"Trump’s Former Chemical Safety Nominee Leaving EPA"
"President Trump’s former nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) chemical safety office is leaving his job at the agency."
Source: The Hill, 01/24/2018
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"Scientists Sue EPA Over Its Policy On Advisory Boards"
"A group of scientists is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for blocking scientists who receive agency funding from serving on the EPA's advisory boards."
Source: The Hill, 01/24/2018
DHS Waives More Than 30 Environmental Laws To Speed Trump's Border Wall
"The Trump administration is waiving more than 30 environmental rules to accelerate the construction of President Trump's proposed border wall in New Mexico, forcing environmental groups to consider another round of lawsuits."
Source: Washington Examiner, 01/23/2018
Clean Water Rule: Supreme Court Ruling Complicates Next Steps on WOTUS
In its 9-0 unanimous opinion today [Monday], the Supreme Court found that while it may not be the most efficient use of judicial resources, there was no question in the law about where challenges to the Clean Water Rule belong."
Source: E&E News PM, 01/23/2018
"Trump's 30% Tariff On Imported Solar Panels May Cost Jobs"
"The Trump administration slapped a 30% tax on imported solar panels Monday in a move that critics say could slow down a fast-growing industry and kill tens of thousands of domestic manufacturing jobs."
Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun, 01/23/2018
"Trump Faces Pivotal Decision On Tariffs"
"President Trump is days away from deciding whether to impose trade tariffs or quotas on imported solar panels."
Source: The Hill, 01/22/2018
"Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles In Most States - Data"
"President Donald Trump’s effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew modestly, according to preliminary government data obtained by Reuters."
Source: Reuters, 01/22/2018
"Drilling Off Florida Is Still on the Table, Interior Official Says"
"In a surprise statement undercutting Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s announcement last week that he would exempt Florida from President Trump’s offshore drilling plan, a senior Interior Department official said Friday that Florida’s coastal waters had not been excluded after all."
Source: NY Times, 01/22/2018
"EPA Official: Government Must Plan For Climate Change"
"WASHINGTON — A top manager who supervises the Environmental Protection Agency program responsible for cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated properties and waterways told Congress on Thursday that the government needs to plan for the ongoing threat posed to Superfund sites from climate change."
Source: AP, 01/22/2018
Frustrated Governors Still Waiting For Drilling Meeting With Trump DOI
"Governors of states along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts desperately want the Trump administration to whisper the same magic words to them that it whispered to Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), who learned from Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke that the Sunshine State was being dropped from the president’s proposal to open 90 percent of the outer continental shelf to oil drilling."
Source: Washington Post, 01/22/2018
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