Climate Change

BLM Trims Environmental Review Before $20 Million Oil and Gas Lease Sale

"After stripping consideration of environmental justice issues and climate costs from its final analysis of the project, President Donald Trump’s administration opened one of its first sales of oil and gas leases on federal land Thursday."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/21/2025

"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters"

"Staff at the office, a branch of the U.S. housing department that Congress uses to address the worst catastrophes, would be reduced by 84 percent."

Source: NYTimes, 02/21/2025

"Feds Approve Another Deepwater Oil Export Terminal Off Texas"

"The Trump administration on Friday approved plans for a second deepwater oil loading terminal off the Texas coast, opening another door for continued long-term growth in American crude production and exports." "An export infrastructure buildout will enable further growth in American oil production as momentum fades on a phase-out of fossil fuels, even as global temperatures continue to break records."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/20/2025

"Louisiana Gas Export Terminal Gets Key Approval to Move Ahead"

"The U.S. Department of Energy has granted conditional authorization for a contested project to export liquified natural gas in southwest Louisiana, potentially the first in a string of such moves in the second Trump administration."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/20/2025

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