Trump DOI Tears Down Regulations To Speed Drilling On Public Land
"The Trump administration is aggressively sweeping aside regulations protecting public land to clear a path for expanded oil and gas drilling."
Source: Washington Post, 02/02/2018
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Toxic Coal Ash Pits Leaching Into Illinois' Only National Scenic River
"Seven years after Dynegy Inc. scrapped one of the last coal plants in downstate Illinois, environmental groups are accusing the company of failing to prevent toxic waste stored nearby from seeping into the state’s only National Scenic River."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 02/01/2018
Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Were Fast. It Could Get Messy in Court.
"As the head of the federal agency controlling billions of acres of public lands and waters, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has spent the past year making bold policy proclamations to advance President Trump’s energy agenda .... But legal experts say many of the moves were made without fully considering the laws and procedures governing changes like these, making them vulnerable to legal challenges that could delay or block them."
Source: NY Times, 02/01/2018
"White House Seeks 72 Percent Cut To Clean Energy Research"
"The Trump administration is poised to ask Congress for deep budget cuts to the Energy Department’s renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, slashing them by 72 percent overall in fiscal 2019, according to draft budget documents obtained by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 02/01/2018
Alaska Becomes Latest State To Request Limits On U.S. Offshore Drilling
"Alaska Governor Bill Walker said on Tuesday he has asked U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to pare back a Trump administration plan for oil and gas leasing off the state’s coast."
Source: Reuters, 01/31/2018
"Pruitt: National Fuel Standard Should Be 'Unified'"
"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt says he supports a unified national vehicle fuel standard, stoking state fears that the agency may do away with waivers allowing states to implement stronger standards."
Source: The Hill, 01/31/2018
"Judge Rejects Bid To Suspend Louisiana Pipeline Construction"
"A federal judge refused Tuesday to order a temporary halt to construction of a crude oil pipeline through a river swamp in south Louisiana, a setback for environmental groups challenging the project."
Source: AP, 01/31/2018
"State of the Union: Trump Glorifies Coal, Shuts Eyes to Climate Risks"
"Trump talked of the year's climate disasters—without saying 'climate change'—and while repeating his usual promotion of the fossil fuels that drive global warming."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/31/2018
"Germany Says Emissions Tests On Monkeys, People Are Unjustifiable"
"The German government on Monday dismissed as unjustifiable any auto emissions testing on monkeys or people."
Source: Reuters, 01/30/2018
"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Rejects Vancouver Oil Terminal"
"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has rejected a permit to build the nation’s largest oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver."
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, 01/30/2018
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