By Jared Knicley, Natural Resources Defense Council About a year ago, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. The category 4 storm brought damaging winds and devastating storm surges, and then stalled over southeast Texas, dumping torrential rains for days in the areas surrounding Houston. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates that Harvey had total […]
By Tara Ritter, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy On Tuesday, President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan that will undermine climate protections, air quality and rural development opportunities. The so-called “Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule” will replace the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era rule unveiled in 2015 to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power […]
By Joel Scata, Natural Resources Defense Council Less than two weeks before Hurricane Harvey struck Texas, President Trump killed a flood protection standard that would have made federally-funded infrastructure, including public hospitals, schools, and utilities, safer from future storms. In the aftermath, the Trump administration stated it was planning to replace the standard to ensure it was […]