Trump Plans To 'Reform' How EPA Uses Science, Report Claims
"Donald Trump is planning to 'reform' the way that the Environmental Protection Agency uses science, according to a new report."
Source: Independent, 01/24/2017
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"Climate Regulations Under a Watchful Internet Eye"
"A new tool launched by the Columbia Law School on Donald Trump's first day in office is tracking every step the Trump administration takes to roll back or eliminate existing federal rules on climate change and energy."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/24/2017
"Standing Rock Leaders Tell Dakota Pipeline Protesters to Go Home"
"After months of largely peaceful protests by thousands of demonstrators from across the country who congregated at a camp near Cannon Ball, N.D., to help bring the Dakota Access pipeline to a halt, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has asked the pipeline opponents to go home."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/24/2017
"Canada Oil Pipeline Spills 200,000 Liters On Aboriginal Land"
"A pipeline in the western Canadian province of Saskatchewan has leaked 200,000 liters (52,834 gallons) of oil in an aboriginal community, the provincial government said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 01/24/2017
CDC Abruptly Cancels Long-Planned Conference On Climate Change, Health
"With little warning or explanation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently canceled a major climate change conference that had been scheduled for next month in Atlanta."
Source: Washington Post, 01/24/2017
"Trump’s New EPA Transition Team Draws From Oil Industry Groups"
"U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has drawn heavily from the energy industry lobby and pro-drilling think tanks to build its landing team for the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a list of the newly introduced 10-member team seen by Reuters on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 01/24/2017
"Trump Administration Imposes Freeze On EPA Grants and Contracts"
"The Trump administration has imposed a freeze on grants and contracts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: ProPublica, 01/24/2017
Trump Beach Team Slaps Gag Order on EPA Employee Communications
The Trump "landing team" has ordered U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staff not communicate publicly -- whether via press releases, website, or social media.
Source: Huffington Post, 01/24/2017
As EPA, Other Agencies Muzzle Staff, WatchDog Issues Leaker's Guide
At a time when government information may be harder than ever to access, WatchDog offers a unique guide to leaks that reporters can offer potential whistleblowers. Also in the latest column, sealed records on a weedkiller-cancer connection, secret talks on coal-ash regs and more.
What Plans for Clean Power Plan?
This week's TipSheet looks at the murky legal and regulatory prospects for the Clean Power Plan, an EPA effort to cut carbon emissions now being challenged by the Trump administration. Will it be revoked in presidential action, or is more likely to get drawn into a murky court proceeding?
