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EPA to repeal Obama-era rules limiting power plant emissions

Oct 9, 2017

President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce plans to eliminate Obama-era restrictions on emissions of greenhouse gases from coal power plants. The move would roll-back a central pi...

Obama expands California Coastal National Monument to include six new sites

West Side Story

Jan 13, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

In response to calls from a number of California lawmakers, the Obama administration has expanded the California Coastal National Monument to include six new sites. The monument already spanned the 1,110 mile l...

Obama administration designates two new national monuments in western US

West Side Story

Jan 1, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

As a move to cement his environmental legacy in his last few weeks in office, President Barack Obama has designated two national monuments in environmentally sensitive areas of the Western United States. While ...

Obama administration releases report outlining path towards climate change resilience

West Side Story

Nov 1, 2016

Environment, Policy, Science

In addition to pressing forward to reduce carbon emissions, the Obama administration is championing the cause of communities adapting to the existing realities of climate change. The White House led Council on ...

The Supreme Court to rule out on Hobby Lobby Birth control case soon

Platonium

Jun 14, 2014

Health

Birth control has always been a huge issue with different religions around the world, and currently the two things are battling it out face to face in the Supreme Court in two separate cases. One of the most...

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