"EPA: Trump Budget Poses 'Unacceptable Risk' To Agency — IG" [1]
"U.S. EPA's internal watchdog has put the White House on notice that its lean budgets could hinder its efforts to root out waste and fraud."

"U.S. EPA's internal watchdog has put the White House on notice that its lean budgets could hinder its efforts to root out waste and fraud."
"The Trump administration wants to make major changes to permitting under the National Environmental Policy Act as part of its infrastructure plan, according to a draft White House document obtained by The Washington Post."
"Shortly after arriving at the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Scott Pruitt took a personal interest in and closely monitored the removal of extensive information from his agency's website that explained to the public the federal effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Power Plan, according to newly released EPA documents."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Emission factors used to paint a broad picture of air quality often underestimate pollution, evidence shows".
"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt will be back on Capitol Hill this week."
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[2] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060072255
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/infrastructure-discussion-draft-would-make-big-changes-nepa
[4] https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060072251
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pruitt-closely-monitored-scrubbing-epa-climate-websites-emails-show
[6] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29012018/scott-pruitt-epa-climate-websites-erased-emails-reveal-close-involvement-clean-power-plan
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/honeybees-help-farmers-they-dont-help-environment
[8] https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/01/27/581007165/honeybees-help-farmers-but-they-dont-help-the-environment
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[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/murkowski-asks-interior-close-some-alaska-waters-offshore-drilling
[14] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drilling-offshore-alaska/senator-asks-interior-chief-to-shield-parts-of-alaska-from-offshore-drilling-idUSKBN1FE3BB
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[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/most-epa-pollution-estimates-are-unreliable-why-use-them
[18] https://www.publicintegrity.org/2018/01/29/21492/most-epas-pollution-estimates-are-unreliable-so-why-everyone-still-using-them
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-pruitt-back-hill-week
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