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Bureau Of Indian Affairs Director Resigns After Just 6 Months On The Job [1]

"Bryan Rice has resigned just six months after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appointed him to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs, multiple sources familiar with the situation told HuffPost."

Source: HuffPost [2], 05/01/2018

Cities v. Fossil Fuels: Exxon’s Allies Want the Accusers Investigated [3]

"The SEC is being asked to investigate if the cities suing over climate change should have told bond investors more about climate risks. The cities are pushing back. "

Source: InsideClimate News [4], 05/01/2018

"Pipeline Resistance Stews In La. Cypress Swamps" [5]

"TCHAFALAYA BASIN, La. — It takes less than a minute to plow down a cypress tree that's been standing in this swamp for decades or longer."

Source: EnergyWire [6], 05/01/2018

"Feathers Ruffled Over Oil Development in Sage Grouse Habitat" [7]

"Conservation groups filed two nearly identical lawsuits in federal courts in Idaho and Montana on Monday against Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Plaintiffs in the Idaho lawsuit include the Western Watersheds Project and the Center for Biological Diversity."

Source: Courthouse News [8], 05/01/2018

Flint Mayor Asks EPA To Re-Start Water Meetings Cancelled By State [9]

"FLINT, MI -- Mayor Karen Weaver is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene and require that the state re-start meetings of a Flint water advisory group appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder."

Source: Flint Journal [10], 05/01/2018

Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant; It's Headed To The Arctic [11]

A massive floating nuclear power plant is now making its way toward its final destination at an Arctic port, after Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom launched the controversial craft over the weekend. It's the first nuclear power plant of its kind, Russian officials say.

Source: NPR [12], 05/01/2018

"U.S. Top Court Rejects Constitution Pipeline Over New York Permit" [13]

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt another setback to a proposed natural gas pipeline running from Pennsylvania to New York, rejecting Constitution Pipeline Co’s bid to challenge New York state’s refusal to issue a needed water permit for the project."

Source: Reuters [14], 05/01/2018

EPA Grants Biofuels Waiver To Billionaire Icahn's Oil Refinery: Sources [15]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a financial hardship waiver to an oil refinery owned by billionaire Carl Icahn, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, exempting the Oklahoma facility from requirements under a federal biofuels law, according to two industry sources briefed on the matter."

Source: Reuters [16], 05/01/2018

DEADLINE: Media Study Tour on Germany’s Coal [17]

Clean Energy Wire invites journalists to apply for a three-day, expenses-paid media study tour (June 17-20, 2018) to Germany's industrial heartland of North Rhine-Westphalia. The tour will visit the last two remaining hard coal mines that will shut down this year and learn about post-coal business projects. Apply by May 5.

As Climate Zaps Their Snow, Winter Sports Fans Seek To Change Congress [18]

"A world-class snowboarder, former Navy SEAL Josh Jespersen served for four years in Afghanistan and Iraq. Last year, he set a single-winter record by climbing and boarding down all 54 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks."

Source: McClatchy [19], 04/30/2018

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