Senate Doubles Down on Tax Provisions That Would Harm Renewable Energy
“It would pretty much blow up the tax equity market for wind.”
Source: Greentech Media, 12/06/2017
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"Hospitals Find Asthma Hot Spots More Profitable To Neglect Than Fix"
"BALTIMORE — Keyonta Parnell has had asthma most of his young life, but it wasn’t until his family moved to the 140-year-old house here on Lemmon Street two years ago that he became one of the health-care system’s frequent customers."
Source: Kaiser/Capital, 12/06/2017
"U.S. Disbands Group That Prepared Cities for Climate Shocks"
"The Trump administration has terminated a cross-agency group created to help local officials protect their residents against extreme weather and natural disasters."
Source: Bloomberg, 12/06/2017
"Trump Science Job Nominees Missing Advanced Science Degrees"
"When it comes to filling jobs dealing with complex science, environment and health issues, the Trump administration is nominating people with fewer science academic credentials than their Obama predecessors. And it’s moving slower as well."
Source: AP, 12/06/2017
Zinke: Shrink 2 More National Monuments And Shift Management Of 10
"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday called on President Trump to shrink a total of four national monuments and change the way six other land and marine sites are managed, a sweeping overhaul of how protected areas are maintained in the United States."
Source: Washington Post, 12/06/2017
Santa Ana Winds Roar Through S. Calif., Whip Fires On Destructive Path
"A series of Santa Ana wind-driven wildfires burned out of control in Southern California on Tuesday, destroying at least 180 structures, forcing thousands to flee and smothering the region with smoke in what officials predicted would be a pitched battle for days."
Source: LA Times, 12/06/2017
Energy Markets Offer Clues on Environment’s Future
How the U.S. economy uses energy has huge impacts on the environment. So this week's TipSheet helps journalists understand the economy-energy-environment nexus, detailing nine top trends to watch on fossil fuels and alternative energy in 2018. Plus, a list of helpful sources for tracking energy markets.
Battle Builds Over Science Integrity in Environmental Policy
Purges of EPA science panels by Administrator Scott Pruitt are just one among many moves in an ongoing dispute over the integrity of the environmental sciences in government policymaking. The latest Issue Backgrounder takes a deep dive with a briefing on five likely battles ahead for the coming year.
"Ohio River Towboat Captain Navigates A Changing America"
"In the 29 years that towboat captain Joe Gray has worked flotillas of barges up and down the Ohio River, he has witnessed the decline at the heart of industrial America in what is known as the country’s Rust Belt."
Source: Reuters, 12/05/2017
"Builders Said Their Homes Were Out of a Flood Zone. Then Harvey Came."
"Leslie Martinez heard the floodwaters before she saw them. ... After all, Ms. Martinez recalled, the home builder had assured her that 'flooding was not even a possibility' when she and her husband purchased the house in this suburban enclave north of Houston in 2011. They would never have bought here otherwise. Flood insurance, of course, was neither required nor needed."
Source: NY Times, 12/05/2017
