Appropriations: Panel OKs Bill To Cut NOAA and NSF, Boost Satellites
"Senate appropriators approved legislation yesterday afternoon that would cut NOAA but boost weather satellite spending during fiscal 2018."
Source: E&E Daily, 07/27/2017
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"Wildlife: Senate Panel OKs Conservation Package"
"The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee [Wednesday] quickly approved a conservation package whose potential reach extends from the Chesapeake Bay and Western state wetlands to hunters and anglers everywhere."
Source: Greenwire, 07/27/2017
"California’s Marine Sanctuaries May Face New Drilling Threat"
"The same communities that fought for decades to protect California’s coast from offshore oil drilling have renewed their battle calls as the Trump administration considers opening 3,500 square miles of state waters to energy development."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 07/27/2017
"EPA: Transition Aide Blasts Pruitt, 'Red Team, Blue Team' Scheme"
"David Schnare, who resigned from U.S. EPA earlier this year under a cloud of controversy, is faulting Administrator Scott Pruitt over his leadership of the agency."
Source: Greenwire, 07/27/2017
"AEP to Spend $4.5 Billion on the Largest Wind Farm in the U.S."
"U.S. utility giant American Electric Power Co. is looking to invest $4.5 billion in a massive wind farm spread across Oklahoma’s panhandle and a new transmission line that will carry the power to customers."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/27/2017
As Zinke Swaggers Through Parks, His Staff Rolls Back Regulations
"Ryan Zinke, a former member of the Navy SEALs and lifelong Montana outdoorsman who now heads the Interior Department, loves to compare himself to Theodore Roosevelt, the father of American conservation."
Source: NY Times, 07/26/2017
"Prospect of Trump Tariff Casts Pall Over U.S. Solar Industry"
"U.S. solar companies are snapping up cheap imported solar panels ahead of a trade decision by the Trump administration that could drive up costs and cloud the fortunes of one of the economy's brightest stars."
Source: Reuters, 07/26/2017
"Appropriations: Energy, Enviro Amendments Pile Up For 'Minibus'"
"Lawmakers have proposed dozens of energy and environmental amendments to a House spending package due on the floor this week, which could force votes on topics ranging from climate change to lightbulb efficiency."
Source: E&E Daily, 07/26/2017
"House Passes Russia Sanctions Deal With Oil, Gas Fix"
"The House easily passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to expand sanctions on Russia and limit the Trump administration's ability to lift them. The legislation comes after lawmakers addressed a series of concerns oil and gas companies raised about the package, which they said would limit the extent to which American and Russian energy firms could interact."
Source: The Hill, 07/26/2017
"Like Exxon, Utilities Knew about Climate Change Risks Decades Ago"
"A new report shows through documents and testimony how utilities researched climate change and determined in the 1970s that it could force a shift away from coal."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/26/2017
