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Democratic attorneys general sue over Trump gutting of education department

Coalition of more than 20 states files lawsuit to block cuts after more than 1,300 employees laid off in one day

The Guardian - US · Mar 13, 2025

Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants

Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants

The Guardian - US · Mar 13, 2025

We Just Had The 'Most Disastrous Day In EPA History'

The EPA has just dropped the mother of all deregulations. In minutes (two, to be specific), Trump's hand-picked administrator of the department announced sweeping changes that critics are calling "the most disastrous day in EPA history." Gone is the original mission of the EPA—that is, protecting the health of the…

InsideEVs · Mar 13, 2025

Trump Administration Unveils Sweeping Environment Rollbacks

President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday announced a wave of environmental rollbacks targeting Biden-era green policies, including carbon limits on power plants, tailpipe emissions standards and protections for waterways.

International Business Times · Mar 13, 2025

A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he said would spur the U.S. economy by rolling back rules that have unfairly burdened industry

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

Dead and dying Port Pirie birds and bats exposed to lead at 3,000 times acceptable levels

South Australia’s EPA did not open a formal investigation into the source of the lead poisoning, despite referral from the Department of Primary Industries

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2025

The EPA Announces a Fool's Errand: Reconsidering the Endangerment Finding

The move is part of a broader suite of deregulatory actions announced by the EPA Administrator, and is likely the least advisable item on the list.

Reason · Mar 12, 2025

Trump officials decimate climate protections and consider axeing key greenhouse gas finding

EPA takes aim at almost every major pollution rule in what environmentalists call act of ‘malice toward the planet’

The Guardian - US · Mar 12, 2025

Trump administration slashes dozens of US environmental protections

Trump ally Lee Zeldin says Environmental Protection Agency will eliminate 31 protections for air and water pollution.

Al Jazeera · Mar 12, 2025

The Latest: Education Department guts its civil rights office

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025