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Trump Appointee To Head Southwest Region Is a Climate Change Doubter [1]

"When the Trump administration announced the appointment of Anne Idsal as the new regional EPA administrator, Adrian Shelley, the director of Public Citizen Texas, had just one thought: Who?"

Source: Texas Observer [2], 12/29/2017

Trump DOI Renews Mining Leases Near Minn. Wilderness, Reversing Obama [3]

"The Trump administration moved Friday to renew leases for a copper and nickel mining operation on the border of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, reversing a decision made in the final weeks of Barack Obama’s tenure in office."

Source: Washington Post [4], 12/29/2017

EPA Must Tighten Rules To Limit Children’s Exposure To Lead: Court [5]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has ignored many years of evidence of dangerous levels of lead paint in millions of Americans’ homes and must propose tighter standards within 90 days to protect children from lead exposure, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle [6], 12/29/2017

Banned From Banking Industry for Life, Pruitt Pal Finds Home at EPA [7]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has tasked a banker who was banned from the banking industry for life with oversight of the nation’s Superfund program."

Source: The Intercept [8], 12/29/2017

Trump Just Put A Stop To Offshore Drilling Safety Study [9]

"Two months after proposing to open a massive area of the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas companies for offshore drilling, the Trump administration has halted a study that aimed to make drilling platforms safer."

Source: Washington Post [10], 12/29/2017

"U.S. to Roll Back Safety Rules Created After Deepwater Horizon Spill" [11]

"The Trump administration is poised to roll back offshore drilling safety regulations that were put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and caused the worst oil spill in American history."

Source: NY Times [12], 12/29/2017

"America’s First Dark Sky Reserve Is Right Here In Idaho" [13]

"The glittering diamonds of the Milky Way over the Sawtooth National Recreation Area will be preserved for future stargazers, as the International Dark-Sky Association on Monday approved the nation’s first dark sky reserve."

Source: Idaho Statesman [14], 12/22/2017

"AP Finds Climate Change Risk For 327 Toxic Superfund Sites" [15]

"Anthony Stansbury propped his rusty bike against a live oak tree and cast his fishing line into the rushing waters of Florida’s Anclote River. When he bought a house down the street last year, Stansbury says he wasn’t told that his slice of paradise had a hidden problem."

Source: AP [16], 12/22/2017

"Greens Launch Ads Against Trump Environmental Pick" [17]

"The Sierra Club is running a Facebook advertising campaign to oppose Kathleen Hartnett White, President Trump’s nominee for a top environmental policy position."

Source: The Hill [18], 12/22/2017

"Researchers Sue EPA Over Advisory Committee Policy" [19]

"Researchers and public health groups are suing the Trump administration to stop the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) policy blocking grant recipients from serving on advisory committees.

The litigants say the policy, unveiled in October by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, violates government ethics standards, the federal law governing advisory committees and laws that created the specific committees.

Source: The Hill [20], 12/22/2017

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