Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is expected to formally announce completion of what he calls …
Trump's Methane Rollback That Big Oil Doesn't Want Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Charlie Riedel/AP Updated at 4:40 p.m. ET Despite opposition from the oil and gas industry it aims to help, the Trump administration is rolling back an Obama-era rule designed to reduce climate-warming methane emissions. The Trump administration rule would eliminate a 2016 requirement that oil …
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Holcomb said he decided to ease restrictions in 89 of the state’s 92 counties because he believes Indiana’s COVID-19 spread has stabilized enough that hospitals are able to care for those who are seriously ill. “Our effort going forward will be all about managing through this crisis,” Holcomb said. And we’re taking the responsible steps and …
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pointed to farmers Monday as winners from the administration’s proposed rollback of federal protections for wetlands and waterways across the country, describing farmers crying in gratitude when he ordered the change. Real estate developers and those in other business sectors take out substantially more permits than farmers for projects impinging on wetlands, creeks and streams, …
