"Government Scientists Blocked From The Biggest Meeting In Their Field"
"Hundreds of U.S. Geological Survey scientists were missing from the biggest conference in their field this month."
Source: Washington Post, 01/02/2018
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"Flint Accused Of Violating Agreement To Replace Lead Service Lines"
"The city of Flint, which has been reeling for years over lead seepage from its pipes into its tap water, is accused of violating the terms of a major settlement agreement aimed at improving its water quality. Advocacy groups say the city is failing to disclose information about its efforts to replace its lead pipes."
Source: NPR, 01/02/2018
"Nearly Half Of Puerto Rico Customers Still Lack Power, Officials Say"
"Almost half of the electricity customers in Puerto Rico lack power, according to officials on the island, 100 days after Hurricane Maria hit the island."
Source: The Hill, 01/02/2018
Trump Interior Rolls Back Key Federal Land Fracking Rule
"On the last business day of the year, the Interior Department rescinded a 2015 Obama administration rule that would have set new environmental limitations on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on public lands."
Source: Washington Post, 01/02/2018
"Will 2018 Be A Better Year For US Environment Policy?"
"The U.S. has abandoned any claim to climate leadership as the only nation to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord. In Trump's Cabinet, climate denial is pretty much cause for a Merit Badge. Congressional leadership doesn't acknowledge climate change to be a problem, or even a thing."
Source: Daily Climate, 01/02/2018
Wildfires to Hurricanes, 2017’s Disasters Carried Climate Warnings
"Exceptionally high ocean temperatures fueled devastating Atlantic hurricanes, while a wet spring and hot summer set the stage for a deadly fire season in the West."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/02/2018
2018 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment
From pipeline politics to hurricane horrors, 2017 witnessed a flood of energy and environment news — and 2018 promises to set a new high-water mark. On Friday, January 26 at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) will launch its annual report, "The Journalists' Guide to Energy and Environment,” which previews the top stories of 2018, with comments from a roundtable of leading journalists. The event takes place 3:00-5:00 p.m., with a reception to follow.
"Chairman: FERC To Review Pipeline Permitting Process"
"The new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says the agency will review its policies, unchanged for nearly two decades, for certifying natural gas pipelines, projects that have sparked contention from North Dakota to Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia, where the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines are advancing toward construction."
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 12/29/2017
Federal Giveaways to Big Coal Leave Ranchers and Taxpayers in the Cold
"Short cuts, subsidies and tax breaks helped create 7,000 jobs in the Powder River Basin. Damage to water, air and land is part of the price borne by the public, too."
Source: InsideClimate News, 12/29/2017
"Northeast States Sue EPA Over Air Pollution From Midwest"
"Eight northeastern states said on Tuesday they sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force it to impose more stringent controls on a group of mostly Midwestern states whose air pollution they claim is being blown in their direction."
Source: Reuters, 12/29/2017
