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Election 2024: Trump Plans to Drain the EPA

Legal Planet

Donald Trump could “F” the federal government. Far-right policy strategists are laying plans, largely endorsed by the Trump campaign, for getting rid of federal government workers who might otherwise stand in the way of a radical deregulation agenda. Mandy Gunasekara, a former Trump EPA official, wrote Project 2025’s chapter on EPA.

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Governing Emissions Trading in California and China

Legal Planet

Emissions trading systems are often launched with relatively lenient design features, typically justified as giving the system a chance to “learn-by-doing” and to gain political buy-in for approval of a program. – Continual reform to improve ambition, integrity, and buy-in. Most ETS have fallen on the prices-too-low side.

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Ed Rendell -- PennLive - John Baer: Politics In Harrisburg, Washington In A Double-Time Race To Bottom -- NPR: More Americans Say They Support Political Violence Ahead Of 2024 Election -- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol -- WITF: Republican PA Cong.

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Climate Election 2024: “Drill, Baby, Drill” but Then What?

Legal Planet

The 2008-era slogan is shorthand for the Trump campaign’s energy policy, but we know much more about current conservative thinking on the subject thanks to Project 2025 , the 920-page transition plan for the next administration by policy strategists from the Heritage Foundation. That’s the crux of Project 2025’s energy chapter.

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Show Me the (Agriculture Appropriations) Money

Union of Concerned Scientists

But what does that process really look like—particularly when it comes to the bills that fund the US government? Congress recently wrapped up funding parts of the government for fiscal year 2024 (FY24). And now that they’re finished, it’s time for them to turn right around and begin working on funding bills for fiscal year 2025 (FY25).

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More Thrills and Chills Ahead!  What to Expect in 2024

Legal Planet

Who will be President in 2025? This increases the importance of controlling the House, particularly if Trump is elected — because otherwise the Democrats will be completely shut out of the federal government. Too many businesses and state governments are relying on it. Here are some of the upcoming forks.

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California Wins Major Clean Air Act/Climate Change Case in D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

Since then, the issue of CAA section 209(b) waivers has become a game of political football between successive Democratic and Republican presidential administrations. That opus, entitled “ Project 2025 ,” is, according to a recent Associated Press article , designed to “plan to dismantle the U.S. EPA decision.)