"Heitkamp Tops Trump’s List For Agriculture Secretary"
"Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has emerged as President-elect Donald Trump's leading choice for agriculture secretary, sources close to the transition tell POLITICO."
Source: Politico, 12/12/2016
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"Ghost Forests: How Rising Seas Are Killing Southern U.S. Woodlands"
"A steady increase in sea levels is pushing saltwater into U.S. wetlands, killing trees from Florida to as far north as New Jersey. But with sea level projected to rise by as much as six feet this century, the destruction of coastal forests is expected to become a worsening problem worldwide."
Source: YaleE360, 11/02/2016
Methane Emissions Up -- But Uptick is from Ag, Landfills, Wetlands
"The amount of methane in the atmosphere is growing, but it’s not coming from where you think. While methane from fracking and other fossil-fuel activity hasn’t increased over the last 10 years, agriculture, landfills, and wetlands are getting gassier, according to a new study in Nature."
Source: Grist, 10/07/2016
"U.S. Top Court Backs Property Owners Over Wetlands Permits"
"The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback to federal authorities on environmental law by ruling on Tuesday that property owners can challenge the government over the need for costly permits under a water protection statute in a Minnesota peat mine dispute."
Source: Reuters, 06/01/2016
"The Two Words That Rewrote American Water Policy"
"The strange tale of how a Supreme Court justice accidentally triggered the biggest new water rule in a decade."
Source: Politico, 05/26/2016
Senate Defeats Effort To Defund Clean Water Rule That Protects Wetlands
"The Senate narrowly defeated a controversial amendment Thursday that would have stripped funding for clean water protections and ensured defeat of a $37.5 billion energy and water spending bill."
Source: USA TODAY, 04/22/2016
"Supreme Court Sympathetic To Property Owner In Wetlands Dispute"
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared likely to rule that property owners can challenge the federal government in court over the need for permits under a national water protection law in a case involving a company's plans for a Minnesota peat mine."
Source: Reuters, 03/31/2016
"Jury Finds Former BP Engineer Not Guilty In Oil Spill Case"
"NEW ORLEANS — A former BP rig engineer was found not guilty Thursday on a charge that his negligence in interpreting a critical test contributed to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill."
Source: AP, 02/26/2016
"Oregon Wildlife Refuge Occupation Disrupts Conservation Efforts"
"The armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon has interrupted important habitat restoration work that must be completed before spring migration — when hundreds of thousands of birds descend on the area’s vast wetlands, conservationists and bird-watchers say."
Source: Aljazeera America, 01/12/2016
"For U.S. Tribes, a Movement to Revive Native Foods and Lands"
"On ancestral lands, the Fond du Lac band in Minnesota is planting wild rice and restoring wetlands damaged by dams, industry, and logging. Their efforts are part of a growing trend by Native Americans to bring back traditional food sources and heal scarred landscapes."
Source: YaleE360, 09/30/2015
