"Port Cancels Coal Transfer Facility at Fraser Surrey Docks"
"A contentious coal facility planned at Fraser Surrey Docks has been scuttled by the Port of Vancouver."
Source: The Tyee, 02/04/2019
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Canadian Firm Scraps Plan To Mine Former Utah Monument Land
"A Canadian mining company has ditched its plans to extract copper, cobalt and other minerals from approximately 200 acres of land that the Trump administration carved out of the boundary protecting Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument."
Source: HuffPost, 02/04/2019
Governors To Trump: Don't Meddle In State Clean Water Permit Reviews
"The Western Governors' Association is asking President Trump not to impede states' abilities to veto Clean Water Act permits."
Source: Greenwire, 02/04/2019
"EPA: Wheeler's Ex-Firm Lobbied Agency On Efforts He Oversees"
"A former colleague of acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler repeatedly met with top EPA officials about toxic waste sites and regulations that Wheeler now controls, newly released emails show."
Source: E&E News PM, 02/04/2019
"The Rosewood Trade: An Illicit Trail from Forest to Furniture"
"The most widely traded illegal wild product in the world today is rosewood, an endangered hardwood prized for its use in traditional Chinese furniture. An e360 investigation follows the trail of destruction and corruption from the forests of Madagascar to furniture showrooms in China."
Source: YaleE360, 02/01/2019
Senate Lines Up Major National Parks, Federal Lands Bill For Vote
"The Senate on Thursday lined up a major federal lands bill for a potential vote next week."
Source: The Hill, 02/01/2019
"US Oil Lease Near Sacred Park Pushes Forward"
"U.S. land managers will move forward in March with the sale of oil and gas leases that include land near Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico and other areas sacred to Native American tribes."
Source: AP, 02/01/2019
"Six U.S. States Sue Trump's EPA Over Interstate Smog Pollution Rule"
"Six Northeastern U.S. states and New York City have sued the Trump administration over its refusal to toughen smog restrictions in industrial states that blow pollution across their borders, officials said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 02/01/2019
Interior IG: ‘No Evidence’ Monument Rollback Aimed At Helping Utah GOPer
"The lands President Donald Trump carved from Grand Staircase-Escalante included a 40-acre parcel owned by his ally and former Utah state Rep. Mike Noel."
Source: HuffPost, 02/01/2019
Feds Disclose US Already Shipped Plutonium To Nevada Without State OK
"Federal officials have disclosed that they shipped radioactive plutonium to Nevada in spite of the state’s vehement opposition to the idea and concerns that doing so would be a slippery slope to opening the state up to further nuclear waste dumping."
Source: Nevada Independent, 02/01/2019
