"Pipeline Resistance Stews In La. Cypress Swamps"
"TCHAFALAYA BASIN, La. — It takes less than a minute to plow down a cypress tree that's been standing in this swamp for decades or longer."
Source: EnergyWire, 05/01/2018
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"Feathers Ruffled Over Oil Development in Sage Grouse Habitat"
"Conservation groups filed two nearly identical lawsuits in federal courts in Idaho and Montana on Monday against Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Plaintiffs in the Idaho lawsuit include the Western Watersheds Project and the Center for Biological Diversity."
Source: Courthouse News, 05/01/2018
Flint Mayor Asks EPA To Re-Start Water Meetings Cancelled By State
"FLINT, MI -- Mayor Karen Weaver is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene and require that the state re-start meetings of a Flint water advisory group appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder."
Source: Flint Journal, 05/01/2018
Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant; It's Headed To The Arctic
A massive floating nuclear power plant is now making its way toward its final destination at an Arctic port, after Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom launched the controversial craft over the weekend. It's the first nuclear power plant of its kind, Russian officials say.
Source: NPR, 05/01/2018
"U.S. Top Court Rejects Constitution Pipeline Over New York Permit"
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt another setback to a proposed natural gas pipeline running from Pennsylvania to New York, rejecting Constitution Pipeline Co’s bid to challenge New York state’s refusal to issue a needed water permit for the project."
Source: Reuters, 05/01/2018
EPA Grants Biofuels Waiver To Billionaire Icahn's Oil Refinery: Sources
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a financial hardship waiver to an oil refinery owned by billionaire Carl Icahn, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, exempting the Oklahoma facility from requirements under a federal biofuels law, according to two industry sources briefed on the matter."
Source: Reuters, 05/01/2018
DEADLINE: Media Study Tour on Germany’s Coal
Clean Energy Wire invites journalists to apply for a three-day, expenses-paid media study tour (June 17-20, 2018) to Germany's industrial heartland of North Rhine-Westphalia. The tour will visit the last two remaining hard coal mines that will shut down this year and learn about post-coal business projects. Apply by May 5.
As Climate Zaps Their Snow, Winter Sports Fans Seek To Change Congress
"A world-class snowboarder, former Navy SEAL Josh Jespersen served for four years in Afghanistan and Iraq. Last year, he set a single-winter record by climbing and boarding down all 54 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks."
Source: McClatchy, 04/30/2018
"US Won’t Restore Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Protections"
"BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials will not restore federal protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears, despite a court ruling that called into question the government’s rationale for turning grizzly management over to states that are now planning public hunts for the animals, according to an announcement Friday in in the Federal Register."
Source: AP, 04/30/2018
Proposed Shake-Up At National Park Service Could Transfer Senior Leaders
"A major management shake-up could be underway at the National Park Service, including the proposed reassignment of the veteran superintendent of Yellowstone National Park and six other senior executives, according to several individuals familiar with the plan."
Source: Washington Post, 04/30/2018
