Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/black-leaders-trump.html

The Trump administration's quest to expand the president's #firing #authority over members of #independent #agencies paints a target on the #FederalEnergyRegulatoryCommission that would create #instability within the #energy #industry if at-will removal of #commissioners becomes a reality. [via email from Law360]
#USA #Trump
Via #StatesNewsroom national energy reporter #RobertZullo: #FederalEnergyRegulatoryCommission orders review of electrical facilities security after gunfire damages substations & cuts power to 45,000 people in North Carolina.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/03/after-substation-shooting-federal-regulator-orders-review-of-security-standards/

U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up miles of #salmon #habitat; the #LargestDam #Removal and #River #Restoration #Project in the world when it goes forward.

#FederalEnergyRegulatoryCommission's unanimous vote on the lower #KlamathRiver #dams is the last major regulatory hurdle and the biggest milestone for a $500 million #Demolition proposal championed by #NativeAmerican tribes and #environmentalists for years.

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/17/1137442481/dam-demolition-klamath-river-california-federal-regulators-salmon

The largest dam demolition in history is approved for a California river

The destruction of four dams on the lower Klamath river will open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat. U.S. regulators approved the plan Thursday in a unanimous vote.

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