"GOP On Verge Of Opening Arctic Refuge To Drilling"
"Lawmakers are the closest they’ve been in decades to letting oil and natural gas companies drill in northeast Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)."
Source: The Hill, 12/04/2017
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"Trump To Cut Bears Ears National Monument By 85 Percent"
"President Trump plans to shrink Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent and reduce Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument nearly by half, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post that show the Utah sites would be cut even more than administration officials previously signaled."
Source: Washington Post, 12/04/2017
"All That Glitter? It’s Not Good, Critics Say"
"An alarming news item began to make the rounds in November, just in time to ruin the holidays: Glitter is not good for the environment, and some people are trying to ban it."
Source: NY Times, 12/01/2017
"Environment Groups Want Pipeline Company’s Lawsuit Dismissed"
"Environmental groups being sued by the developer of the Dakota Access pipeline have asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit."
Source: AP, 12/01/2017
GOP Spending Bill Provisions Aims To Bar Suits On WOTUS Rule
"House and Senate Republicans have inserted language into spending bills aimed at blocking legal challenges to the Trump administration’s effort to repeal a 2015 water protection rule that gave two federal agencies broad leeway in regulating activities that could affect streams and tributaries."
Source: Washington Post, 12/01/2017
"Bombs in Your Backyard"
"The military spends more than a billion dollars a year to clean up sites its operations have contaminated with toxic waste and explosives. These sites exist in every state in the country. Some are located near schools, residential neighborhoods, rivers and lakes."
Source: ProPublica, 12/01/2017
Reviewing Salmon-Farm ‘Bloodwater’ Discharge Permits Not Enough: Critics
"Footage of bloody discharge being released into B.C.’s coastal waters from farmed-fish processing plants by photographer Tavish Campbell has made international headlines and prompted the promise of further investigation from both provincial and federal governments."
Source: DeSmog, 12/01/2017
"Global Powers Strike Deal To Research Before Fishing Arctic Seas"
"Delegations from the United States, Russia, and China and other countries struck a deal on Thursday to refrain from commercial fishing in the high Arctic seas, one of world’s fastest-warming places, until scientists can determine what fish are there and whether they can be harvested sustainably."
Source: Reuters, 12/01/2017
"Trump’s First Major Trade Fight With China Could Be Over Solar Panels"
"With President Trump vowing to get tougher on trade, troubled American makers of everything from steel tubing and aluminum foil to washing machines have lined up to ask Washington for protection from foreign rivals. But Mr. Trump’s first big international trade fight could be over solar panels."
Source: NY Times, 12/01/2017
"Hurricane Harvey Makes Houston Reassess Growth-Friendly Policies"
"Melinda and Joel Loshak raised two children in a stylish ranch house in Houston’s upscale Meyerland neighborhood and planned to retire there. Now they are hoping the government will knock it down."
Source: Reuters, 12/01/2017
