"Washington Carbon Tax Bill Clears Key Fiscal Committee"
"A measure to tax carbon emissions from fossil fuels to fight climate change has cleared a key fiscal committee in Washington state."
Source: AP, 02/26/2018
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Minnesota Nixes Tribal Request That Could Delay Enbridge Pipeline Project
"Minnesota's Ojibwe bands asked utility regulators to wait for cultural survey."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 02/26/2018What Land Will Be Underwater in 20 Years? Knowing Could Be Lucrative
"In Charleston, S.C., where the ports have been expanding to accommodate larger ships sailing through the newly widened Panama Canal, a real-estate developer named Xebec Realty recently went looking for land to build new warehouses and logistics centers."
Source: NY Times, 02/26/2018Koch Document Reveals Victories Extracted from Trump Administration
"In the backdrop of a chaotic first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, the conservative Koch brothers have won victory after victory in their bid to reshape American government to their interests."
Source: The Intercept, 02/26/2018"Court: Trump Admin Must Enforce Obama Methane Leak Rule"
"The Trump administration must start enforcing an Obama administration rule limiting methane leaks from oil and natural gas drilling on federal land, a court ruled."
Source: The Hill, 02/23/2018"Groups Sue EPA Over Lack Of Records"
"A pair of environmental groups representing public employees sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, claiming officials failed to adequately take and maintain public records in violation of federal law."
Source: The Hill, 02/23/2018New Maps Show The Utterly Massive Imprint Of Fishing On World’s Oceans
"Humans are now fishing at least 55 percent of the world’s oceans — an area four times larger than the area occupied by humanity’s onshore agriculture. That startling statistic is among the findings of a unique, high-tech collaboration that is providing a massive amount of new data about global fishing operations."
Source: Washington Post, 02/23/2018In 46 States, People Of Color Deal With More Air Pollution Than Whites
"People of color face more air pollution than white people, and black people bear the biggest environmental burden of any group, according to a new study by EPA scientists."
Source: BuzzFeed News, 02/23/2018"EPA: Mum's the Word On High-Level 'War On Lead' Summit"
"With fanfare, U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt convened top officials from across the government last week to discuss a coordinated federal effort to combat lead poisoning. What did they do? Hard to say."
Source: Greenwire, 02/23/2018Fossils Found At Bears Ears — Right Where Trump Removed Protections
"One of the world's richest troves of Triassic-period fossils has been discovered in an area of Bears Ears National Monument that just lost its protected status, scientists announced Thursday. President Trump signed a proclamation in December that shrank the national monument by 85 percent."
Source: Washington Post, 02/23/2018"Watchdog Seeks Probe Into Zinke Gun-Club Outing"
"A government watchdog group asked the Federal Election Commission on Thursday to investigate Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's appearance at Virgin Islands Fundraiser, and it plans to request that Interior's Inspector General probe what it contends is his 'pattern of violations' of ethics regulations."
Source: Politico, 02/23/2018"Sea Level Rise Threatens to Wipe Out West Coast Wetlands"
"Unless people intervene, U.S. Pacific Coast marshes could vanish as the ocean rises, eliminating wildlife habitat, storm surge protection and carbon storage."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/23/2018Inside Trump Admin's Fight to Keep Keystone XL Approval Process Secret
"At a February 21 hearing, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that the Trump administration must either fork over documents showing how the U.S. Department of State reversed an earlier decision and ultimately came to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, or else provide a substantial legal reason for continuing to withhold them."
Source: DeSmog, 02/23/2018Could Trump Admin Really Sell An Airport To The Highest Bidder?
"The proposal raised eyebrows around the Washington region: What if the government sold Reagan National and Dulles International airports and used the proceeds to fund other needs?"
Source: Washington Post, 02/23/2018University Pulls Back on Pollution Study That Supported Its Benefactor
"The president of a Tennessee state university, under fire for an academic study on truck emissions that was paid for by a local trucking company, has asked federal officials to disregard the study, at least for now, in its review of pollution regulations that could benefit the company."
Source: NY Times, 02/22/2018
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