"Regulations: Administration Eyes Changes To Environmental Enforcement"
"The White House issued a notice today seeking input on efforts to "reform enforcement" — a potential boon for the energy industry."
Source: Greenwire, 01/31/2020
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"Accidental Bird Kills by Industry Legal Under Interior Plan"
"The Interior Department plans to cement into regulation its 2017 opinion that the accidental killing of migratory birds isn’t a criminal act—a reversal of prior federal policy that prosecuted unintentional bird killings as a misdemeanor, Interior officials said Thursday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/31/2020
"14 States Sue EPA Over Chemical Safety Regulations Rollback"
"Attorneys general from 14 states filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its rollback of Obama-era chemical plant safety regulations."
Source: The Hill, 01/30/2020
House Dems Unveil $760B Infrastructure Plan With Ambitious Climate Agenda
"House Democratic leaders unveiled the outlines for a $760 billion, five-year infrastructure package on Wednesday — a proposal that includes an ambitious climate agenda but not, so far, many specifics about how to find the money." "The backbone of the plan would be a highway, rail and transit bill, of the kind that Congress enacts typically every four or five years."
Source: Politico, 01/30/2020
"Court Decision Casts Doubt On Dozens Of U.S. Refinery Biofuel Waivers"
"A U.S. court decision last week striking down three biofuel waivers that the Environmental Protection Agency gave oil refineries in 2017 has cast doubt on the legitimacy of dozens of other EPA exemptions granted under similar circumstances, according to industry experts and agency data."
Source: Reuters, 01/29/2020
EPA Letting Cities Dump More Raw Sewage Into Rivers for Years to Come
"The Environmental Protection Agency has made it easier for cities to keep dumping raw sewage into rivers by letting them delay or otherwise change federally imposed fixes to their sewer systems, according to interviews with local officials, water utilities and their lobbyists."
Source: NY Times, 01/29/2020
"Court Forces U.S. EPA To Reconsider Three Refinery Biofuel Waivers"
"A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider three of the biofuel waivers it recently granted to small oil refineries, arguing the agency’s justification for approving the exemptions was flawed."
Source: Reuters, 01/28/2020
Critics Question Data Used In Rule Replacing Obama Water Protections
"Critics say the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) water policy unveiled Thursday is one of the biggest rollbacks to water policy in decades, but it’s tough to know the extent of its impact because of challenges that come with mapping America’s waterways."
Source: The Hill, 01/28/2020
California Will Be Hit Hard As Trump Weakens Clean Water Protections
"Defying environmentalists and public health advocates, the Trump administration on Thursday announced the replacement of Obama-era water protections with a significantly weaker set of regulations that lifts limits on how much pollution can be dumped into small streams and wetlands."
Source: LA Times, 01/27/2020
Clean Water: "Court Battles, 2020 Election Loom Over Trump WOTUS Rule"
"Trump administration officials took a victory lap after they unveiled their final revisions to Clean Water Act protections for waterways and wetlands. But the Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS, replacement rule that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers completed yesterday must now survive a possible Democratic win in the 2020 presidential election and an expected inundation of challenges in the courts."
Source: Greenwire, 01/27/2020
