Government Operations

Trump Administration Abruptly Halts Offshore Wind Development

The federal government's near-complete reversal on offshore wind Congress has set up a collision between executive power, energy investment, and the courts...

Environment

Great Salt Lake Crisis Demands Immediate Federal Action

A new Congressional Research Service report on Great Salt Lake restoration lands at a moment of sharp contradiction: the Trump administration has signaled...

Environment

EPA Funding Cuts Face Sharp Congressional Divide

Why it matters: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a congressional hearing roundup on the...

Environment

House Panel Rejects $1.6B NOAA Budget Cuts

Why it matters: The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment held a hearing Tuesday on the Trump administration's proposed $4.4...

Environment

EPA Budget Cuts Face Sharp Pushback in Congress

Why it matters: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment's congressional hearing roundup on the Fiscal Year 2027 EPA budget, held April 28,...

Environment

EPA Budget Hearing Amid Rollback Threats

The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Environment is set to examine the EPA's fiscal year 2027 budget on Tuesday, April 28, at a moment...

Public Lands

Senate Examines Forest Service Funding Amid Wildfire Risks

The Senate Appropriations Committee is set to examine the U.S. Forest Service budget estimates for Fiscal Year 2027 on April 30, and the stakes extend well...

Environment

House Passes FIRE Act Allowing Prescribed Burns

The House cleared the FIRE Act floor vote on April 22, 2026, sending H.R. 6387 to the Senate after a 220–198 tally that broke almost entirely along party...

Energy

House Passes Bill Eliminating Federal Green Building Standards, Giving Agencies Design Flexibility

The House passed the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act on April 22, 2026, in a near party-line H.R. 4690 floor vote of 215-202, stripping federal...

Energy

House Repeals Federal Building Energy Standards Clearing Way for Fossil Fuel

The House passed the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act (H.R. 4690) on April 22, 2026, repealing federal building energy efficiency requirements and...

Energy

House Passes Energy Overhaul, Weakening Environmental Protections and Species Act

The House voted along strict party lines Tuesday to advance a sweeping package of energy deregulation and environmental policy bills, setting up floor...

Space, Science, Technology, and Communications

NOAA Budget Cuts Threaten Scientific Missions

The Trump administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration arrives at a moment of acute tension...

Environment

EPA Budget Hearing Scrutinizes Trump Environmental Priorities

The House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies is set to hold an EPA budget hearing on April 28, putting...

Congress

EPA Budget Shapes Water, Air, Climate Policy

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is set to examine the White House's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Environmental Protection...

Environment

House Passes RED Tape Act, Eliminating EPA's Environmental Review Authority

The House voted Thursday to pass H.R. 6398, the RED Tape Act — formally the Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act — by a...

Environment

House Passes FENCES Act To Shield States From Foreign Pollution Penalties

The House voted 220-208 on April 16 to pass the FENCES Act — the Foreign Emissions Non-Compliance Exclusion for State Certainty Act — sending the bill to...

Environment

Rules Panel Advances Clean Air Rollbacks, FISA Vote Collapses

Why it matters: The House Rules Committee convened on April 14 for a congressional hearing roundup that set floor terms for three Clean Air Act deregulation...