"Feds Look Again At Reintroducing Grizzly Bears To North Cascades"
"The on-again, off-again effort to return grizzly bears to North Cascades National Park is back on."
Source: Seattle Times, 07/26/2019
Laws & Regulations
Fearing Oil Spills, Tribe Sues to Get Pipeline Removed from Its Land
"Driven by fears of rapid erosion that threatens to expose a crude oil pipeline to rushing water, a Native American tribe is suing pipeline giant Enbridge to force it to remove an aging pipeline whose easement through the reservation has expired."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/26/2019
Carmakers, Rejecting Trump Pollution Rule, Strike Deal With California
"Four of the world’s largest automakers have struck a deal with California to reduce automobile emissions, siding with the state in its fight with President Trump over one of his most consequential regulatory rollbacks."
Source: NY Times, 07/26/2019
"Inquiries at EPA's Science Integrity Office Spike Under Trump"
"Inquiries to the Environmental Protection Agency office that protects science have spiked during the Trump administration amid widespread reports that political appointees have interfered with the work of career employees."
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"Bipartisan Senators Fight 'Political Considerations' In New EPA FOIA Rule"
"A bipartisan group of senators is pushing back against the new public records policy at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying it may violate the law by giving political appointees the power to hold back requested information.
“The rule purports to make numerous changes to the EPA’s FOIA process that appear to run contrary to the letter and spirit of FOIA, thus undermining the American people’s right to access information from the EPA,” the senators wrote in a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, referring to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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"Scientific Integrity Policies Now Dead Letters"
"Washington, DC — The odds of scientists successfully correcting breaches in scientific integrity are slim to none, according to an analysis by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Very few scientists report research misconduct under official agency scientific integrity policies and almost none of those complaints are investigated, and even fewer sustained."
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"Autopsy On Act Of Scientific Suppression"
"Washington, DC — A controversial decision to pull the plug on a federal study of the socio-economic impacts of coal strip mining has no identified author, according to documents obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Nor were the reasons behind the action pinpointed, as key documents are still being withheld as “deliberative.”"
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"Green Groups Sue EPA Over 'Sweeping Overhaul' Of Public Records Policy"
"Two separate environmental lawsuits were filed Wednesday challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) changes to its public records policy."
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"Car Rules: Trump Admin Failed To Consult States About Rollback — AGs"
"The Trump administration failed to consult dozens of state officials about the rollback of Obama-era clean car rules, according to a new letter from 12 Democratic attorneys general."
Source: E&E News PM, 07/25/2019
Senators Unveil Carbon Tax Bill To Generate $2.5 Trillion In 10 Years
"Two Democratic U.S. senators will unveil a bill on Thursday to curb climate change by slapping a fee on oil, natural gas and coal and delivering most of the revenues to low- and middle-income Americans, one of the lawmakers said."
Source: Reuters, 07/25/2019
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