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New Emails Show How President Trump Roiled NOAA During Hurricane Dorian

"A trove of documents released on Friday evening provides the clearest glimpse yet into how President Trump’s inaccurate statements, altered forecast map and tweets regarding Hurricane Dorian’s forecast path rattled top officials along with rank and file scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in September."

Source: Washington Post, 02/03/2020

"Lawsuit: EPA Has Dragged Feet On Oil Spill Dispersant Rules"

"Environmental groups and women from Alaska and Louisiana are asking a federal court to make the Environmental Protection Agency set new rules for use of oil spill dispersants, citing worries about the chemicals’ health and environmental effects."

Source: AP, 01/31/2020

"Accidental Bird Kills by Industry Legal Under Interior Plan"

"The Interior Department plans to cement into regulation its 2017 opinion that the accidental killing of migratory birds isn’t a criminal act—a reversal of prior federal policy that prosecuted unintentional bird killings as a misdemeanor, Interior officials said Thursday."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/31/2020

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