The measure directs the Commerce Department to speed up reviewing and issuing permits for exploration and commercial recovery under a 1980 law, White House officials said.
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A memo from an Army Corps of Engineers officer shows water managers and lawmakers pushed back against the Trump administration’s plan to dump water from two California dams.
EPA head says he’ll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said his actions will eliminate trillions of dollars in regulatory costs and “hidden taxes.”
The Trump administration is starting another round of job cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sources say.
Without an outcry from fishermen, scientists and anyone who needs an accurate weather forecast, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration seems doomed.
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Lopez: Half a century ago, Californians saved the coast. Will Trump threats spark another uprising?
Here’s the reason all development proposals for the coast are exhaustively reviewed, with the perils of sea level rise in mind, and in the interest of protecting marine and shore habitats