Trump wants to slash food stamps and replace them with a ‘Blue Apron-type program’
The Trump administration wants to slash food aid to low-income families and make up the difference with a box of canned goods — a change that Office of Management and budget director Mick Mulvaney described in a Monday briefing as a “Blue Apron-type program.”
“What we do is propose that for folks who are on food stamps, part — not all, part — of their benefits come in the actual sort of, and I don't want to steal somebody's copyright, but a Blue Apron-type program where you actually receive the food instead of receive the cash,” Mulvaney said. “It lowers the cost to us because we can buy [at wholesale prices] whereas they have to buy it at retail. It also makes sure they're getting nutritious food. So we're pretty excited about that.”
Let them eat "Blue Apron"
Monday, February 12, 2018
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Jan. 25, 2018
Trump administration ends EPA clean air policy opposed by fossil fuel companies
The Trump administration announced it is doing away with a decades-old air emissions policy opposed by fossil fuel companies, a move that environmental groups say will result in more pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was withdrawing the "once-in always-in" policy under the Clean Air Act, which dictated how major sources of hazardous air pollutants are regulated.
WSJ: EPA withdraws air pollution policy
CBS: EPA ends clean air policy
The Trump administration announced it is doing away with a decades-old air emissions policy opposed by fossil fuel companies, a move that environmental groups say will result in more pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was withdrawing the "once-in always-in" policy under the Clean Air Act, which dictated how major sources of hazardous air pollutants are regulated.
WSJ: EPA withdraws air pollution policy
CBS: EPA ends clean air policy
Monday, January 22, 2018
Jan. 22, 2018
Trump imperils fledgling solar industry with 30% import tariff on solar panel technology.
In the biggest blow he’s dealt to the renewable energy industry yet, President Donald Trump decided on Monday to slap tariffs on imported solar panels.
The U.S. will impose duties of as much as 30 percent on solar equipment made abroad, a move that threatens to handicap a $28 billion industry that relies on parts made abroad for 80 percent of its supply. Just the mere threat of tariffs has shaken solar developers in recent months, with some hoarding panels and others stalling projects in anticipation of higher costs. The Solar Energy Industries Association has projected tens of thousands of job losses in a sector that employed 260,000.
TIME: President Trump slaps tariffs on solar panels.
In the biggest blow he’s dealt to the renewable energy industry yet, President Donald Trump decided on Monday to slap tariffs on imported solar panels.
The U.S. will impose duties of as much as 30 percent on solar equipment made abroad, a move that threatens to handicap a $28 billion industry that relies on parts made abroad for 80 percent of its supply. Just the mere threat of tariffs has shaken solar developers in recent months, with some hoarding panels and others stalling projects in anticipation of higher costs. The Solar Energy Industries Association has projected tens of thousands of job losses in a sector that employed 260,000.
TIME: President Trump slaps tariffs on solar panels.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Jan 18, 2018
U.S. government to shield health workers who deny treatment or refuse to perform medical procedures based on their religious beliefs.
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Jan. 4, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions nixes Obama-era rules leaving states alone that legalize pot.
Jan. 4, 2018
Trump administration announces plan to widely expand drilling in U.S. continental waters.
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