"Interior Dept. (Again) Hosts People Who Want To Sell Off Public Land"
"For an administration that says it opposes pawning off federal lands, it sure is cozy with pro-land-transfer zealots."
Source: HuffPost, 02/17/2020
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"Paid by the Pipeline"
"A Canadian Energy Company Bought an Oregon Sheriff’s Unit"
Source: The Intercept, 02/17/2020"The Green Miles"
"Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time."
Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2020"Trump’s Path to Weaker Fuel Efficiency Rules May Lead to a Dead End"
"Last April, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, proclaimed at an auto show ... that he would soon roll back President Barack Obama’s stringent fuel efficiency standards. ... Nearly a year later, the rollback is nowhere near complete and may not be ready until this summer — if ever."
Source: NY Times, 02/14/2020"Earth Just Had Hottest January Since Records Began, Data Shows"
"Last month was the hottest January on record over the world’s land and ocean surfaces, with average temperatures exceeding anything in the 141 years of data held by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: Guardian, 02/14/2020"Green Group Sues Trump Over Major Environmental Rollback"
"An environmental group is trying to block one of President Trump’s most far-reaching environmental rollbacks from taking effect, arguing the administration has not provided proper access to public documents on a new rule that would limit the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)."
Source: The Hill, 02/14/2020Trump May OK Strip Mining on Tennessee’s Protected Cumberland Plateau
"The Obama administration designated 75,000 acres “unsuitable” for coal mining at the state’s behest four years ago. Now, Trump officials may be making an exception."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/14/2020"Climate: Republicans Take Heat From The 'Retro' Crowd"
"Top Republicans are taking heat from all sides after rolling out the first part of their legislative plan to reduce carbon emissions, demonstrating the kind of hiccups the GOP faces as it attempts to develop climate policy after years of silence coupled with science skepticism."
Source: E&E Daily, 02/14/2020"South Sudan Ignores Reports On Oil Pollution, Birth Defects"
"The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals including mercury, manganese, and arsenic, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press."
Source: AP, 02/14/2020"Ex-Utility Exec, Hill Aide Tapped for EPA's No. 2 Job"
"President Trump plans to nominate a former utility executive and Hill aide to serve as EPA deputy administrator, the White House announced today."
Source: Greenwire, 02/14/2020"EPA: Agency Discloses Rise In CO2, And Undercuts A Talking Point"
"U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased 3.1% between 2017 and 2018, according to figures published yesterday by EPA."
Source: ClimateWire, 02/14/2020"Ohio Wants To Put Lake Erie On A New, Strict Pollution Diet"
"Ohio wants to put Lake Erie on a new, stricter pollution diet to fight back against the toxic algae blooms that have flourished for more than a decade, environmental regulators said Thursday."
Source: AP, 02/14/2020Vast Mesoamerican Reef Declines After Years Of Improvement: Study
"The condition of the world’s second-largest coral system, the Mesoamerican Reef stretching from Mexico to Central America, has taken a turn for the worse and faces further threats from climate change, according to a report by a group of scientists."
Source: Reuters, 02/14/2020"Bill to Add 1.3 Million Acres of Wilderness Area Passes House"
"A Democratic-backed package that would set aside 1.3 million acres of public lands in California, Colorado, and Washington state as protected wilderness areas passed the House Wednesday largely along party lines."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/13/2020"Virginia Lawmakers Pass Major Renewable Energy Legislation"
"The Virginia House and Senate passed sweeping energy legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how Virginia’s utilities generate electricity and, supporters say, move the state from the back of the pack to the forefront of renewable energy policy in the United States."
Source: AP, 02/13/2020
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