"Clean Water Act: EPA Drafting Rule To Curb Its Veto Power — Sources"
"EPA is working on a regulation to limit the agency's ability to nix water pollution permits."
Source: Greenwire, 08/20/2018
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Trump Keeps Trying To Kill Agency That Probes Chemical Plant Disasters
"On a warm morning in April, workers at a Wisconsin oil refinery were conducting a routine shutdown for maintenance. Suddenly, a gasoline cracking unit exploded, and the workers watched in horror as a huge fireball ripped through the plant. They ran for their lives, barely escaping the blast."
Source: Reveal, 08/20/2018
"Militia Threat Hampers Ebola Fight In Congo As Disease Kills 47"
"Militia violence in Democratic Republic of Congo has prevented aid workers from reaching some potential cases in an outbreak of Ebola that has so far killed 47 people, the World Health Organization said on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 08/20/2018
"Science Says: Hotter Weather Turbocharges US West Wildfires"
"As temperatures rise in the U.S. West, so do the flames. The years with the most acres burned by wildfires have some of the hottest temperatures, an Associated Press analysis of fire and weather data found. As human-caused climate change has warmed the world over the past 35 years, the land consumed by flames has more than doubled."
Source: AP, 08/20/2018
On 2nd Thought, Zinke Nixes Interior Plan To Possibly Sell Public Land
"The Interior Department canceled a proposal to potentially sell public land that was once protected inside the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument before its boundary was redrawn, saying it contradicted Secretary Ryan Zinke’s assurance last year that he would not do so."
Source: Washington Post, 08/20/2018
Zinke's School Friend Blocking Climate Research, Scientists Say
"Prominent US climate scientists have told the Guardian that the Trump administration is holding up research funding as their projects undergo an unprecedented political review by the high-school football teammate of the US interior secretary."
Source: Guardian, 08/20/2018
As Trump Dismantles Air Rules, an Industry Lawyer Delivers for Ex-Clients
"As a corporate lawyer, William L. Wehrum worked for the better part of a decade to weaken air pollution rules by fighting the Environmental Protection Agency in court on behalf of chemical manufacturers, refineries, oil drillers and coal-burning power plants. Now, Mr. Wehrum is about to deliver one of the biggest victories yet for his industry clients — this time from inside the Trump administration as the government’s top air pollution official."
Source: NY Times, 08/20/2018
"Trump’s Plan for Coal Emissions: Let Coal States Regulate Them"
"The Trump administration next week plans to formally propose a vast overhaul of climate change regulations that would allow individual states to decide how, or even whether, to curb carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants, according to a summary of the plan and details provided by three people who have seen the full proposal."
Source: NY Times, 08/20/2018
"Chemicals: Court Torpedoes Trump EPA Bid To Delay Safety Standards"
"In another major court loss for the Trump administration, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today [Friday] tossed out a rule delaying Obama-era safety standards for chemical facilities."
Source: Greenwire, 08/20/2018
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