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On Capitol Hill, EPA Chief Gets An Earful About Trump’s Budget Plan [1]

"Another trip to Capitol Hill for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, another reminder that lawmakers from both parties have no intention of approving the deep cuts President Trump is seeking at the agency."

Source: Washington Post [2], 06/28/2017

"Key Federal Agencies Clear Way For Proposed Delta Tunnel Project" [3]

"The Trump administration took a big step Monday toward clearing the way for construction of two giant tunnels that would siphon water from the Sacramento River and send it south to farms and cities."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle [4], 06/28/2017

"Appropriations: House Bill Would Slash Key DOE Programs" [5]

"Department of Energy research and renewable energy programs would see a major funding reduction under the fiscal 2018 House energy-water appropriations bill released today, while the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) would be eliminated entirely."

Source: Greenwire [6], 06/28/2017

"Trump’s Anti-NAFTA Stance Is on a Collision Course with Natural Gas" [7]

President Trump's efforts to upend the trade treaty known as NAFTA could jeopardize the U.S.-Mexico trade in natural gas -- on which the U.S. energy industry depends.

Source: NY Times [8], 06/28/2017

"Watchdog Group Sues EPA To Access Communications With Icahn" [9]

"A U.S. watchdog group filed a lawsuit in a federal court on Tuesday to force the Environmental Protection Agency to release communications with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who it says tried to influence biofuels policy for personal gain."

Source: Reuters [10], 06/28/2017

"Carbon in Atmosphere Is Rising, Even as Emissions Stabilize" [11]

"CAPE GRIM, Tasmania — On the best days, the wind howling across this rugged promontory has not touched land for thousands of miles, and the arriving air seems as if it should be the cleanest in the world. But on a cliff above the sea, inside a low-slung government building, a bank of sophisticated machines sniffs that air day and night, revealing telltale indicators of the way human activity is altering the planet on a major scale."

Source: NY Times [12], 06/28/2017

"Security: Nuclear Breach Opens New Chapter In Cyber Struggle" [13]

"U.S. authorities are investigating a cyber intrusion affecting multiple nuclear power generation sites this year, E&E News has learned. There is no evidence that the nuclear energy industry's highly regulated safety systems were compromised. But any cybersecurity breach — targeted or not — at closely guarded U.S. nuclear reactors marks an escalation of hackers' probes into U.S. critical infrastructure."

Source: EnergyWire [14], 06/28/2017

"EPA Chief Met With Dow CEO Before Deciding On Pesticide Ban" [15]

"The Trump administration's top environmental official met privately with the chief executive of Dow Chemical shortly before reversing his agency's push to ban a widely used pesticide after health studies showed it can harm children's brains, according to records obtained by The Associated Press."

Source: AP [16], 06/28/2017

"E.P.A. Moves to Rescind Contested Water Pollution Regulation" [17]

"The Trump administration on Tuesday took a major legal step toward repealing a bitterly contested Obama-era regulation designed to limit pollution in about 60 percent of the nation’s bodies of water."

Source: NY Times [18], 06/28/2017

Opening Pruitt’s Calendar and Saving EPA Climate Info; plus, DAPL FOIA Denied and Hoopla over Senate Hallway Interviews [19]

Unlike his predecessors, new EPA head Scott Pruitt isn't publishing his calendar. Pushback from enviros, plus, EPA's scrubbed climate info starts reappearing on city websites around the country. That and news on a Dakota Access Pipeline FOIA and on reporters fighting for Capitol Hill access in this month's WatchDog.

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