"Court Order Delays Construction at ConocoPhillips' Alaska Project"
"A weekend court ruling has temporarily blocked winter construction at a huge ConocoPhillips oil project on Alaska’s North Slope."
Source: Reuters, 02/08/2021
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"China Brings Back Climate Envoy With Record of Deals With U.S."
"China’s re-appointment of veteran climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua -- a key architect of the Paris Agreement and the country’s plan to end carbon emissions by 2060 -- signaled that Beijing is looking to engage the Biden administration on the issue."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/05/2021
"Biden Admin Delays Trump Rule Slashing Migratory Bird Protections"
"The Biden administration on Thursday delayed the implementation of a Trump-era rule that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds."
Source: HuffPost, 02/05/2021
"Justice Department Tosses Trump-Era Environmental Directives"
"The Justice Department has withdrawn a series of Trump-era policies that constrain the agency’s environmental enforcement tools."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/05/2021
"Judge Orders US Officials To Weigh Coal Mine’s Climate Costs"
"A judge says U.S officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border, in a case that could test how far the Biden administration is willing to go to unwind its predecessors’ decisions."
Source: AP, 02/05/2021
Biden Admin To Restart Permitting For Major Offshore Wind Project
"The Biden administration said on Wednesday it would restart permitting for the first major U.S. offshore wind farm, reversing a Trump administration decision that canceled the process late last year."
Source: Reuters, 02/04/2021
"Trump’s Last Minute Flubs Gift Biden Time to Rewrite Regulations"
"Skeptical courts are giving President Joe Biden a window to reopen last-minute rules that the Trump administration tried to rush out to beat a regulatory freeze."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/04/2021
"Biden Orders Sweeping Review Of Government Science Integrity Policies"
"President Joe Biden today [Jan. 27] created a task force that will conduct a 120-day review of scientific integrity policies across the U.S. government, including documenting instances in which “improper political interference” interfered with research or led to the suppression or distortion of data."
Source: Science, 02/03/2021
Toyota, Fiat Chrysler Quit Trump Effort To Bar Calif. Emissions Rules
"Toyota Motor Corp, Fiat Chrysler and other major automakers said on Tuesday they were joining General Motors in abandoning support for former President Donald Trump’s effort to bar California from setting its own zero emission vehicle rules."
Source: Reuters, 02/03/2021
Fish & Wildlife Service Defends Removing Gray Wolf From Endangered List
"The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in a letter to environmental groups signaled it may not put the gray wolf back on the endangered species list after it was removed under the Trump administration."
Source: The Hill, 02/03/2021
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