In a full reversal from the Biden administration’s effort to pivot the American economy away from fossil fuels, the Trump White House is opening up public lands and federal waters for new drilling, fast-tracking permits for pipelines and pressuring other countries to buy American fuels as a way of avoiding tariffs.

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At the U.S. Department of Transportation, the policy statements on harassment prevention, whistleblowing, and the advancement of people with disabilities were taken off the wall. A Pride chat in the office Teams software was

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The Corporate Transparency Act was passed into law by Congress in the final days of President Donald Trump’s first term, under the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. But the second Trump administration has been marked by rule changes and court challenges that have undermined the landmark reform.

determining that formally labeling the “billions of barrels of waste” as hazardous would “cause a severe economic impact on the industry.” Effectively, the EPA determined that in order for oil-and-gas to flourish, its hazardous waste should not be defined as hazardous.

So responsibility has been largely left to the states — a patchwork of laws that... See more