The Trump administration plans to roll back vehicle mileage standards for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, it announced in a letter to manufacturers Friday. In the letter, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Jonathan Morrison said the administration would propose to roll back the standards, which were tightened under the Biden administration. “NHTSA is moving forward...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) over its efforts on racial equity in hiring practices. The Trump administration, in a letter issued Wednesday, said the state environmental agency “may be engaged in employment practices that discriminate … based on race, color, sex, and national origin.” Specifically, it pointed...
The Agriculture Department is curtailing its support for solar and wind energy on farmlands. In a Monday post on the social media platform X, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the department “will no longer deploy programs to fund solar or wind projects on productive farmland, ending massive taxpayer handouts.” The department, on Tuesday, said that wind and...
The Trump administration late Wednesday tossed decades of environmental policy — laying the groundwork for an overhaul of how the federal government implements a bedrock environmental law. That law, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), requires the federal government to consider the environmental consequences before approving infrastructure projects ranging from roads and bridges to oil...
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and 15 other Senate Democrats sent a letter to the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers rebuking a proposed rule that would limit federal water protections, arguing that it ignores science and threatens drinking water for millions of Americans.
A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — having rafted some 5,000 miles from the West Coast of the faraway continent, a new study has found. Their epic journey to what is now Fiji marks the longest known transoceanic expansion of...
Senate Democrats say they will investigate former President Trump’s request that the oil industry raise $1 billion in campaign cash for him. On Thursday, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), chairs of the Finance and Budget committees, respectively, announced they would look into the ask that Trump made at a campaign event in...
Traditionally prepared for celebrations and gatherings, this lamb and prune tagine is a Moroccan classic that showcases tender savory lamb, succulent sweet prunes, and a blend of aromatic spices for a comforting meal.
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