by Katie Watkins | Jun 28, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Republicans on a House environmental subcommittee Wednesday criticized the dozen of lawsuits filed against Trump administration environmental policies as “frivolous” obstacles to needed policy changes, while Democrats said they are a needed check to...
by Karys Belger | May 1, 2017 | Environment
WASHINGTON – People from Cleveland and across the state of Ohio came to Washington to fight for the preservation of the Great Lakes and surrounding National Parks. Karys Belger reports on what they want from their representatives in...
by Taylor Goebel | Mar 1, 2017 | Environment
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday mentioned the environment only once in his 75-minute address to Congress, saying only that “my administration wants to work with members in both parties…to promote clean air and clean water.” Earlier in the day, he signed...
by Shahzeb Ahmed | Feb 24, 2017 | Environment
WASHINGTON – It was the battle of the experts at a Cato Institute forum: The Trump administration’s promise of a government-neutral energy policy will give an overdue boost to fossil fuel production, one energy expert said. But another responded that regulations...
by Nona Tepper | Feb 22, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON–Will the National Zoo change without Bao Bao? “Ask the bamboo,” joked Noah Tadele, 9, an aspiring veterinarian who was at the zoo Tuesday to say good-bye to Bao Bao, a panda cub headed home to China after four years as the big celebrity at the...
by Taylor Goebel | Jan 30, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON: The National Park Service is trying to keep exempt its safety personnel from President Donald Trump’s 90-day federal hiring freeze, but park advocates and former NPS employees worry that without the 10,000 seasonal workers who may be cut through attrition,...