"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Rejects Vancouver Oil Terminal"
"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has rejected a permit to build the nation’s largest oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver."
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, 01/30/2018
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"Gov. Murphy Signs Executive Order for NJ to Rejoin RGGI"
"Gov. Phil Murphy yesterday signed an executive order to have the state rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a step signaling the state is shifting to a much more aggressive stance on fighting climate change."
Source: NJ Spotlight, 01/30/2018Foxconn Wants 7 Million Gallons A Day From Lake Michigan, DNR Says
"The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says it will decide in about 90 days on a request to pump 7 million gallons a day from Lake Michigan as part of a proposed Foxconn manufacturing complex state leaders have pushed as a major job creator."
Source: Madison State Journal, 01/30/2018"Germany Says Emissions Tests On Monkeys, People Are Unjustifiable"
"The German government on Monday dismissed as unjustifiable any auto emissions testing on monkeys or people."
Source: Reuters, 01/30/2018"Trump Nominates USGS Head. It Took Him More Than A Year."
"President Trump has nominated a former astronaut to head a science agency after more than a year in office — even as his administration has touted the agency as key to helping make the United States a dominant force in exporting fuel and minerals globally."
Source: Washington Post, 01/30/2018In Reversal, EPA Deals Setback To Pebble Mine In Alaska
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced late Friday that he will not scrap the agency’s 2014 determination that a large-scale mining operation could irreparably harm Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed."
Source: Washington Post, 01/29/2018"AP Fact Check: Data Melt Trump’s Cooling, Ice Claims"
"President Donald Trump’s description of the climate on planet Earth doesn’t quite match what data show and scientists say."
Source: AP, 01/29/2018New Jersey, Virginia Take Steps Toward Joining East Coast Carbon Market
"As Trump rolls back federal climate policies, states are taking up the challenge to control greenhouse gas emissions themselves."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/29/2018"EPA: Pruitt Back On The Hill This Week"
"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt will be back on Capitol Hill this week."
Source: E&E Daily, 01/29/2018Most EPA Pollution Estimates Are Unreliable. Why Use Them?
"Emission factors used to paint a broad picture of air quality often underestimate pollution, evidence shows".
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 01/29/2018"Forests: Old Growth, New Fight: Tongass Timber Slows Wildfire Bill"
"The old-growth timber industry's fight for survival in Alaska may be complicating congressional efforts to reach a long-term solution to costly wildfires."
Source: E&E Daily, 01/29/2018Murkowski Asks Interior to Close Some Alaska Waters To Offshore Drilling
"Alaska’s Republican senator said on Thursday she will ask Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to remove certain sensitive offshore areas of Alaska from his proposed strategy to increase oil and gas drilling in federal waters."
Source: Reuters, 01/29/2018"Supplies Of Valuable Ginseng Root Dwindling"
"Ginseng is a prized root in demand for it's wide use in traditional Chinese medicine. Some of the most valuable ginseng grows wild in Appalachia, but supplies are dwindling."
Source: NPR, 01/29/2018"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"Honeybees Help Farmers, But They Don't Help The Environment"
"Honeybees are amazing and adorable, and they suffer when people spray pesticides or mow down wildflowers. We've heard plenty in recent years about collapsing bee colonies."
Source: NPR, 01/29/2018
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