Trump is gutting the nation's environmental programs: What will it cost Americans?

Commentary: South Dakota stands to lose its live-giving waters

Hundreds of thousands of acres of wetlands in northeastern South Dakota are likely to lose federal protection under the Trump administration’s proposed narrow interpretation of what water is important to preserve. The proposed restrictive definition says a wetland deserves protection only if it has a continuous surface connection to a navigable stream or lake. That leaves almost all of South Dakota’s 1.7 million acres of wetlands, which are home…

Trump faces major decisions on ‘forever chemical’ regulations

The Trump administration could soon reveal whether it plans to roll back Biden-era safeguards against toxic “forever chemicals” — a key test of the extent of the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to say by Tuesday whether it plans to keep or roll back Biden-era rules that require…

Federal Cuts Hit Home: Avondale Estates Compost Program Ends

Avondale Estates residents who’ve spent the last eight months tossing banana peels and coffee grounds into green bins at the curb just got bad news. The city’s free composting pilot program will end after this week’s pickup. 🍂 What We Know: The city launched the curbside composting program in August with $323,800 in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That money covered weekly pickup for 534 households using seven-gallon bins…

In Meeting with Environmental Groups, Duckworth Recommits to Defending and Promoting Environmental Justice as Trump Slashes EPA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator and co-founder of the Senate’s first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) last week met with members of the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and the Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) to discuss President Trump’s recent attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), cuts to dozens of EPA regulations that protect our nation’s public health and threats to dismantle Inflation Reduction…

‘We have time to reverse this. We have time to step up’

AS GLOBAL TEMPERATURES rise to record levels and places across the world see devastating weather events linked to climate change, the Trump administration has begun to roll back key environmental protections designed to transition the country off of fossil fuels. Since President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the US has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement, the federal government has frozen funding for climate projects, dismantled programs ai…

Trump is gutting the nation's environmental programs: What will it cost Americans?

The Trump administration's slash-and-burn approach to federal programs has delivered a considerable hit to the nation's environment, but experts say its plans to repeal hard-won protections for clean air and water will also directly jeopardize Americans' health—and their wallets.