"Collins To Vote Against Trump’s EPA Pick"
"Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will vote against confirming President Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."
Source: The Hill, 02/16/2017
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"Navajo Nation Abandoned Uranium Mines Cleanup Gets $600 Million"
"After 50 years, mining companies will pay for cleanup at 94 abandoned uranium mines on Navajo Nation. A historic, $600 million settlement agreement reached by the Navajo Nation, the United States and two subsidiaries of the mining company Freeport-McMoRan aims to address a legacy of uranium mining that stretches back to 1944."
Source: Indian Country Today, 02/16/2017
"Governor Orders Evacuation Of Dakota Pipeline Protest Camp"
"The governor of North Dakota ordered protesters on Wednesday to evacuate a demonstration camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the latest move to clear the area that has served as a base for opposition to the multibillion dollar project."
Source: Reuters, 02/16/2017
"Scientists' Group Launches Website to Help Federal Whistleblowers"
"Fearing an assault on science from the Trump administration, the Union of Concerned Scientists is creating a way for federal scientists to report abuses."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/16/2017
"Absent Federal Policy, States Take Lead on Animal Welfare"
"In the opening weeks of the Trump administration, the state of animal welfare—as with so much other policy—is in upheaval. On February 9, the administration froze the implementation of the just-passed Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP)—the only comprehensive federal law that regulates the welfare of animals raised for food."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/15/2017
"States Pursue Toxics Lawmaking Despite Federal Law Constraints
"Legislation that would require the disclosure of or restriction of chemicals in hydraulic fracturing fluids, cosmetics and other products had been introduced in 16 states as of Feb. 10."
Source: BNA, 02/15/2017
"Utilities Vote To Close Navajo Coal Plant At End Of 2019"
"The utilities that own the Navajo Generating Station coal-fired power plant near Page [AZ] are tired of overpaying for power and decided Monday to close the plant when their lease expires at the end of 2019."
Source: Arizona Republic, 02/15/2017
EPA Veterans Mobilize to Defend Agency's Work, Bracing for Trump Impact
"Retired and former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are banding together in rare activism to defend colleagues still working for the agency, as fears of deep layoffs, regulatory rollbacks and science suppression spread through the federal ranks."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/15/2017
"G20 Urged To Ditch Fossil Fuel Subsidies By 2020, Go Green"
"Investors and insurers with more than $2.8 trillion in assets under management on Wednesday called on the Group of 20 economies to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020 despite U.S. doubts about climate change."
Source: Reuters, 02/15/2017
"Sea Ice Around Antarctica Hits Record Low, Preliminary U.S. Data Show"
"Sea ice around Antarctica has shrunk to the smallest annual extent on record after years of resisting a trend of man-made global warming, preliminary U.S. satellite data showed on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 02/15/2017
