Environmental Politics

"Trump’s Methane Rule Rollback Divides Oil and Gas Industry"

"Oil and gas producers might have been expected to welcome a decision to loosen regulations affecting their business. But their reaction to the Trump administration’s move to roll back methane-emissions rules revealed at least tactical divisions on climate policy."

Source: NY Times, 08/30/2019

As Amazon Burns, Environmental Officials Revolt Against Bolsonaro

"Hundreds of government workers on the front lines of enforcing Brazil’s environmental laws signed an open letter warning that their work has been hampered by President Jair Bolsonaro, contributing to a rise in deforestation and the fires sweeping through the Amazon."

Source: NY Times, 08/29/2019

"E.P.A. to Roll Back Regulations on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas"

"The Trump administration is set to announce on Thursday that it intends to sharply curtail the regulation of methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change, according to an industry official with knowledge of the plan."

Source: NY Times, 08/29/2019

"Trump Pushes To Allow New Logging In Alaska’s Tongass National Forest"

"President Trump has instructed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to exempt Alaska’s 16.7-million-acre Tongass National Forest from logging restrictions imposed nearly 20 years ago, according to three people briefed on the issue, after privately discussing the matter with the state’s governor aboard Air Force One."

Source: Washington Post, 08/28/2019

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