"Federal Report Warns of Financial Havoc From Climate Change"
"A report commissioned by President Trump’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued dire warnings about climate change’s impact on financial markets."
Source: NYTimes, 09/09/2020
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In Reversal, Trump To Ban Oil Drilling Off Coasts of Fla., Ga., and S.C.
"President Trump, who barely two years ago proposed a vast expansion of oil and gas drilling in U.S. continental waters, on Tuesday made clear there is at least part of the nation’s coastline he is eager to protect: the crucial electoral battleground of Florida."
Source: Washington Post, 09/09/2020
"Democrats Probe Park Service Involvement in GOP Convention"
"Democrats are asking the National Park Service (NPS) to account for its involvement in the Republican National Convention after the agency agreed to host a fireworks display following President Trump’s acceptance speech."
Source: The Hill, 09/09/2020
"5 Lies Trump Told About The Environment In One 20-Minute Speech"
"The greenwashing continues. Don’t fall for it." "President Donald Trump continues to greenwash his dismal environmental record ahead of the 2020 presidential election, most recently with a speech Tuesday in Jupiter, Florida, touting his “environmental accomplishments.”"
Source: HuffPost, 09/09/2020
"Wheeler’s Environmental Justice Pledge Leaves Activists Cold"
"Environmental justice leaders say they are perplexed by EPA chief Andrew Wheeler’s commitments to low-income communities of color — one of the main themes of a speech he gave in California."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/08/2020
"Jobs, Security to Matter in Designating ‘Critical Habitats’"
"The federal government may not deem an area with imperiled plants and animals to be a “critical habitat” if doing so would cause economic harm or national security problems, under proposed rules announced Friday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/07/2020
"Trump Administration Proposes Timber Sale In Tongass National Forest"
"The Trump administration on Friday proposed a sale that would allow logging across thousands of acres of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, which critics say will exacerbate climate change and harm wildlife habitats."
Source: The Hill, 09/07/2020
"Trump's U.S. EPA Chief Claims Climate-Change Fight Hurts The Poor"
"The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday accused Democrats of hurting the poor with policies aimed at fighting climate change, and said the agency would keep supporting development and deregulation if President Donald Trump is re-elected."
Source: Reuters, 09/04/2020
"U.S. Clean Power Giants to Join Forces to Build Lobbying Muscle"
"Some of the biggest U.S. clean-energy companies are joining forces with the nation’s top wind-power trade group to create a new lobbying organization ahead of a presidential election that could tip federal policy in favor of renewables."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 09/04/2020
"Work Starts To Stop Sewage Flows Into California From Mexico"
"Work has begun to stop a decades-old problem of millions of gallons of sewage from Tijuana, Mexico, flowing into the United States and polluting San Diego County beaches, the Trump administration’s top environmental protection official said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 09/04/2020
