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"First-Class Travel Distinguishes Scott Pruitt’s EPA Tenure"

"Just days after helping orchestrate the United States’ exit from a global climate accord last June, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt embarked on a whirlwind tour aimed at championing President Trump’s agenda at home and abroad. On Monday, June 5, accompanied by his personal security detail, Pruitt settled into his $1,641.43 first-class seat for a short flight from the District to New York City."

Source: Washington Post, 02/12/2018

Is Pruitt Bluffing? Or Will He Gut Tough Calif. Emissions Standards?

"California officials and clean air advocates are increasingly concerned the Trump administration may attempt to unravel a key program to drive down greenhouse gas emissions from automobile fleets while also jeopardizing the ability of California and other states to set pollution standards stronger than federal rules."

Source: McClatchy, 02/12/2018

"Blackout Hits Northern Puerto Rico Following Fire, Explosion"

"An explosion and fire at an electric substation threw much of northern Puerto Rico into darkness late Sunday in a setback for the U.S. territory’s efforts to fully restore power more than five months after Hurricane Maria started the longest blackout in U.S. history."

Source: Washington Post, 02/12/2018

America’s Ski Trails Vanishing. This Olympian Has Taken Up the Cause.

"Winter athletes like the cross-country skier Jessie Diggins are demanding action on climate change."

Source: NY Times, 02/12/2018

"Can Red Wolves Be Saved Again?"

"Their fate is mired in politics, bickering, scientific disputes and a legal challenge".

Source: Washington Post, 02/12/2018

Slowly But Surely, South Carolina's Shoreline Is Losing Ground

"In South Carolina, tides flow deep inland through twists and turns of creeks, beaches and salt marsh, a shoreline that from above looks more like plant roots than a straight edge."

Source: Charleston Post and Courier, 02/12/2018

"Oroville Crisis Drives Harder Look At Aging US Dams"

"One year after the worst structural failures at a major U.S. dam in a generation, federal regulators who oversee California's half-century-old, towering Oroville Dam say they are looking hard at how they overlooked its built-in weaknesses for decades."

Source: AP, 02/12/2018

"Trump Infrastructure Plan Details Everything But How To Pay For It

"President Trump is poised to unveil a long-awaited plan Monday that aims to stimulate $1.5 trillion in new spending on the country’s ailing infrastructure over the coming decade, but many lawmakers in both parties say the president isn’t providing a viable way to pay for his initiative."

Source: Washington Post, 02/12/2018

Trump Appointee Bought Stock In Company That Contracts With Interior

After taking office in 2017 as a top Interior Department official, Doug Domenech bought stock in a mining company that does business with the agency.

Source: Think Progress, 02/09/2018

"California May Have A Way To Block Trump's Offshore Drilling Push"

"When oil companies drill offshore, they still need to build infrastructure onshore, things like pipelines and helicopter pads. And it's cities who control the zoning and building permits that allow that, not the federal government." That gives state and local governments a way to say no."

Source: NPR, 02/09/2018

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