"Budget: House Blueprint Could Open ANWR, Relocate NOAA"
"The House's budget proposal, set for markup [Wednesday], could open up drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, much like President Trump's."
Source: Greenwire, 07/19/2017
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"A Toxic Legacy: North Dakota Looks To Clean Up Old Oilfield Waste"
"Way up in northern North Dakota lies an old oilfield with a problem 60 years in the making."
Source: Prairie Public News, 07/19/2017
Perry Praises ‘Clean Coal,’ but Trump Admin Policies Don’t Promote It
"MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — On his first official visit to this coal-seam state that voted overwhelmingly for Donald J. Trump, Energy Secretary Rick Perry praised the work of the scientists at a federal laboratory devoted to figuring out how to burn more coal with less pollution."
Source: NY Times, 07/19/2017
"Trump Wants to Steer UN Climate Cash to Building Coal Plants"
"The U.S. will seek to use a United Nations fund designed to aid nations hard hit by climate change to promote the construction of coal-fired power plants around the world."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/18/2017
"Renewable Energy Not a Threat to Grid, Draft of U.S. Study Finds"
"Wind and solar power don’t pose a significant threat to the reliability of the U.S. power grid, Energy Department staff members said in a draft report, contradicting statements by their leader Rick Perry."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/18/2017
"Natural Gas Building Boom Fuels Climate Worries, Enrages Landowners"
"They landed, one after another, in 2015: plans for nearly a dozen interstate pipelines to move natural gas beneath rivers, mountains and people's yards. Like spokes on a wheel, they'd spread from Appalachia to markets in every direction."
Source: NPR, 07/17/2017
"A Pass to Poison"
"How the state of Texas allows industrial facilities to repeatedly spew unauthorized air pollution — with few consequences"
Source: Texas Tribune, 07/17/2017
Trump Admin Reduces Royalty Rates In First U.S. Oil, Gas Lease Sale
"The Trump administration on Thursday announced its first offshore oil and gas lease sale, offering 76 million acres (30 million hectares) in the Gulf of Mexico and reduced royalty rates for shallow-water leases to encourage drilling at a time of low oil prices."
Source: Reuters, 07/17/2017
"House Committee Approves Spending Bill For Energy, Water Programs"
"The House Appropriations Committee approved a $37.6 billion annual spending bill for the Department of Energy and water infrastructure programs on Wednesday."
Source: The Hill, 07/14/2017
"Trump Administration OK’s Its First Arctic Offshore Drilling Plan"
"Making good on its promise to jump-start Arctic offshore drilling, the Trump administration gave Italian oil company Eni a quick green light on Wednesday to drill exploratory wells off the coast of Alaska."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/14/2017
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