Environmental Politics

9th U.S. Circuit Holds Fate Of Organ Pipe Cactus Natl Monument Setting

"How the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules on the Trump administration's bid to build a towering wall across the southern border of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona could wash out the Milky Way for visitors, block wildlife movements, and turn the borderline into something of an industrial construction zone, according to the local Sierra Club representative."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 07/03/2019

Climate Deniers Saw Carmakers as ‘Opposition’ in Trump Rollback Fight

"In the early months of the Trump administration, automakers pleaded for — and appeared set to receive — some relief from fuel economy standards that they said were too difficult to meet. But newly released government emails show how a coalition of groups that reject established climate science quickly muscled into the picture, urging the administration to go much further and roll back the rules entirely and characterizing the automakers as their opponents in achieving that goal."

Source: NY Times, 07/03/2019

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