22/2026

"EPA Violated Key Soot Standard in Clean Air Act, Court Rules"

"In what many environmental organizations are touting as a victory, a federal judge last week ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by failing to meet its legal deadline to identify areas failing to meet its 2024 particulate matter standard."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2026

Trump EPA Kills Proposed Rules For Pfas-Contaminated Sewage Fertilizer

"The Trump administration has killed the regulatory review of sewage sludge contaminated with Pfas and spread on farmland as fertilizer, a practice that has sickened farmers, destroyed their livelihoods, killed livestock, polluted water supplies, and poisoned meat and food products sold to the public."

Source: Guardian, 07/22/2026

California Restricts Utility Shutoffs As Dangerous Heat Spreads

"California bars utilities from cutting off power to customers who fall behind on their bills when it’s dangerously hot outside – a basic safety protection. Losing power in some rural areas can also mean losing water, and in cities, having no way to cool down can be dangerous, even deadly, when hot weather spans several days."

Source: CalMatters, 07/21/2026

BLM Plans To Open 2,800 Acres Of Ohio’s Wayne Natl. Forest To Fracking

"The U.S. Bureau of Land Management scheduled a September 2026 lease sale for 2,800 acres of Wayne National Forest, a preserve long sought by the oil and gas industry. This could mean fracking Ohio’s only national forest for the first time."

Source: Signal Ohio, 07/21/2026

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