"TransCanada Submits New Application To Build Keystone XL Pipeline"
"The company that wants to build the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline says it has submitted a new permit application to the U.S. State Department."
Source: NPR, 01/27/2017
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Trump Pressured NPS To Find Proof For His Claims On Inauguration Crowd
"On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him."
Source: Washington Post, 01/27/2017
"In Michigan, a Fight Over the Future of a Fabled Trout River"
"The greatest sign posted at a public fishing access spot in the United States is on the South Branch of the Au Sable River at a place called the Mason Tract. It reads: “Sportsman slow your pace … ahead lies the fabled land of the South Branch. Here generations of fisherman have cast a fly on one of the great trout streams of America."
Source: NY Times, 01/26/2017
"Will The Apocalyptic Doomsday Clock Move Closer To Midnight?"
"The apocalypse may be near. The Doomsday Clock may move closer to midnight on Thursday amid increasingly tense relations between world powers."
Source: USA TODAY, 01/26/2017
Gore's New Movie Highlights Alternative Energy In Deep-Red Texas
"'An Inconvenient Sequel' takes viewers to Georgetown, Texas, which will soon draw all of its electricity from wind and solar. Could stories like this one point toward a possible shift in conservatives' energy policy?" "In his 2006 film "An Inconvenient Truth," former vice president Al Gore warned that humanity had 10 years to avoid reaching an environmental "point of no return."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 01/26/2017
Iowa Oil Spill Marks Pipeline Risks After Trump Revives Major Projects
"Rupture of 138,600 gallons is ‘not a major disaster’ but environmental advocates say it highlights their fears about the Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects".
Source: Guardian, 01/26/2017
"Trump Team Compiles Infrastructure Priority List"
"President Donald Trump’s team has compiled a list of about 50 infrastructure projects nationwide, totaling at least $137.5 billion, as the new White House tries to determine its investment priorities, according to documents obtained by McClatchy’s Kansas City Star and The News Tribune."
Source: Kansas City Star, 01/26/2017
Rogue Twitter Accounts Spring Up To Fight Trump On Climate Change
"What started as a gritty protest by a former Badlands National Park Service employee who wanted to give President Trump a piece of his mind snowballed overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday into a Twitter movement in support of climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 01/26/2017
"Lead Levels Fall Below Federal Limits In Flint, Michigan: State"
"Lead levels in Flint, Michigan's drinking water, the focus of a public health crisis, have fallen below federal limits, state officials said on Tuesday, although they cautioned residents to keep using filtered water as the city's old lead pipes are replaced."
Source: Reuters, 01/26/2017
EPA: "Staff Told To 'Stand Down' On Axing Climate Page"
"Trump administration officials appear to have walked back plans to scrub climate change references from U.S. EPA's website."
Source: Greenwire, 01/26/2017
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