"These Days, the Smart Money Is Staying Away From Arctic Drilling"
"Even a year ago major companies would have jumped at the chance. Today, not so much."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/25/2020
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"Trump EPA Chief Scraps Taiwan Visit After Cost Scrutiny"
"EPA chief Andrew Wheeler is canceling a planned trip to Taiwan next month that had threatened to stoke anger with Beijing, after concerns were raised about the costs of the travel near the end of the Trump administration."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/25/2020
"Coal Ash: Enviros Ask D.C. Circuit To Scrutinize Disposal Rule"
"Nine environmental groups are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review an EPA rule that pushed back deadlines for utilities to begin closing unlined coal ash disposal sites."
Source: E&E News, 11/25/2020
"Trump Officials Rush To Mine Desert Haven Native Tribes Consider Holy"
"Since January, San Carlos Apache tribal member Wendsler Nosie Sr has been sleeping in a teepee at a campground in south-eastern Arizona’s Oak Flat, a sprawling high desert oasis filled with groves of ancient oaks and towering rock spires. It is a protest in defense of “holy ground” where the Apache have prayed and performed ceremonies for centuries."
Source: Guardian, 11/24/2020
"DOE Advances Trump Order To Dismantle 'Deep State'"
"The Department of Energy is moving ahead with a controversial move by President Trump to make it easier for the federal government to fire and hire career staff, according to a document obtained by E&E News."
Source: E&E News, 11/24/2020
G.M. Drops Its Support for Trump Climate Rollbacks, Aligns With Biden
"General Motors turned its back Monday on the Trump administration’s legal fight to nullify California’s strict fuel economy rules, signaling that it was ready to work with President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. to reduce climate-warming emissions from cars and trucks."
Source: NYTimes, 11/24/2020
"With John Kerry Pick, Biden Selects a ‘Climate Envoy’ With Stature"
"Mr. Biden said he would name Mr. Kerry to a cabinet-level climate post, a role laden with political and diplomatic challenges in the post-Trump era."
Source: NYTimes, 11/24/2020
"Air Pollution: EPA Finally Ditches Toxics Rule, Industry Shrugs"
"After years of work, the Trump administration has succeeded in formally unraveling a venerable industrial air toxics policy. Does industry much care?"
Source: E&E News, 11/23/2020
Lawmakers Condemn Trump's 'Politicizing' Moves On Climate Assessment
"Nearly 90 Democratic lawmakers wrote to the White House to protest a recent shakeup at the agency charged with organizing a key assessment that helps the government consider how to respond to climate change."
Source: The Hill, 11/20/2020
"Biden Vowed To Ban New Drilling On Public Lands. It Won’t Be Easy."
"One of Joe Biden’s boldest campaign pledges was to ban “new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters,” part of a sweeping agenda aimed at curbing greenhouse gases that are warming the planet and threatening life on Earth. Transforming that promise into reality, however, will be tough."
Source: Washington Post, 11/20/2020
