"Agency Ruling Delivers Big Setback To Okefenokee Mining Plan"
"A federal agency has delivered a big setback to a company’s controversial plan to mine near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge."
Source: AP, 06/07/2022
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"Undoing Trump, EPA To Empower States And Tribes To Oppose Pipelines"
"The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday it would seek to return authority to states to oppose gas pipelines, coal terminals and other projects that pose a threat to lakes, rivers and streams — reversing a major Trump administration rule."
Source: Washington Post, 06/03/2022
"Trump EPA Head Pushed Agents To Speed, Run Sirens"
"Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt prodded his security agents to drive recklessly and turn on emergency lights and sirens to maneuver around traffic in the nation’s capital."
Source: E&E News, 06/01/2022
"Judge Orders US To Decide If Wolverines Need Protection"
"A federal judge has given U.S. wildlife officials 18 months to decide if wolverines should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, following years of dispute over how much risk climate change and other threats pose to the rare and elusive predators."
Source: AP, 05/30/2022
"Bernhardt And Zinke Inquiries Highlight Limits Of IG Reach"
"In a report issued last week concerning former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, and in an earlier report concerning his predecessor, Ryan Zinke, Interior’s Office of Inspector General investigators said they were unable to secure testimony from either man."
Source: E&E News, 05/24/2022
"Ryan Zinke Makes His 'Energy Dominance' Pitch To Montanans"
"Ryan Zinke, who led the Interior Department under Donald Trump before resigning under a cloud of ethics investigations, has a good shot at winning Montana's new House seat."
Source: Washington Post, 05/23/2022
21 Democratic AGs File Motion To Intervene In Calif. Emissions Lawsuit
"Democratic attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit from Republican attorneys general against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over California’s vehicle emissions standards."
Source: The Hill, 05/20/2022
"Pro-Trump Counties Continue To Suffer Far Higher Covid Death Tolls"
"Even with widely available vaccines and newly effective treatments, residents of counties that went heavily for Donald Trump in the last presidential election are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than those that live in areas that went for President Biden. That's according to a newly-updated analysis from NPR, examining how partisanship and misinformation are shaping the pandemic."
Source: NPR, 05/20/2022
Trump Nominees Still Control Key Mine Safety Agency in Biden’s 2nd Year
"The power struggle inside a federal commission shows the real-world consequences of the Senate’s confirmation bottleneck."
"Sixteen months into the Biden presidency, Republicans still effectively control a federal agency that oversees mine safety, frustrating miner advocates who say the Trump nominees will continue to hand down decisions friendly to mine operators.
Source: HuffPost, 05/20/2022
Pennsylvania Senate Candidates Support Fracking, Barely Mention Climate
"The Republican candidates in Tuesday’s primary support more drilling and “energy independence,” while the Democrats “straddle” a line between support for fracking and concern about climate."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/17/2022
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