"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Rejects Vancouver Oil Terminal"
"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has rejected a permit to build the nation’s largest oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver."
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, 01/30/2018
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A Rough Year For Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — And It’s Still January
"The start of the new year has been rocky for Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke. He’s on the hot seat for exempting Florida from the Trump administration’s expanded oil and gas offshore drilling proposal without bothering to notify his boss, and for what appears to be a failure to disclose an investment in a Montana gun company, a possible conflict of interest."
Source: Washington Post, 01/30/2018
Top Trump Environment Pick, a Fossil Fuels Evangelist, May Be in Trouble
"Kathleen Hartnett White, the former Texas regulator who has extolled the social benefits of carbon dioxide and asserted that coal helped end slavery, faces a difficult road to Senate confirmation as top White House environmental adviser, according to lobbyists and Capitol Hill sources."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/30/2018
"EPA: Trump Budget Poses 'Unacceptable Risk' To Agency — IG"
"U.S. EPA's internal watchdog has put the White House on notice that its lean budgets could hinder its efforts to root out waste and fraud."
Source: Greenwire, 01/30/2018
"Infrastructure: 'Discussion Draft' Would Make Big Changes to NEPA"
"The Trump administration wants to make major changes to permitting under the National Environmental Policy Act as part of its infrastructure plan, according to a draft White House document obtained by The Washington Post."
Source: Greenwire, 01/30/2018
Pruitt Closely Monitored Scrubbing of EPA Climate Websites, Emails Show
"Shortly after arriving at the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Scott Pruitt took a personal interest in and closely monitored the removal of extensive information from his agency's website that explained to the public the federal effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Power Plan, according to newly released EPA documents."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/30/2018
"Honeybees Help Farmers, But They Don't Help The Environment"
"Honeybees are amazing and adorable, and they suffer when people spray pesticides or mow down wildflowers. We've heard plenty in recent years about collapsing bee colonies."
Source: NPR, 01/29/2018
"A Science Denier at the Natural History Museum? Scientists Rebel"
"Rebekah Mercer, a supporter of President Trump and an influential donor to conservative causes — including groups that deny climate science — is under renewed pressure to step down from the board of New York City’s most prominent science museum, the American Museum of Natural History."
Source: NY Times, 01/29/2018
"Supplies Of Valuable Ginseng Root Dwindling"
"Ginseng is a prized root in demand for it's wide use in traditional Chinese medicine. Some of the most valuable ginseng grows wild in Appalachia, but supplies are dwindling."
Source: NPR, 01/29/2018
Murkowski Asks Interior to Close Some Alaska Waters To Offshore Drilling
"Alaska’s Republican senator said on Thursday she will ask Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to remove certain sensitive offshore areas of Alaska from his proposed strategy to increase oil and gas drilling in federal waters."
Source: Reuters, 01/29/2018
