Bristol Bay: How Investors Got A Heads-Up On EPA's Pebble Mine Reversal
"An EPA memo that could alter the fate of the Pebble mine caught many of its foes off guard last month. But not investors."
Source: Greenwire, 07/29/2019
Laws & Regulations
Court Strikes Down Fish & Wildlife Permit For Atlantic Coast Pipeline
"Dominion Energy’s hopes for resuming construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have run into a new obstacle erected by a federal appeals court panel in Richmond that threw out a federal permit on Friday because it failed to adequately protect endangered or threatened species in the path of the 605-mile project."
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 07/29/2019
Critics Call Trump Bears Ears Plan ‘Salt In An Open Wound.’
"Nearly two years after dramatically shrinking the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, the Trump administration finalized a management plan Friday that would allow trees to be plowed down using heavy chains, as well as utility lines and more ranching, in the smaller area that is still preserved."
Source: Washington Post, 07/29/2019
"Chemicals: Enviros File FOIA Suits For Pesticide Docs"
"Environmentalists went to court today in hopes of squeezing myriad pesticides-related documents out from several allegedly unresponsive federal agencies."
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"Schiff Demands Intelligence Agencies Provide Documents On White House’s Suppression Of Climate Testimony"
"House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) demanded Tuesday that the heads of two federal intelligence agencies provide documents detailing how White House officials sought to edit — and then suppress — written testimony saying that human activities are warming the planet and that the climate changes underway pose a grave national security threat."
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"Feds Look Again At Reintroducing Grizzly Bears To North Cascades"
"The on-again, off-again effort to return grizzly bears to North Cascades National Park is back on."
Source: Seattle Times, 07/26/2019
Fearing Oil Spills, Tribe Sues to Get Pipeline Removed from Its Land
"Driven by fears of rapid erosion that threatens to expose a crude oil pipeline to rushing water, a Native American tribe is suing pipeline giant Enbridge to force it to remove an aging pipeline whose easement through the reservation has expired."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/26/2019
Carmakers, Rejecting Trump Pollution Rule, Strike Deal With California
"Four of the world’s largest automakers have struck a deal with California to reduce automobile emissions, siding with the state in its fight with President Trump over one of his most consequential regulatory rollbacks."
Source: NY Times, 07/26/2019
"Inquiries at EPA's Science Integrity Office Spike Under Trump"
"Inquiries to the Environmental Protection Agency office that protects science have spiked during the Trump administration amid widespread reports that political appointees have interfered with the work of career employees."
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"Bipartisan Senators Fight 'Political Considerations' In New EPA FOIA Rule"
"A bipartisan group of senators is pushing back against the new public records policy at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying it may violate the law by giving political appointees the power to hold back requested information.
“The rule purports to make numerous changes to the EPA’s FOIA process that appear to run contrary to the letter and spirit of FOIA, thus undermining the American people’s right to access information from the EPA,” the senators wrote in a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, referring to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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