Trump Action Archive

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• DTE Energy requests regulatory approval for $6.4bn gas plant expansion to serve datacenter demand — DTE Energy, Michigan's largest utility serving 2.3 million customers, filed a long-term energy delivery plan with the Michigan Public Service Commission requesting approval to build 2.1 gigawatts of new gas plants in 2031–2032 to meet demand from hyperscale datacenters contracted with Google, Oracle, and others. The proposal would shift infrastructure costs to residential ratepayers while potentially undermining Michigan's 2040 renewable energy mandate. The MPSC will issue a preliminary decision within 300 days.

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• Became Law: Chiricahua National Park Act — Congress enacted H.R. 6380, designating Chiricahua National Park in Arizona. The bill became Public Law 119-133 on October 20, 2026. This legislative action establishes federal protection and management authority over the Chiricahua mountain region, affecting land use, conservation policy, and recreational access in southeastern Arizona.
• Became Law: Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act — Congress passed and the President signed H.R. 1721, the Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act, into Public Law 119-127 on October 20, 2026. The measure addresses domestic manufacturing capacity for critical infrastructure components. The law's specific provisions and policy effects are not detailed in the legislative record provided.
• Became Law: License to Drill Act — The License to Drill Act became Public Law 119-134 on October 20, 2026. Congress enacted legislation governing federal drilling permits and licensing procedures. The law establishes new regulatory frameworks for oil and gas exploration on federal lands and waters, affecting environmental policy and energy development authority.
• Became Law: Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site Conveyance to Gila County — Congress enacted Public Law 119-126, requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona. The measure transfers federal land management authority over the administrative facility from the U.S. Forest Service to local county control, affecting resource management and governance of the site.
• Became Law: Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025 — Congress enacted Public Law 119-130, authorizing a land transfer to Southcentral Foundation. The bill completed the legislative process and was signed into law on October 20, 2026. This measure transfers specified federal or trust lands to the foundation, likely affecting Alaska Native land rights, resource management, or community development in the Southcentral Alaska region.

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• Administration fells over 400 trees on East Potomac Golf Links despite court warning — The administration felled more than 400 trees on the East Potomac Golf Links course that Trump wants to develop into another of his projects on Saturday, October 12. U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes had previously warned the administration not to make any irreversible changes to the landscape, though she did not forbid routine maintenance work. The administration claimed the cutting was routine maintenance. Judge Reyes expressed fury at the administration's lawyers, stating she did not know how she could have made it any clearer that she was trying to stop precisely what the administration did. She warned that the government had lost all credibility with her. The administration's lawyer stated they still planned to cut several hundred more trees.
• Judge Reyes holds emergency hearing on Trump administration's defiance of court order at East Potomac Golf Course — US District Judge Ana Reyes convened an emergency hearing on a federal holiday to address the Trump administration's violation of her previous order prohibiting major work at the East Potomac public golf course in Washington, DC. The administration cut down approximately 430 trees on Saturday, October 10, despite the court order requiring notification before any such work. Judge Reyes expressed severe disappointment with DOJ attorneys and Trump administration lawyers, stating the government had lost credibility. She ordered a halt to all further work at the golf course until 2 PM the following day and demanded testimony from National Park Service officials and Interior Department staff about the authorization and timing of the tree removal.

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• EPA approves Georgia air quality plan removing nonattainment new source review requirements — The Environmental Protection Agency finalized approval of Georgia's State Implementation Plan revision removing nonattainment new source review (NNSR) permitting requirements and emission reduction credit provisions from the state's air quality regulations. The revision follows Georgia's 2022 redesignation of the Atlanta ozone area from nonattainment to attainment status under the Clean Air Act. The EPA rejected arguments that NNSR should remain as a contingency measure despite recent ozone standard exceedances, finding that Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting and maintenance plan triggers provide adequate protection.
• EPA approves Kentucky's Limited Maintenance Plan for Louisville Area ozone standards — The Environmental Protection Agency finalized approval of Kentucky's Limited Maintenance Plan (LMP) for the 1997 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) covering the Kentucky portion of the bi-state Louisville Area (Bullitt, Jefferson, and Oldham Counties). The plan demonstrates that air quality will remain in attainment through 2027, the end of the second 10-year maintenance period following the area's 2007 redesignation from nonattainment to attainment. The EPA evaluated design value data, monitoring networks, and contingency provisions, and determined the plan adequately assures maintenance of the standard. The approval makes the plan's commitments federally enforceable under the Clean Air Act.
• EPA approves Maryland air plan revisions establishing nitrogen oxide emission limits for municipal waste combustors — The Environmental Protection Agency finalized approval of Maryland's State Implementation Plan revisions establishing reasonably available control technology (RACT) requirements for nitrogen oxide emissions from municipal waste combustors. The rule sets specific emission limits for two large facilities—Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility (140 ppmv 24-hour average, 105 ppmv 30-day average) and Wheelabrator Baltimore (150 ppmv 24-hour average, 145 ppmv 30-day average)—and exempts small combustors constructed before August 30, 1999. The EPA rejected a commenter's request for stricter limits, finding Maryland's determinations adequate under the Clean Air Act.
• EPA approves Missouri air quality rule revisions on construction permit exemptions — The Environmental Protection Agency finalized approval of Missouri's State Implementation Plan revision modifying construction permit exemptions under the Minor New Source Review program. The rule refines emergency generator exemptions, updates recordkeeping requirements, and clarifies cross-references. EPA found the revisions comply with the Clean Air Act, do not backslide air quality, and strengthen permit exemption standards. The rule becomes effective November 9, 2026.
• EPA approves New Jersey State Implementation Plan revisions for ozone RACT certifications under Clean Air Act sections 182 and 184. — The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule approving New Jersey's State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted November 23, 2021, and March 3, 2025, certifying that the state meets Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) requirements for volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides emissions under the 2008 and 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The approval covers the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island nonattainment area (Serious classification for 2008 ozone; Moderate for 2015) and the Philadelphia-Atlantic City nonattainment area (Moderate for 2015), as well as statewide Ozone Transport Region obligations. The rule becomes effective November 9, 2026.
• EPA approves Oklahoma air plan for interstate SO2 transport requirements under Clean Air Act — The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule approving portions of Oklahoma's State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted May 28, 2021, demonstrating compliance with Clean Air Act section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) interstate transport requirements for the 2010 1-hour sulfur dioxide (SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). EPA determined Oklahoma's emissions will not significantly contribute to nonattainment or interfere with maintenance of the SO2 NAAQS in other states, based on weight-of-evidence analysis including certified design values, emissions trends, and source-specific evaluations within a 50-kilometer urban-scale assessment. The rule becomes effective November 9, 2026, and applies to certain areas of Indian country in Oklahoma consistent with prior SAFETEA approval and D.C. Circuit precedent.
• EPA approves clean data determination for Berrien and Muskegon County ozone nonattainment areas — The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a determination that Berrien County and Muskegon County, Michigan have attained the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards based on 2023-2025 monitoring data and approved exceptional events exclusions for wildfire smoke impacts. The determination suspends requirements for these areas to submit attainment demonstrations, Reasonably Available Control Measures plans, Reasonable Further Progress plans, and other State Implementation Plan requirements related to ozone attainment, contingent on continued compliance with the standard.
• EPA publishes weekly Environmental Impact Statements notice — The Environmental Protection Agency published a notice of availability for Environmental Impact Statements filed between September 28 and October 5, 2026, pursuant to Clean Air Act Section 309(a) and CEQ guidance. The notice lists two EIS actions: a draft Nuclear Regulatory Commission combined license application for the Project Matador Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus in Texas (comment period ending November 23, 2026), and an amended APHIS draft grizzly bear damage management EIS for Montana with an extended comment period (now ending November 4, 2026). EPA's comment letters on EISs are available through the EPA's CDX database.

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• US Supreme Court hears arguments in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County climate liability case — The US Supreme Court began oral arguments on October 5, 2026, in Suncor Energy Inc v County Commissioners of Boulder County, a case in which fossil fuel companies Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil seek to block state-level climate damage lawsuits. Boulder County officials sued the companies in Colorado state court in 2018 to recover costs of climate-related disasters. The oil companies argue federal law pre-empts state court jurisdiction; Boulder argues the Constitution permits state climate litigation. A ruling is expected in summer 2027. The case could affect dozens of similar climate suits nationwide.

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• Federal judge blocks DHS border wall waivers in Big Bend National Park — US District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued a temporary injunction blocking the Trump administration from expanding border wall construction in the Big Bend region of west Texas. The ruling, issued after a Friday hearing in El Paso, blocked Department of Homeland Security waivers that had suspended dozens of environmental and historical protection laws. Cardone found that plaintiffs—Friends of the Ruidosa church, Center for Biological Diversity, and river guide Billy Miller—were likely to succeed and would suffer irreparable harm. CBP is barred from border security construction unless it complies with federal environmental and historical laws.

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• Utah activists rallied against national monument reductions — Activists with Utah Overpass Action and supporters of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance demonstrated in Salt Lake City against changes to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments. Trump's proclamations reduced Bears Ears to 121,096 acres and Grand Staircase Escalante to approximately 181,541 acres. Organizations have challenged the reductions in federal court, arguing the president lacks authority to make reductions of this scale. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance reported new mining claims on lands removed from monument boundaries following these changes.

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• Complaint filed: State of Colorado v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security — The State of Colorado filed a federal complaint challenging DHS and ICE's award of a five-year contract to The GEO Group to renovate and operate the former Hudson Correctional Facility as a 1,200-bed civil immigration detention center (Big Horn facility). Colorado alleges DHS violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to prepare an environmental impact statement, violated the Administrative Procedure Act by acting arbitrarily and capriciously without explanation for departing from prior NEPA review practice, and violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by failing to ensure local infrastructure could support the facility. Colorado seeks declaratory relief, vacatur and stay of the contract, preliminary and permanent injunctions, and remand to the agencies.

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• Datacenter developers accused of circumventing EPA air pollution permitting rules — Environmental advocates allege that datacenter developers, including Amazon and Duke Energy, are manipulating EPA air pollution permitting processes by dividing emissions sources into multiple "minor" permits to avoid "major" source reviews and associated emission controls. Cases cited include North Carolina (Amazon/Duke with 649 diesel generators), New Mexico (Project Jupiter proposing two natural gas microgrids), and Maryland (four datacenters on one campus). The tactic reduces public scrutiny and regulatory oversight while potentially exposing low-income communities to increased air pollution.

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• Administration considers MLB game at Grand Teton National Park — The Trump administration is considering hosting a Major League Baseball game at a national park and has been scouting locations to build a baseball facility in Grand Teton National Park, according to reporting on September 27.
• MLB approached Trump administration about national park baseball game — The Washington Post reported that Major League Baseball has approached the Trump administration about hosting a game at a national park. The administration has scouted locations in Grand Teton National Park to build a baseball stadium to host an MLB game. Grand Teton is the country's 8th-most visited national park and is famous for its views of the Teton Range. National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton this week and examined three potential locations for a baseball park within the park's boundaries. The report notes that national parks are among the country's most protected federal lands, and constructing a sports facility at Grand Teton could set a new precedent for use of vast national park land in the Western US.

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• Trump eliminates vehicle fuel economy standards — On September 26, Trump announced the elimination of vehicle fuel economy standards established under former President Joe Biden, continuing efforts to lock the United States into dependence on fossil fuels.
• Trump administration slashes clean car fuel economy standards — The Trump administration announced Monday the rollback of clean car rules that had required automakers to reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency for model years 2022–2031. The Department of Transportation's new rule, called "Freedom Means Affordable Cars," reverses Biden-era standards that mandated 8–10% annual fuel efficiency increases. The administration estimates the change will reduce vehicle costs by $1,300 but will increase fuel consumption by 100 billion gallons through 2050, boost carbon dioxide emissions by 5%, and raise fuel spending by $185 billion. Environmental groups and public health advocates condemned the move.
• Trump administration finalizes rollback of federal vehicle fuel economy standards — The Transportation Department finalized a rollback of federal vehicle fuel economy requirements on Monday, reducing the projected 2031 fleetwide average from 49.3 miles per gallon to 34.9 miles per gallon. The administration projects compliance cost savings of approximately $1,289 per vehicle for automakers. However, federal projections indicate drivers will spend over $1,600 in additional fuel expenses over a vehicle's lifetime, with increased gasoline consumption and emissions.
• Trump administration eviscerates pollution limits on cars, trucks, and power plants — The Trump administration has removed or significantly weakened environmental regulations governing emissions from vehicles and power generation facilities. The article states the administration "eviscerated pollution limits on cars, trucks and power plants" as part of a broader pattern of rolling back environmental protections. This action reduces federal oversight of major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and represents a reversal of prior regulatory standards.

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• Complaint filed — State of New York v. U.S. Department of Interior — Eight northeastern states filed a federal complaint challenging the Department of the Interior's June 2026 settlement agreements with offshore wind developer Invenergy to cancel three East Coast wind leases in exchange for Judgment Fund repayment and $653 million in spending on oil, gas, and liquified natural gas projects. The states allege the cancellations violate the Administrative Procedure Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and the Judgment Fund Act, and deprive them of renewable energy generation capacity sufficient to power 2.6 million homes. Plaintiffs seek vacatur of the agreements and injunctive relief.
• Complaint filed: State of New York v. U.S. Department of the Interior — New York, New Jersey, and six other states filed a complaint in the Eastern District of New York challenging the Department of the Interior's April 27, 2026 agreement with Bluepoint Wind, LLC to cancel an offshore wind lease and reimburse Bluepoint $765 million from the Judgment Fund in exchange for investment in oil and gas projects. Plaintiffs allege the cancellation is arbitrary and capricious, violates the Administrative Procedure Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and that the settlement agreement exceeds statutory authority and misuses the Judgment Fund. They seek vacatur of the cancellation and agreement, declaratory relief, and injunctive relief.

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• Trump administration begins border wall construction in Big Bend region despite local opposition — The Trump administration's Customs and Border Protection agency began construction on a 30-foot steel bollard border wall in Hudspeth County, Texas on September 15, 2026, without prior public announcement. CBP is pressing landowners to grant permission, offering signing bonuses to avoid eminent domain disputes. The agency faces bipartisan backlash from local leaders, landowners, and environmental advocates over plans to expand the wall through the remote Big Bend region, including national parks and areas containing millennia-old rock art.

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• EPA eliminated greenhouse gas emission limits for power plants — The Environmental Protection Agency announced it is eliminating rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants and intends to prevent future administrations from implementing such regulations. The action was framed as necessary to "unleash" American energy production.

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• Private Equity Climate Risks Consortium releases report on top 20 PE firms' fossil fuel energy portfolios — The Private Equity Climate Risks Consortium published research showing that the world's top 20 private equity firms manage $7.3 trillion in assets and operate energy portfolios producing 1.5 billion tons of greenhouse gases annually—more than all but four countries. The firms own 15,000 miles of pipelines, 124GW of power generation capacity across 370 fossil fuel plants, and hundreds of oil and gas fields. Despite capacity to transition away from fossil fuels, firms including BlackRock, GIP, EQT, and Kayne Anderson increased fossil fuel holdings compared to 2024, and are investing heavily in natural gas plants to power AI datacenters.

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• Complaint filed: Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service — Twenty states and the District of Columbia filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging two final rules issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on July 21, 2026. The 4(d) Rule removes protections for newly listed threatened species; the Habitat Exclusion Rule expands the framework for excluding areas from critical habitat designation. Plaintiffs allege both rules exceed FWS statutory authority, violate the Endangered Species Act and Administrative Procedure Act, and fail to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act. Plaintiffs seek declaratory judgments and vacatur of both rules.

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• Complaint filed: State of California v. Burgum (N.D. Cal.) — California and 20 other states and the District of Columbia filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging a July 14, 2026 final rule by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service that rescinded the regulatory definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. The rescission narrowed "take" to affirmative acts directed intentionally against particular animals, eliminating habitat modification or degradation as actionable harm. Plaintiffs allege the rescission exceeds statutory authority, is arbitrary and capricious, violates the Administrative Procedure Act and National Environmental Policy Act, and seek declaratory judgment and vacation of the rule.

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• Forest Service reorganization moves headquarters and eliminates regional offices — Under Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, the agency underwent a structural reorganization that moved its headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City, eliminated regional offices and staff, and shifted authority over forests to states. This reorganization reduces federal oversight capacity and centralizes decision-making in a manner that favors state-level timber interests.

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• Trump administration announces plan to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule — The Trump administration announced plans to rescind the 25-year-old Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects approximately 45 million acres of national forest from road construction, drilling, and logging. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, a former timber industry lobbyist and executive, championed the rollback as necessary for wildfire management and "active forest management." Environmental advocates warn the change could endanger 400 threatened and endangered species and primarily benefits timber companies Schultz previously represented.

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• Federal judge strikes down New York climate superfund law requiring oil companies to pay damages — Chief Judge Brenda Sannes of the US District Court for the Northern District of New York ruled on Monday that New York's climate superfund law is unenforceable. The law, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul in December 2024, required major oil companies to pay $75 billion over 25 years for climate mitigation and adaptation projects. Sannes sided with Republican-led states and oil interests, calling the policy "unusual and sweeping." The Trump Justice Department supported the lawsuit against the law. New York's Attorney General Tish James is considering an appeal.
• New York Judge Blocks State of New York’s Unconstitutional Climate Superfund Act — The Department of Justice announced this on 2026-08-31 through Energy and Natural Resources Division. The department's own account of it reads: "Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York ruled that the State of New York may not impose strict liability on energy companies for their alleged contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2024, New York enacted the 'Climate Change Superfund Act,' which purported to impose billions of dollars on domestic and foreign energy companies that extract fossil fuels or refine crude oil."

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• Administration cancels offshore wind project; funnels $900 million to Trump donor's firm — The Trump administration canceled an offshore wind project and directed the German company RWE to receive $1.2 billion in federal funds to abandon wind leases off New York, California, and Louisiana in exchange for investing in "conventional energy" projects. RWE will spend $900 million of that sum acquiring a stake in a liquefied natural gas project in Louisiana currently owned by a private equity fund run by Australian billionaire Michael Dorrell, who donated approximately $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee. The arrangement effectively funnels federal funds to a Trump donor's private equity firm.
• Trump administration settles offshore wind cancellation with $1.2 billion payout to RWE — The Trump administration reached a settlement requiring German energy company RWE to receive $1.2 billion from a federal fund in exchange for surrendering offshore wind leases in New York, California, and Louisiana and investing in conventional energy projects instead. Of the payout, $900 million will be used by RWE to purchase a stake in a liquefied natural gas project in Louisiana from a private equity fund owned by Australian billionaire Michael Dorrell, who donated $926,300 to Trump's inaugural committee in late 2024 and another $73,700 weeks later.

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• Earthjustice files lawsuit challenging EPA approval of datacenter chemicals — Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law organization, filed a lawsuit challenging the EPA's approval of two photoacid generator compounds used in datacenters. The lawsuit argues that the EPA violated the Toxic Substances Control Act by approving chemicals it acknowledged may present unreasonable risk to workers and the public without implementing adequate protective restrictions, and that the approval represents a fundamental failure of the agency's obligation to protect public health.

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• Trump EPA proposes rule to exempt datacenters from public air pollution disclosure — The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule that would eliminate the Clean Air Act requirement for datacenters to publicly disclose air pollution emissions. The rule would make disclosure voluntary at state and local officials' discretion rather than mandatory. Datacenters are significant sources of nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, and heavy metals. Environmental advocates warn the change will reduce public oversight, prevent communities from knowing what pollutants they will breathe, and weaken enforcement of federal pollution limits linked to asthma, heart disease, and cancer.
• EPA approves two toxic datacenter chemicals despite acknowledged health risks — The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency approved two photoacid generator compounds for import and immediate use in U.S. datacenters, despite acknowledging in consent orders that the chemicals may present "unreasonable risk" to workers and the public and could cause sudden death, cancer, neurological damage, and reproductive harm. The EPA admitted insufficient data to quantify acute toxicity and lethality risks but approved the chemicals anyway with minimal restrictions, prompting a lawsuit by Earthjustice arguing the approval violates the Toxic Substances Control Act.

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• Nevada files federal lawsuit challenging Trump administration's Colorado River water allocation plan — Nevada, the Colorado River Commission of Nevada, and the Southern Nevada Water Authority filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court of Nevada on Monday against the Department of Interior and Bureau of Reclamation, challenging the Trump administration's Colorado River revival plan issued Friday. The plan cuts roughly 20% of water supply to lower-basin states (Nevada, Arizona, California) over two years, with Nevada facing over 70% cuts to its share. The suit contests the framework's disproportionate burden on lower-basin states while upper-basin states (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming) face no mandatory cuts.
• Complaint filed: State of Nevada v. Burgum (D. Nev. 2:26-cv-02665) — The State of Nevada, the Colorado River Commission of Nevada, and the Southern Nevada Water Authority filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada challenging the Department of the Interior's Record of Decision adopting new Colorado River operating guidelines for 2027–2036. Plaintiffs allege the framework imposes annual water reductions of 213,556 acre-feet on Nevada—roughly 71% of the state's 300,000 acre-foot entitlement—and violates the National Environmental Policy Act and Administrative Procedure Act. They seek vacatur of the decision and an injunction against implementation.

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• Judge Wilson rules California oil pipeline can continue operating under Trump's Defense Production Act order — Federal Judge Stephen Wilson ruled that the Sable offshore oil pipeline off Santa Barbara can continue operating, overriding California state opposition. The Trump administration invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA) in March 2026 to order the pipeline's reopening, citing national security and energy supply needs during the Iran war. Wilson found the DPA order pre-empts conflicting state law, including California's trespass claims. The judge fined Sable $1.5 million for violating a consent decree but allowed operations to proceed under federal oversight rather than state authority.
• Federal court upholds Defense Production Act order requiring Santa Ynez Pipeline operation against California state obstruction — The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled that a Defense Production Act order issued by the Secretary of Energy preempts California state law and environmental challenges to the Santa Ynez Pipeline's operation. The court rejected California's motion for a preliminary injunction, held that federal law bars state trespass claims against pipeline operations, modified an existing consent decree to place pipeline safety oversight under federal rather than state authority, and clarified that state courts cannot enforce injunctions conflicting with federal directives. The Department of Justice announced the ruling as a victory for national energy security.