"Bill Would Boost Interior Funding, Spurn Reorganization"
"House Democrats this afternoon proposed to increase spending for the Interior Department while rejecting some of the administration's key plans."
Source: E&E News PM, 05/15/2019
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"House Democrats Reject Trump's Proposed 31% EPA Budget Cut"
"House Democrats are sending a message that they view deep budget cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency as a non-starter, setting down another marker for future spending battles with the White House in the months ahead."
Source: CNN, 05/15/2019
"Public Lands: Greens Fight Grazing Rights Renewed After Trump Pardon"
"A coalition of environmental groups is mounting a legal challenge to former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's controversial decision to reinstate grazing rights for Oregon father-and-son ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond following President Trump's pardon of their arson convictions."
Source: E&E News PM, 05/14/2019
"Industry Group Tied To EPA Air Chief Dissolves"
"A secretive utility industry coalition formerly represented by a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency is dissolving amid investigations into whether its members received special treatment from the Trump administration."
Source: Politico, 05/14/2019
How W. Virginia Coal Industry Changed Federal Endangered Species Policy
Coal companies got Trump's Interior Department and West Virginia officials to reverse endangered wildlife protections that had closed mines.
Source: Washington Post, 05/14/2019
"States Fight Trump Rollback Of Obama Lightbulb Rules"
"States are preparing to fight back as the Trump administration moves to erase Obama-era standards for lightbulbs.
The Department of Energy has proposed new regulations for lightbulbs that would eliminate efficiency standards for half the bulbs on the market.
The move has prompted a backlash from a bipartisan mix of state attorneys general and governors who say it is harmful to the planet and may be illegal."
Source: The Hill, 05/14/2019
CEI Uses New White House Rule to Try to Undermine U.S. Climate Policy
"Seizing a new opportunity they believe has been opened up by the White House, hard-line foes of climate action on Monday once again asked the Trump Administration to reverse the landmark Obama-era finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to human health and the environment."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/14/2019
Appropriations: 5 Questions About The Interior-EPA, Energy-Water Bills
"Proposals to reorder the Trump administration's energy and environmental priorities will come this week as the House unveils its fiscal 2020 spending bills for EPA and the Energy and Interior departments."
Source: E&E Daily, 05/13/2019
Trump Admin Following Most Of Manufacturing Group's "Wish List"
"Early in President Trump’s term, a powerful group of manufacturers delivered to his deputies a “wish list” of regulations they wanted rewritten. Two years later, the Trump administration appears to have largely followed through on those requests, according to a new report."
Source: Washington Post, 05/10/2019
"California Central Coast, Bay Area to Open for Drilling"
"A more than five-year moratorium on leasing land in California for oil and gas development will be coming to an end with a May 9 Interior Department plan to open up about 725,000 acres across the state’s Central Coast and the Bay Area for drilling."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/10/2019
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