Environmental Politics

Trump Downplays Risk, Places Pence In Charge Of Coronavirus Response

"President Trump announced Wednesday that Vice President Pence will lead the administration’s response to the deadly coronavirus in an attempt to reassure the public amid growing concerns of a global health crisis and criticism that the United States has been slow to respond to the fast-moving outbreak."

Source: Washington Post, 02/27/2020

'Stand Down': Bernhardt Blocks Aerial Mountain Goat Cull At Grand Teton

"The U.S. Secretary of the Interior directly intervened in an aerial goat cull underway in the Tetons last Friday, ordering Grand Teton National Park Acting Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail to “stand down.”

Source: Jackson Hole Daily, 02/26/2020

"After Trump Mocks a Sea Wall in New York, Plan Is Abruptly Shelved"

"The Trump administration has unexpectedly halted a project to protect the New York City region from flooding during dangerous storms like Hurricane Sandy — a decision that came six weeks after President Trump took to Twitter to ridicule the study’s most expensive proposal, a giant sea wall that could have cost billions of dollars."

Source: NY Times, 02/26/2020

Passionate Public Comments Slam Trump NEPA Rule Rollback Proposal

"It cost $1,000 for Patricia Qasimah Boston to fly from Tallahassee to Washington and stay in a hotel. She traveled 800 miles for a three-minute appearance at a public hearing held Tuesday by the Council on Environmental Quality, a White House agency that recently proposed to weaken the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act."

Source: Washington Post, 02/26/2020

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