Another Top Interior Department Official Seems To Have An Ethics Problem
"Todd Wynn, a powerful political appointee at the agency, scheduled meetings with former employers in an apparent violation of ethics rules."
Source: HuffPost, 06/19/2018
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Chicago Trump Tower Fails To Protect Fish in River, Records Show
"Fishing piers and floating gardens welcome anglers to the Chicago Riverwalk, but a few blocks upstream is a little-known threat to fish and other aquatic life in the city’s steadily improving waterway: Trump International Hotel & Tower."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 06/19/2018
"Chesapeake Bay Hasn’t Been This Healthy In 33 Years, Scientists Say"
"For the first time in the 33 years that scientists have assessed the health of the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary showed improvement in every region, a likely sign that a massive federal cleanup plan is working."
Source: Washington Post, 06/18/2018
Trump Taps Critic Of Pro-Renewables Policies To Lead Renewables Office
"President Trump is nominating a Department of Energy (DOE) official who previously fought against policies meant to promote renewable energy to lead the agency’s renewable energy office."
Source: The Hill, 06/18/2018
Fear, Frustration Over EPA Move To Kill Chemical-Disaster Protections
"The Environmental Protection Agency intends to block an Obama-era proposal and effectively shield companies from scrutiny about how they prevent and respond to chemical disasters. At a hearing Thursday, agency officials got an earful from dozens of people who live and work near refineries and chemical facilities across the country."
Source: NPR, 06/18/2018
Energy PR Executive Helped Get Pruitt And His Family Rose Bowl Tickets
"The head of an Oklahoma-based public relations firm with a large energy practice helped Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt secure tickets for his family to go to the Rose Bowl in January, agency officials confirmed Friday."
Source: Washington Post, 06/18/2018
In Precedent, Judge Sets Aside Drilling Leases In Santa Fe Forest
"Environmentalists have won what they say is a precedent-setting court decision that overturns oil and gas leases on more than 19,000 acres in the Santa Fe National Forest that the Bureau of Land Management approved in 2015."
Source: Albuquerque Journal, 06/18/2018
Coastal Real Estate More at Risk of Chronic Flooding as Sea Rises
"More than 150,000 homes and businesses could face frequent high-tide flooding within 15 years. That could double by 2045, a new report says. "
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/18/2018
"EPA Won't Force Refiners To Make Up Waived Biofuels Volumes"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it cannot make large oil refineries blend additional biofuels into their gasoline to make up for volumes waived under the small refinery hardship waiver program unless Congress authorizes it."
Source: Reuters, 06/18/2018
"Loss of Investigators Slows Key Federal Chemical Safety Agency"
"The federal agency that frequently investigates chemical disasters in Houston and elsewhere is struggling to function amid an exodus of investigators and management’s push toward more lenient treatment of industry, interviews and documents show."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 06/18/2018
