"GOP Ads Target Democrats Over 'Green New Deal'"
"The Congressional Leadership Fund, a political action committee with ties to House Republicans, launched ads today against two Democrats over the 'Green New Deal.'"
Source: Greenwire, 02/12/2019
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"Border Wall: 9th Circuit Tosses Appeal From Greens, Calif."
"The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today tossed arguments that the Trump administration overstepped when the Department of Homeland Security fast-tracked barrier projects near San Diego and Calexico, Calif., and waived certain environmental laws for construction."
Source: Greenwire, 02/12/2019
"Trump’s Tariffs Sent Solar Jobs Tumbling For The Second Year In A Row"
"In 2016, the solar industry created 1 in every 50 new jobs in the United States. A year later, that number decreased for the first time in seven years as President Donald Trump’s threat to slap import fees on photovoltaic panels loomed. That decline continued for a second year in a row in 2018, new data show."
Source: HuffPost, 02/12/2019
"Top Leader at Interior Dept. Pushes a Policy Favoring His Former Client"
"David Bernhardt, the agency’s acting chief, wants to roll back endangered-species protections on a tiny fish, a change that benefits few outside a California group he once represented as a lobbyist."
Source: NY Times, 02/12/2019
Climate Helps Cause Hurricanes To Strengthen Faster In The Atlantic
"A group of top hurricane experts, including several federal researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, published striking new research Thursday suggesting that hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean have grown considerably worse, and climate change is part of the reason why."
Source: Washington Post, 02/08/2019
"Grand Canyon Superintendent Lehnertz Cleared Of All Allegations"
"Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Christine Lehnertz, who was removed from her job last fall after undisclosed allegations were made against her, has been cleared of any wrongdoing and is returning to the park."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 02/08/2019
"House Panel Passes Bill Targeting OPEC Oil Supply Cuts
"The House Judiciary Committee passed the bipartisan bill, known as the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act, or NOPEC, on a voice vote."
Source: Reuters, 02/08/2019
"Court To Reconsider Ordering EPA To Ban Pesticide"
"A federal appeals court is reconsidering its ruling last year that ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban a particular pesticide."
Source: The Hill, 02/08/2019
"Pittsburgh Water Agency To Spend $50M To Replace Lead Pipes"
"Pittsburgh’s beleaguered water authority will spend $50 million to replace lead service lines, give filters to low-income residents and take other steps to address the city’s lead crisis under a settlement approved Thursday by state utility regulators."
Source: AP, 02/08/2019
"GOP-Led Michigan House Rejects Whitmer’s Environmental Order"
"The Republican-led Michigan House voted Wednesday to reject Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s environmental order that would reshape the state environmental agency, saying the Democrat overstepped in seeking to eliminate new business-backed panels that were given a regulatory role under 2018 laws."
Source: AP, 02/08/2019
