CLEAN WATER ACT

Experts predict legal trouble for Scalia-inspired rule

Published: Friday, December 14, 2018

The Trump administration is breaking with its predecessors by using a 2006 opinion by the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia from a famously muddled wetlands case in a bid to limit Clean Water Act protection of isolated wetlands and waterways. Many legal experts don't think that's a good idea.

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DOE

Trump team burrows loyalists in cushy jobs abroad

A small number of Trump loyalists at the Department of Energy got plum overseas posts following rule changes to reward political appointees.

By Kelsey Brugger and Lesley Clark in Greenwire Thursday, January 21, 2021

WHITE HOUSE

Nine Biden staffers have 'climate' job titles

President Biden took office yesterday with a climate team whose unprecedented size and diversity reflect the challenge his administration faces in reversing Trump administration policies.

By Thomas Frank in Climatewire Thursday, January 21, 2021

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