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Interior moves to speed historic reviews as bigger rewrite looms
14+ hour, 18+ min ago (677+ words) By Ian M. Stevenson | 08/24/2026 05:59 PM EDT The Trump administration has been working on a broader revamp of historic preservation regulations that congressional Republicans say slows down federal permitting. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum sits at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy…...
Trump’s offshore drilling revival survives early court challenge
16+ hour, 1+ min ago (488+ words) By Niina H. Farah | 08/24/2026 05:44 PM EDT A federal judge ruled that environmental groups, at least for now, lack standing to bring their case against the Trump administration. Environmental groups had warned that oil and gas development in Alaska's outer continental shelf…...
Appeals court tosses case challenging New York permits for NESE pipeline
19+ hour, 17+ min ago (391+ words) By Mona Zhang | 08/24/2026 02:28 PM EDT The New York State Department of Environmental Protection scored a win in an appeals court Friday when a judge ruled in favor of the agency’s decision to grant water quality permits for a controversial gas…...
Nevada launches legal war over Trump's Colorado River plan
20+ hour, 15+ min ago (465+ words) By Annie Snider | 08/24/2026 01:30 PM EDT Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican facing a tight reelection fight this fall, filed the first lawsuit against the administration’s plan for the drought-riddled waterway. Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo filed a legal challenge to the Interior…...
Trump asks Supreme Court to let him terminate DEI research grants
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (173+ words) By Alex Guillén | 08/21/2026 01:42 PM EDT The case involves a $1.3 million EPA grant to study the impacts of wildfire on communities of color, among other federal funds. The Supreme Court is seen on July 27. Mariam Zuhaib/AP The Trump administration this…...
Trump pauses quota tariff on 300,000 tons of beef ahead of midterms
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (207+ words) By Gregory Svirnovskiy, Grace Yarrow | 08/21/2026 12:54 PM EDT Domestic farmers and ranchers are likely to protest any policy that floods the U.S. market with imported product. President Donald Trump on Friday morning said he would exempt from tariffs 300,000 metric tons of imported…...
What’s coming next from the POLITICO environment team
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1803+ words) By Erica Martinson | 08/21/2026 01:44 PM EDT Five members of our team preview what we’ll be covering as Greenwire pivots to Morning Environment. The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington. Francis Chung/POLITICO Loyal reader, this is your final edition of Greenwire....
Property rights group petitions FWS to strip protections for gray wolves
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (193+ words) By Kinnia Cheuk | 08/21/2026 01:41 PM EDT The petition filed Friday seeks to delist the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened species. A gray wolf near Yosemite, California, in February 2021. California Department of Fish and Wildlife/AP A collection…...
Appeals court sides with EPA on climate grant pause
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (190+ words) By Lesley Clark | 08/21/2026 01:42 PM EDT A divided panel of judges has stopped a lower court from forcing EPA to pay $2.8 billion in climate grants that the Trump administration rescinded. EPA headquarters on March 16, 2017, in Washington. Justin Sullivan/AFP via Getty…...
Feds impose Colorado River cuts as reservoirs hit record lows
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (190+ words) By Camille von Kaenel | 08/21/2026 01:44 PM EDT The administration broke a yearslong negotiating deadlock by putting the immediate burden on the Lower Basin, setting up a potential interstate legal fight. Water flows down the Colorado River downriver from Hoover Dam in…...