Ledyard King USA TODAY Published 10:20 p.m. UTC Jul 26, 2018 WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will formally lay out a plan as early as next week to revisit strict fuel-economy standards that had been set in motion under President Barack Obama, according to Andrew Wheeler, the new acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Automakers, state officials, environmentalists and federal regulators had agreed in 2012 to increase vehicle efficiency to an average 34.5 mpg by 2016 across the fleet of American cars and trucks, with the standard then slated to rise yearly until it hits 54.5 mpg by the end of 2025. In an interview Thursday with USA TODAY, Wheeler argued that Obama acted prematurely when he increased the fuel-efficiency requirements before leaving office in 2017 and that the issue needs further review. "They jumped the gun," Wheeler said. "It was a political attempt to try to move up the process and what we're doing is taking the … [Read more...] about President Trump administration to freeze Obama-era fuel standards for cars, light trucks
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Thanks to President Trump, abortion centers will be missing Title X funding
The sky is falling at Planned Parenthood. Not because two young mothers have been killed in botched abortions in recent years. Not because a top medical official of the abortion giant was caught on tape describing how she alters an abortion procedure to ensure the baby’s valuable organs are preserved for sale. Not even because after 12 years and an estimated 3.5 million abortions of innocent human beings, CEO Cecile Richards, friend to the Democratic Party, has stepped aside. No, the sky is falling because, thanks to President TrumpDonald John TrumpComey: Trump's 'Spygate' claims are made up Trump taps vocal anti-illegal immigration advocate for State Dept's top refugee job Seattle Seahawks player: Trump is 'an idiot' for saying protesting NFL players 'shouldn’t be in the country' MORE, coffers will be missing about $60 million in federal Title X funding if the abortion seller is not willing to relocate its centers away from the clinics where the rest of … [Read more...] about Thanks to President Trump, abortion centers will be missing Title X funding
Ignorance is Strength: The Trump Administration’s Creepy War on Language
Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This article first appeared at TomDispatch.com. Consider us officially in an Orwellian world, though we only half realize it. While we were barely looking, significant parts of an American language long familiar to us quite literally, and in a remarkably coherent way, went down the equivalent of George Orwell’s infamous Memory Hole. This hit me in a personal way recently. I was asked to give a talk at an annual national security conference held in downtown Manhattan and aimed largely at an audience of college students. The organizer, who had pulled together a remarkable array of speakers, encountered problems in one particular area: his efforts to include representatives of the Trump administration in the gathering. Initially, administration officials he dealt with wouldn’t even divulge the names of possible participants, only their titles, leaving who was coming a mystery until days … [Read more...] about Ignorance is Strength: The Trump Administration’s Creepy War on Language
Trump Administration Resumes Pressure Campaign on North Korea
By Gordon Lubold, Gordon Lubold The Wall Street Journal BiographyGordon Lubold @glubold [email protected] Nancy A. Youssef and Nancy A. Youssef The Wall Street Journal BiographyNancy A. Youssef @nancyayoussef [email protected] Dustin Volz May 25, 2018 5:30 a.m. ET 162 COMMENTS President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel his planned summit with Kim Jong Un shifts the U.S. approach to North Korea away from a monthslong rapprochement and back to a campaign of military and economic pressure. Mr. Trump signaled the shift on Thursday, warning of U.S. nuclear and military superiority both in a letter to Mr. Kim and in public remarks. A senior administration official later said the U.S. is seeking new ways to increase economic sanctions against North Korea. At the same time, the U.S. must now be on watch for a resumption of provocative behavior by North Korea, which hasn’t launched a missile or conducted a nuclear test since late last year. Security … [Read more...] about Trump Administration Resumes Pressure Campaign on North Korea
U.S. conservationists sue Trump administration over migratory bird policy
Reuters May 24. 2018 11:14PM A coalition of conservation groups sued the Trump administration on Thursday, accusing the government of slashing protections for migratory birds.At issue is the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which the National Audubon Society and other plaintiffs say has been undermined. In the past, the act helped hold parties responsible for actions that killed or injured migratory birds.But in December, the Trump administration said energy companies and other businesses that accidentally kill migratory birds will no longer be criminally prosecuted."As you can imagine, many causes of bird fatalities -- including oil spills -- could fall into this 'unintentional' category, so we're taking the administration to court," David Yarnold, president and CEO of the National Audubon Society, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said in a statement.Plaintiffs also include the American Bird Conservancy, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Defenders of Wildlife. The lawsuit was filed in the … [Read more...] about U.S. conservationists sue Trump administration over migratory bird policy