"Senate Confirms Trump Pick For Energy Commission Seat"
"The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm James Danly as a commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)."
Source: The Hill, 03/13/2020
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"Federal Judge Rules California-Quebec Cap-And-Trade Agreement Is Valid"
"California’s agreement with Quebec to share cap-and-trade markets to reduce greenhouse gases, which was challenged by the Trump administration in its campaign against efforts to combat global warming, survived its first federal court test Thursday."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 03/13/2020
"Alaska Judge Stalls Logging In Tongass National Forest"
"A U.S. District Court judge in Alaska ruled against the Trump administration late Wednesday, sidelining its plans to open logging in part of the state’s Tongass National Forest."
Source: The Hill, 03/13/2020
"Revealed: Monsanto’s Secret Funding For Weedkiller Studies"
"Monsanto secretly funded academic studies indicating “very severe impacts” on farming and the environment if its controversial glyphosate weedkiller were banned, an investigation has found."
Source: Guardian, 03/13/2020
"How Testing Failures Allowed Coronavirus To Sweep The U.S."
"The Trump administration’s decision to forgo a World Health Organization test and create its own had fateful consequences, experts say."
Source: Politico, 03/13/2020
"Mild Winter Spurs Bears To Emerge From Hibernation Earlier"
"An unusually warm winter has caused bears to stir early from hibernation in several countries, raising concerns of an increased number of conflicts with humans."
Source: Guardian, 03/12/2020
Parts of Hanford Nuclear Cleanup Could Be Shelved For 10 Years
"Richland, WA -- The Department of Energy appears to be backpedaling on moving highly radioactive capsules to safer storage at Hanford anytime soon."
Source: Tri-City Herald, 03/12/2020
Minn.: "Supreme Court Upholds Winona County’s Silica Sand Mining Ban"
"The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Winona County’s ban on the mining and processing of silica sand, which is used in the oil and gas industry for hydraulic fracturing."
Source: AP, 03/12/2020
"Polar Ice Caps Melting Six Times Faster Than In 1990S"
"The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than in the 1990s, according to the most complete analysis to date."
Source: Guardian, 03/12/2020
Watchdog Probes Why Forest Service Gave Grant To Alaska For Tongass Work
"The federal Office of the Inspector General is opening an investigation into how the U.S. Forest Service granted millions of dollars to the State of Alaska to work on a Roadless Rule decision in the Tongass National Forest."
Source: KTOO, 03/12/2020
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