By Coral Davenport & Mark Landler, The New York Times, May 27, 2019 WASHINGTON — President Trump has rolled back environmental regulations, pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, brushed aside dire predictions about the effects of climate change, and turned the term “global warming” into a punch line rather than a … Continue reading Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science
By Brady Dennis & Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, May 19 , 2019 More than a dozen states are moving to strengthen environmental protections to combat a range of issues from climate change to water pollution, opening a widening rift between stringent state policies and the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda. In recent months, Hawaii, New York and … Continue reading States aren’t waiting for the Trump administration on environmental protections
Repost from the San Francisco Chronicle [Editor: See also a Center for Biological Diversity press release. – R.S.] New oil drilling in the Bay Area? Trump admin opens possibility By Kurtis Alexander May 9, 2019 The Trump administration brought its pro-drilling agenda to Northern California on Thursday, disclosing a plan to make more land available … Continue reading Trump to allow new oil drilling in NorCal – targets include Mt. Diablo State Park near Walnut Creek
SF Chronicle: What each of our Representatives and Senators have to say about impeachment Tal Kopan May 2, 2019 WASHINGTON — With the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, the question is before lawmakers: What will they do next? Democrats are split over whether to move to impeachment proceedings … Continue reading Should Trump be impeached? Here’s what Bay Area members of Congress say