Environmental Politics

"A Science Denier at the Natural History Museum? Scientists Rebel"

"Rebekah Mercer, a supporter of President Trump and an influential donor to conservative causes — including groups that deny climate science — is under renewed pressure to step down from the board of New York City’s most prominent science museum, the American Museum of Natural History."

Source: NY Times, 01/29/2018

Most Western Voters Oppose Trump All-Energy Public Lands Agenda: Poll

"New bipartisan polling finds widespread disapproval among Western voters of the Trump administration’s public land policies, including recent reductions to two Utah national monuments and the expansion of lands being made available for energy extraction."

Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 01/26/2018

Trump USFS Downgrades Review Of Obama Mining Ban Near Minn. Wilderness

"The Trump administration will curtail a detailed review of how cordoning off 230,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in Minnesota from mining development will affect a neighboring wilderness area, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."

Source: Washington Post, 01/26/2018

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