Trump Environment

• U.S. EPA promises less focus on climate change, more cleanups in 2nd Trump term

  Andrew Wheeler said the agency was moving back toward an approach that had long promoted economic growth as well as a healthy environment and drawn bipartisan support.

  Environment

  Sep 3, 2020
  
• Blind amphibian that buries its head in the ground named after Donald Trump

  The limbless, worm-like creature's name was chosen by EnviroBuild, a U.K.-based supplier of sustainable building materials that forked out $25,000 to secure naming rights.

  Environment

  Dec 18, 2018
  
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• California fire officials contradict Trump’s claim about water shortage amid wildfire

  "Yes, we have plenty of water," CalFire Chief Scott McLean said by telephone.

  Environment

  Aug 6, 2018
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• Obama put in this policy to protect Great Lakes, ocean — but Trump just scrapped it

  U.S. President Donald Trump has thrown out a policy devised by his predecessor to protect U.S. oceans and the Great Lakes, replacing it with a new approach that emphasizes the use of the waters to promote economic growth.

  Environment

  Jun 22, 2018
• Donald Trump to review Obama-era offshore drilling bans

  Trump had campaigned on a promise to do away with Obama-era environmental protections that he said were hobbling energy development.

  Environment

  Apr 27, 2017