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[ August 17, 2017 ] Joint Chiefs Chairs Issue Statements against Racism Administration
[ August 17, 2017 ] Ohio City to Remove Robert E. Lee Monument Politics
[ August 17, 2017 ] Bannon: No Military Solution to North Korea Foreign Policy
[ August 17, 2017 ] CEOs Oppose Trump over Charlottesville Business
[ August 17, 2017 ] Assange Meets U.S. Congressman, Claims to Prove Russia Has No Connection to Leaked Documents Politics

Obama’s EPA Museum Scheduled for Trump Rebranding

August 1, 2017 Focus Washington

The Environmental Protection Agency’s one-room museum initiated by the agency’s administrator under former President Barack Obama is being redesigned to reflect the Trump administration’s priorities, the Washington Post reports. But the work was initiated by […]

Republicans Reportedly Preparing Russian Scandal to Target Green Activists

July 24, 2017 Focus Washington

GOP House members and at least one Trump Cabinet member are pushing years-old allegations from conservative activists that Russia has funneled money to U.S. environmental groups to oppose fracking. The story has reappeared in conservative […]

Former Vice President: ‘I Was Wrong’ about Trump

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

Former Vice President Al Gore says he’s given up hope that President Trump will “come to his senses” and act on climate issues. Gore on Monday night told “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert that his hopes about […]

Environmental Agency to Retain Standards for Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution

July 17, 2017 Focus Washington

The Trump administration says the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard for nitrogen dioxide pollution concentrations should stay in place. The agency said it has completed a scientific review of the nitrogen dioxide standard from […]

Senate Committee Approves Trump EPA, Nuke Agency Nominees

July 12, 2017 Focus Washington

The Environment and Public Works Committee has sent three Trump administration nominees to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the floor for consideration. The Senate committee approved Annie Caputo and David […]

Greenpeace Hangs Banner on Trump Tower in Chicago

July 8, 2017 Focus Washington

Greenpeace protesters hung a banner from Trump Tower in Chicago reading “Resist, Defend” on Friday, The Hill reports. The group aimed to protest President Trump’s policies on climate change. The news website Chicagoist reports that […]

Hawaii to Enact Paris Agreement Laws in Spite of Trump Decision

June 8, 2017 Focus Washington

Hawaii’s Governor signed two bills Tuesday, that are committing the state to fulfill key provisions of the Paris climate agreement, less than a week following President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would pull out […]

How Republicans Came to View Climate Change as Hoax

June 6, 2017 Focus Washington

It is difficult to understand how the Republican Party of 2017, whose leader, President Donald Trump, has called global warming a hoax, reversed environmental policies that Senator John McCain and the then Republican Party of […]

Former Rep. Zack Space of Vorys Advisors discusses D.C., clean coal & Ohio politics

December 17, 2014 Focus Washington

Zack Space is an American politician and a former Congressman, representing Ohio’s 18th congressional district from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Space serve on the Committee on Energy and […]

Economic Stimulus and Environmental Laws

November 26, 2008 Focus Washington

I asked David Weinberg, a partner and the chair of the environment and safety practice at the Washington law firm of Wiley Rein, to discuss how the Obama Administrations economic stimulus package could clash with […]