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"In Push To Cut Permits, U.S. Must Still Protect Water Quality: CEO" [1]

"The CEO of America’s largest water utility warned that a federal push to streamline permits for infrastructure projects could stymie stronger water quality standards."

Source: Reuters [2], 02/01/2018

FEMA Says It Will Keep Providing Water, Other Essentials In Puerto Rico [3]

"The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Wednesday it would continue providing water, meals and other essentials to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico despite earlier reports its humanitarian mission in the U.S. territory would end on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters [4], 02/01/2018

Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Were Fast. It Could Get Messy in Court. [5]

"As the head of the federal agency controlling billions of acres of public lands and waters, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has spent the past year making bold policy proclamations to advance President Trump’s energy agenda .... But legal experts say many of the moves were made without fully considering the laws and procedures governing changes like these, making them vulnerable to legal challenges that could delay or block them."

Source: NY Times [6], 02/01/2018

"E.P.A. Blocks Obama-Era Clean Water Rule" [7]

"The Trump administration has formally suspended a major Obama-era clean water regulation ahead of plans to issue its own version of the rule later this year."

Source: NY Times [8], 02/01/2018

"White House Seeks 72 Percent Cut To Clean Energy Research" [9]

"The Trump administration is poised to ask Congress for deep budget cuts to the Energy Department’s renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, slashing them by 72 percent overall in fiscal 2019, according to draft budget documents obtained by The Washington Post."

Source: Washington Post [10], 02/01/2018

C.D.C. Director Fitzgerald Resigns Over Tobacco and Other Investments [11]

"The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned on Wednesday, in the middle of the nation’s worst flu epidemic in nearly a decade, because of her troubling financial investments in tobacco and health care companies that posed potential conflicts of interest."

Source: NY Times [12], 02/01/2018

North American Congress for Conservation Biology [13]

This biennial conference, hosted by the Society for Conservation Biology North America, takes place this year in Denver, Colo. The theme is Crossing Boundaries: Innovative Approaches to Conservation. Travel fellowships for journalists are available from COMPASS; Mar 16 deadline.

"Lawsuit Tries To Block Roundup Of Nearly 10,000 Wild Mustangs" [14]

"Animal rights activists are suing to block what they say is an unprecedented federal plan to capture thousands of wild horses over 10 years in Nevada without the legally required environmental reviews intended to protect the mustangs and U.S. rangeland."

Source: AP [15], 01/31/2018

"Hong Kong Drowning In Waste As China Rubbish Ban Takes Toll" [16]

"Hong Kong boasts glittering skyscrapers, seamless transportation and billion dollar infrastructure projects, but it is struggling with a much more mundane problem: disposing of its trash."

Source: Reuters [17], 01/31/2018

Why Low Snowfall In Rockies Is Concerning For Western Water Managers [18]

"Record-low snowfall in some parts of the Rocky Mountains this winter isn't just bad for the ski industry. It's also a real problem for water managers throughout the western United States."

Source: NPR [19], 01/31/2018

North American Congress for Conservation Biology [13]

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