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The article reports on the plan by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to freeze antipollution and fuel-efficiency standards for automobiles. The proposed rules would weaken former President Barack Obama's policies aimed at preventing global warming, as well as challenge the right of states to set their own, more stringent pollution standards. The government claims the proposal would give consumers greater access to safer, more affordable vehicles while protecting the environment.

The article reports that the U.S. courts keep ruling that the U.S. President Donald Trump administration is violating federal law as the administration attempts to deregulate former U.S. President Barack Obama's environmental legacy. Topics include the court decision on the move by the U.S. Department of Interior to delay compliance with rules curbing flaring, how environmentalists see Trump's legal positions, and the public implications of the rules at the center of the legal challenges.

The article reports on the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. It highlights the president's plan to reverse the policies and regulations concerning climate change which is under the administration of former U.S. President Obama. Also emphasized is the fight of California for environmental protection and conservation being known as de facto negotiator with the environment worldwide.

The article looks at several environmental disasters in the U.S. that helped shift the public conversation and prompt lawmakers to take action. Among of such disasters are the Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969, the fire at the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio in 1969, and the Love Canal disaster in Niagara Falls, New York caused by the toxic waste dumped by Hooker Chemical Co. in the canal. It is noted those disasters set off the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.