Laws & Regulations

Trump Takes a First Step Toward Scrapping Obama’s Global Warming Policy

"The Trump administration will repeal the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s effort to fight climate change, and will ask the public to recommend ways it could be replaced, according to an internal Environmental Protection Agency document."

Source: NY Times, 10/05/2017

High Subsidies Ensure Profit for Nearly Half New U.S. Oil Investments

"Government subsidies to American energy companies are generous enough to ensure that almost half of new investments in untapped domestic oil projects would be profitable, creating incentives to keep pumping fossil fuels despite climate concerns, according to a new study."

Source: InsideClimate News, 10/04/2017

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