"Lobbying Fight Erupts Over Coal Country Bill"
"The lobbying fight over a House bill to revitalize coal country has heated up ahead of a key committee hearing on Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 06/27/2017
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"Supreme Court: Justices Decline Mine Spill, Air Pollution Cases"
"The Supreme Court [Monday] declined to add two environmental cases to its docket for the fall term."
Source: Greenwire, 06/27/2017
"EPA" Agency Seeks Applicants For Hot-Button Science Panels"
"U.S. EPA is putting the word out that the agency is in the market for science advisers."
Source: Greenwire, 06/27/2017
EPA Official Pressured Scientist on Congressional Testimony: Emails
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s chief of staff pressured the top scientist on the agency’s scientific review board to alter her congressional testimony and play down the dismissal of expert advisers, his emails show."
Source: NY Times, 06/27/2017
Interior Appropriations — Dead on Arrival and Live at Five
Even though big proposed budget cuts may be DOA for the Interior Department, it doesn't mean there aren't a wide range of land and resource-related stories emerging from the debates. The latest TipSheet sets the scene and offers a half-dozen ways to localize the Interior Department funding story.
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"Tribal Nations Fight Removal Of Grizzly Protections"
"Leaders worry delisting could invite energy exploration in historic areas."
Source: High Country News, 06/21/2017
"More U.S. Counties Are Finding Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes"
"With the summer mosquito season in full swing in many U.S. states, a new report shows a significant increase in counties across the South that have reported mosquitoes capable of spreading Zika and related viruses."
Source: Washington Post, 06/21/2017
"Trump Regulators Trigger Pollution Fight"
"The fight over former President Barack Obama’s methane agenda has moved to the courts."
Source: The Hill, 06/21/2017
"EPA Plans To Buy Out More Than 1,200 Employees This Summer"
"The Environmental Protection Agency plans on shedding more than 1,200 employees by early September through buyouts and early retirements, as part of a broader push by the Trump administration to shrink a government entity the president once promised to eliminate 'in almost every form.'"
Source: Washington Post, 06/21/2017
EPA Hands Pink Slips to Dozens Of Scientific Advisory Board Members
"The Environmental Protection Agency has given notice to dozens of scientists that they will not be renewed in their roles in advising the agency, continuing a scientific shake-up that has already triggered resignations and charges from some researchers that the administration is politicizing the agency."
Source: Washington Post, 06/21/2017
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