Former EPA official reacts to cuts, regulation rollbacks

Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced dozens of cuts to environmental regulations, including decades-old rules on greenhouse gases and clean water. The agency also shuttered its environmental justice offices, which worked to protect disadvantaged communities from the severe impacts of pollution. Matthew Tejada, who worked at the EPA for multiple administrations and led the EPA's environmental justice efforts, joins to discuss.

Topics

EPA administrator announces huge rollback of environmental regulations

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday outlined plans for an aggressive rollback of environmental regulations.
NBC News - 20h
Trump's EPA seeking rollbacks on environmental rules, reconsidering greenhouse gas finding

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans for several rollbacks on environmental regulations and says it will "formally reconsider" a 2009 finding that greenhouse gasses are a danger ...
CBS News - 6h
EPA Cuts Expose Businesses in Disadvantaged Areas to Pollution Risks

Closure of the EPA’s environmental justice offices end their work protecting communities battling pollution with Trump officials justifying the move.
Inc. - 4h
EPA announces policy rollback and Mahmoud Khalil deportation threat: Morning Rundown

Trump’s recession talk puts Republicans in awkward spot. Environmental protection rollbacks. Palestinian activist faces deportation. Affordable backyard eggs.
NBC News - 8h
EPA sets stage for cutting climate and pollution regs

Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA sets stage for cutting climate and pollution regs The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
The Hill - 20h
EPA signals it will slash climate and pollution rules, including for cars and power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated Wednesday that it will slash a broad suite of rules and determinations that aim to cut pollution or mitigate climate change — including from cars ...
The Hill - 1d
'A lot of fear': Speaker Johnson's constituents react to potential cuts to Medicaid, food stamps

NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Melanie Zanona reports from Vinton, Louisiana, on how Speaker Mike Johnson’s constituents are reacting to potential cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. NBC News ...
NBC News - 22h
Louisiana voters in Speaker Johnson’s district react to Medicaid cut threats

Residents of Vinton, La., which is part of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s district, are concerned that Republicans will make cuts to Medicaid to reduce government spending. NBC News’ Melanie Zanona ...
NBC News - 1d
Former USAID employees on cuts: 'We are going to put lives in jeopardy'

Two former employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), who were fired last month, told CNN the 83 percent spending cuts Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday would ...
The Hill - 3d
'It Was A Bit Stressful': Former Maple Leafs Prospect Fraser Minten Reacts To Boston Trade, Taking On Former Team In Bruins Debut

Minten made his Providence debut against the Marlies on Wednesday night in Toronto.
Yahoo Sports - 6h
Union for Education Department workers reacts to sweeping job cuts

The Trump administration is placing more than a thousand Department of Education workers on leave beginning March 21. American Federation of Government Employees Local 252 President Sheria Smith, ...
CBS News - 20h
Trump officials decimate climate protections and consider axeing key greenhouse gas finding

EPA takes aim at almost every major pollution rule in what environmentalists call act of ‘malice toward the planet’. Donald Trump ’s administration is to reconsider the official finding that ...
The Guardian - 20h
Former Obama-era Education secretary says Trump cuts are "morally and educationally bankrupt"

The Trump administration is cutting the Education Department's workforce in half. Arne Duncan, who served as secretary of education under former President Barack Obama, joins "The Daily Report" to ...
CBS News - 21h
Ex-Barclays boss Staley accuses regulator of ‘destroying’ his reputation

UK bank’s former chief hits back over alleged links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
Financial Times - 2d
‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’

The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.
Wired - 6d
India’s official Oscar entry, which failed to make the cut, wins big at major Bollywood awards show

The film that was submitted as India’s official Oscar entry but failed to make the final list of nominees has swept the International Indian Film Academy Awards
ABC News - 3d
What will it take for a former president to speak out against Trump?

The silence from former occupants of the Oval Office has been deafening as the incumbent cuts a destructive path. The stadium announcer called on the crowd to give a warm welcome to “a very special ...
The Guardian - 5d
FCA drops plan to ‘name and shame’ more UK companies under investigation

Financial regulator says it will scrap new public interest test after backlash from the City and government officials
Financial Times - 1d
Former mafia godfather shot dead on highway in France

Jean-Pierre Maldera died after he was shot in his car in the middle of a busy highway near the French city of Grenoble, officials said.
CBS News - 3h
Former Columbia University student, who led pro-Palestinian protests, remains detained

On Monday, a judge issued a temporary order blocking Mahmoud Khalil's deportation. A former Columbia University student, Khalil led pro-Palestinian protests on campus. He was detained Saturday by ...
CBS News - 6h
Gabbard says security clearances canceled for top Biden officials and others

The revocations are the latest in a campaign to punish and cut off access to people who the president alleges "weaponized" the nation's court systems against him.
CBS News - 2d
Could Starmer's regulation shake-up mean a 'bonfire of the quangos'?

The PM will pledge to slash the costs of regulation with an "active government" in a speech later.
BBC News - 9h
EPA workers silenced as agency cancels hundreds of grants

EPA staffers have been told they are prohibited from communicating with grantee partners they are supposed to monitor, according to multiple sources inside the agency.
ABC News - 21h
Ex-Social Security official describes ‘significant’ risk of sensitive data going to wrong hands under DOGE

Tiffany Flick, a former Social Security official, detailed what she sees as a “significant” risk of sensitive government data heading into the wrong hands under Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...
The Hill - 3d
Tulsi Gabbard pulls security clearances for top Biden officials and those who went after Trump

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said Monday she has stripped security clearances from dozens of former national security officials, the Manhattan district attorney who secured a felony ...
NBC News - 2d
EPA takes aim at toxic protections, begins massive deregulation campaign

EPA takes aim at water, air and toxics protections as part of massive deregulation campaign.
ABC News - 18h
Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza in apparent effort to force hand of Hamas

Humanitarian officials say move could hit already meagre water supply, as ceasefire talks grow increasingly chaotic. Israel is to cut off any remaining electricity supplies to Gaza in an apparent ...
The Guardian - 3d
Trump reacts to European Union slapping tariffs on U.S. goods

President Trump reacted to news of the European Union's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods set to take effect in April. CBS MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady reports.
CBS News - 1d
Starmer axes UK payments watchdog as part of anti-regulation drive

Government says regulator’s merger with Financial Conduct Authority will reduce complexity and boost innovation
Financial Times - 1d
EPA signals it could narrow Clean Water Act protections

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signaled it could narrow which set of waters receive protections under the Clean Water Act. The law requires the EPA to protect so-called “waters of ...
The Hill - 1d
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh brace for upcoming food reductions as aid agencies cut funding

Rohingya refugees in crammed Bangladeshi camps say they are worried about a U.S. decision to cut food rations by half beginning next month, while a refugee official says the reduction will impact ...
ABC News - 4d
EPA chief: Deregulation will make it easier to buy cars, heat homes

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday pitched the Trump administration’s deregulation effort as a step that will make it easier for Americans to buy a car, heat ...
The Hill - 1h
Rodgers a free agent for 1st time as Jets cut QB

The Jets officially released Aaron Rodgers on Wednesday, making him a free agent for the first time in his career.
ESPN - 7h
5th anniversary of COVID cancellations brings back painful memories for teams, NCAA officials

Robert Morris coach Andrew Toole stood next to the staging area near midcourt Tuesday night, the confetti strewn around him as the jubilant Colonials players danced, mingled with fans and climbed ...
ABC News - 23h
Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights

Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.
The New York Times - 2d
Businesses bemoan Indian ‘tax terrorism’ and red tape

Officials vow to cut bureaucracy and fiscal burden amid fears they could hurt investment
Financial Times - 4d
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 20 as U.S. cuts intelligence sharing with Kyiv

Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least 20 people, officials said Saturday, as heavy aerial attacks continued into the second night following a U.S. decision to stop sharing satellite ...
NBC News - 5d
How Canadians are reacting to Trump's tariffs

In a country known for its politeness, there is growing outrage in Canada over President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs. Social media has erupted with calls to buy Canadian and boycott ...
NBC News - 7h
EPA eliminating environmental justice jobs

The positions will be eliminated "immediately," according to a memo by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.
CBS News - 1d