"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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"Chemicals: Appropriators Target EPA Bid To Ban 3 Industrial Solvents"
"House appropriators are quietly urging the Trump administration to abandon proposed U.S. EPA regulations that would ban certain uses of three dangerous chemicals and restrict the number of hazardous waste reviews done by the Department of Health and Human Services."
Source: Greenwire, 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
"California Lawmakers Approve Landmark Extension To Climate Policy"
"California's legislature passed a package of bills that extends the state's signature plan to address climate change by a decade, sending Governor Jerry Brown a cap-and-trade plan that uses market forces to cuts greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: Reuters, 07/19/2017
"Michael Dourson Tapped To Lead U.S. EPA Chemical Program"
"Michael Dourson, President Donald J. Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency’s office that oversees commercial chemicals and pesticides, is a board-certified toxicologist with decades of experience in risk assessment. Dourson’s close ties to the chemical industry, however, have some environmental groups raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest."
Source: C&EN, 07/19/2017
Macron Thinks He Has Convinced Trump To Rejoin Paris Agreement
"Emmanuel Macron, the French president, thinks he may have convinced his American counterpart, Donald Trump, not to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change."
Source: Independent, 07/18/2017
"Greens Launch Ad Campaign To Defend EPA Budget"
"An environmental group has launched a $1 million ad buy to pressure vulnerable Republicans on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget."
Source: The Hill, 07/18/2017
Two National Monuments Survive Interior Review, Leaving 25
"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Thursday that two national monuments in Washington and Idaho are no longer being considered for removal or reduction by the Trump administration."
Source: Washington Post, 07/18/2017
"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
Trump Plans To Destroy Texas Wildlife Refuge for 1st Border Wall Segment
"If the levee wall is constructed, it will essentially destroy the refuge, a federal official told the Observer."
Source: Texas Observer, 07/18/2017
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