Trump Re-Ups Push To Kill Low-Income Heating Assistance Program LIHEAP
"President Trump is once again proposing to eliminate a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes."
Source: The Hill, 04/08/2026
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Solar Was Poised To Help Puerto Ricans Survive Blackouts — But Trump Axed It
"María Pérez lost power for about three months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017. Her home in Salinas, on the island’s southern coast, sits near a river. As the hurricane knocked out the island’s grid and sent rainwaters surging down from the mountains, Perez’s house flooded with a swirling mix of muddy water and animal feces, rising 3 feet high and warping the hallways. For the next three months, she went without power as she cleaned out the home and began the long process of rebuilding."
Source: Grist, 04/08/2026"What Does $164M Buy Big Oil? Inupiat Land And A Broken Promise."
"A federal auction undid a hard-won agreement to protect Alaska's North Slope. The Iñupiat community that fought for it is still waiting to be heard."
Source: Grist, 04/08/2026"Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk"
"Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations."
Source: NYTimes, 04/07/2026"Yes, You Can Make Friends With Trees. Here’s Why It’s A Good Idea."
"RJ Laverne’s childhood home in Detroit had a big elm out front. In fact, the whole neighborhood was lined with them: great, graceful trees whose branches spread across the street to create a shady canopy. Elms were so widely planted in cities and suburbs in the 19th and 20th centuries that they became known as the “Main Street tree.” Then, in the 1930s, Dutch elm disease began to ravage them, and by 1989, most of America’s 77 million mature elms were dead."
Source: Washington Post, 04/07/2026"EPA Takes Early Step In Methane Rule Rollback"
"The Trump administration undertook an early step Monday in what is expected to be a significant rollback of a Biden-era rule restricting methane emissions from oil and gas production."
Source: The Hill, 04/07/2026Trump Threatens To Destroy Iran’s Desalination Plants: Mideast Impacts
"U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including the country’s desalination plants. Such a move — and Iran’s possible targeting of the plants of its Gulf Arab neighbors — could have devastating impacts across the water-starved Middle East."
Source: AP, 04/07/2026Probe Reveals Faults Of Certification For US Gas Sites' Methane Emissions
"A rapidly expanding certification scheme run by a UK nonprofit and used by major gas companies may be understating the actual methane emissions it purports to certify, a Guardian investigation has found."
Source: Guardian, 04/07/2026"Manatees: A Threatened Species At A Crossroads"
"A whiskered gray snout pokes above the surface of Haulover Canal, an inland waterway adjacent to Canaveral National Seashore in Florida. A handful of people are gathered on shore at the canal’s Manatee Observation Deck, waiting patiently for this very moment."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 04/07/2026"Trump Budget Attacks Renewables, Boosts ‘Energy Dominance’"
"The White House released its fiscal 2027 budget request Friday morning, unveiling plans to continue waging its longstanding war against renewable energy and climate initiatives while boosting support for artificial intelligence and fossil fuels."
Source: E&E News, 04/06/2026Trump DOI To Rejoin Drilling Agencies Separated After 2010 Gulf Oil Spill
"The Trump administration said Friday it is combining two agencies that were separated in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The Interior Department said the overhaul would increase efficiency and speed up permitting for offshore oil and gas drilling."
Source: AP, 04/06/2026"What The Looming Sale Of CNN Means For Trump’s Feud With The Network"
"Animosity from the White House has taken on new meaning amid an imminent sale to David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, fueling anxiety among journalists."
Source: Washington Post, 04/06/2026"Debate Swirls Over Agency Oversight of Workplace Chemical Safety"
"A debate over which federal office should be the primary regulator of hazardous chemical safety in the workplace is playing out in courts and Congress."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/06/2026"Agriculture Department’s Permitting Rewrite Limits Public Input"
"The Trump administration is speeding up environmental reviews of large infrastructure projects under a final rule set to be published by the US Department of Agriculture Friday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/06/2026"Big Bend Wall Protests Draws Thousands To Texas Capitol"
"Thousands of protesters gathered at the steps of the Texas Capitol Saturday to protest against the construction of a border wall through Big Bend, in a show of bipartisan opposition to the White House’s plans."
Source: Public Domain, 04/06/2026
