Environmental Politics

"Interior: BLM Chief's Financial Ties To Law Group Run Deep"

"The Bureau of Land Management's top official recused himself last month from decisionmaking tied to nearly five dozen organizations and individuals — including a two-year ban on clients represented by his former law firm — but newly disclosed documents show his financial ties to some of those interests will last a lifetime."

Source: Greenwire, 10/17/2019

"White House Nears Infrastructure Permitting Changes"

"The White House has begun reviewing a plan to change the way it issues environmental permits for infrastructure projects. If the proposal is finalized, it could speed up National Environmental Policy Act reviews for roads, bridges, ports, pipelines, power lines, Internet trunks, and water systems."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/16/2019

"EPA Bypassed Its West Coast Team as a Feud With California Escalated"

"When the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Andrew Wheeler, accused California of allowing “piles of human feces” on city streets to contaminate sewer systems, leaders of the agency’s West Coast region hastily convened an all-hands meeting of the San Francisco staff."

Source: NY Times, 10/16/2019

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