"Trump Admin Violated Law In Delaying Royalties Rule — Court"
"The Trump administration violated the law when it tried to delay a fossil fuel regulation that had already taken effect, a federal court ruled yesterday."
Source: Greenwire, 09/04/2017
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Texas GOPers Helped Arkema Lobby Against Safety Rules
"The French company that says its Houston-area chemical plant is spewing "noxious" smoke — and may explode — successfully pressed federal regulators to delay new regulations designed to improve safety procedures at chemical plants, according to federal records reviewed by International Business Times."
Source: International Business Times, 09/04/2017
"Trump Names Climate Science Denier To Run NASA"
"In a Friday night news dump, the White House announced that President Donald Trump Plans to nominate Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), a climate science denier to be administrator of NASA."
Source: Think Progress, 09/04/2017
"Trump Nominates Former Coal Exec To Run MSHA"
"President Donald Trump on Saturday indicated he has chosen as the nation’s top mine safety official the former chief executive of Rhino Resources, a coal company that repeatedly clashed with federal regulators when the Obama administration Labor Department tried to step up industry-wide enforcement in the wake of the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in a generation."
Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail, 09/04/2017
"AP Exclusive: Toxic Waste Sites Flooded, EPA Not On Scene"
"HIGHLANDS, Texas -- Floodwaters have inundated at least seven highly contaminated toxic waste sites near Houston, raising concerns that the pollution there might spread."
Source: AP, 09/04/2017
"Energy Department Official Who Sent Disparaging Tweets Resigns"
"William Bradford, a Trump appointee who sent racist and anti-Semitic tweets before being chosen to lead the Energy Department’s Office of Indian Energy, resigned from his position on Thursday."
Source: Washington Post, 09/01/2017
Chemical Plant Explosion Revives Fight Over Shelved Safety Regulations
"Police and firefighters responding to an explosion at a flooded Arkema chemical plant in Texas would have known more about the facility’s risks under an updated chemical safety rule shelved by the Trump administration, critics contend."
Source: BNA, 09/01/2017
"EPA: Pruitt Bristles At Attempts To Link Harvey To Climate Change"
"Top U.S. EPA officials are calling efforts to link Hurricane Harvey and climate change 'misplaced' and politically motivated."
Source: Greenwire, 09/01/2017
"Trump Could Seek Billions In Harvey Recovery Aid Next Week"
"President Trump could request a package of emergency funding to deal with the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey as soon as next week, a senior administration official said, reshuffling the political agenda as the White House scrambles to deal with devastation left by the storm."
Source: Washington Post, 09/01/2017
"Agency Misspent $32 Million, But Interior Has Held No One To Account"
"Investigators have confirmed that a federal water agency misspent $32 million in funds meant to protect fish and wildlife in the Klamath basin of California and Oregon, a finding that Obama-era officials attempted to sideline after whistleblowers first alerted them to it."
Source: McClatchy, 08/31/2017
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