"A Casualty Of Trump’s Immigration Policy: Millions Of Trees"
"The decision to suspend seasonal visas is expected to hurt forestry firms as well as state and federal governments."
Source: Politico, 07/14/2020
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Scientists Say Wood Pellet Business Boom Is Bad for Climate
"Trump’s EPA is expected to propose a new rule declaring burning biomass to be carbon neutral, as industry looks to expand its domestic markets." "In rural Southern towns from Virginia to Texas, mill workers are churning out wood pellets from nearby forests as fast as European power plants, thousands of miles away, can burn them."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/14/2020
"GAO: Trump Boosts Deregulation by Undervaluing Cost of Climate Change"
"A federal report expected to be released Tuesday found the Trump administration set a rock-bottom price on the damages done by greenhouse gas emissions, enabling the government to justify the costs of repealing or weakening dozens of climate change regulations."
Source: NYTimes, 07/14/2020
"New U.S. Dietary Guideline Recommendations Take Aim At Sugar"
"Anxiety-baking may be at a new high during the pandemic, but the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee sours on added sugar."
Source: Washington Post, 07/13/2020
"Committee Votes To Block Trump's 'Secret Science' EPA Rule"
"The House Appropriations Committee on Friday voted to block a controversial Trump Administration transparency rule that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) own independent board of science advisers criticized."
Source: The Hill, 07/13/2020
"Campaign 2020: Meet Biden's Climate Rainmakers"
"Climate change activists have emerged as some of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's most important donors, having hosted some of his biggest fundraising events."
Source: E&E News, 07/13/2020
"Under Trump, Federal Watchdogs Get Muzzled"
"Ethics investigations have hounded the Trump administration since the beginning, with several department heads forced to step down amid mounting scandals. Along the way, President Donald Trump and his Cabinet, which is stacked with dozens of former lobbyists, have worked to thwart and demoralize government watchdogs."
Source: HuffPost, 07/13/2020
North Atlantic Right Whale Faces Extinction Crisis, Report Says
"The North Atlantic right whale is “one step from extinction,” an international group of governments and scientists declared Thursday, slightly more than a month after President Trump lifted restrictions on commercial fishing in a key area of the whale’s habitat."
Source: Washington Post, 07/10/2020
"White House Pressured NOAA Response to ‘Sharpiegate,’ IG Says"
"Political leaders at the White House and Commerce Department pressured the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to back up President Donald Trump’s false claims that Hurricane Dorian would strike Alabama, Commerce’s internal watchdog said in a report released Thursday evening."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/10/2020
"Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Nears 60,000 New Cases a Day"
"The country recorded its sixth single-day record in 10 days." "States that were among the earliest to reopen have driven the surge in cases in the U.S."
Source: NYTimes, 07/10/2020
