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"EPA Would Get $9 Billion Budget for This Fiscal Year"

"The EPA would get $9.06 billion in the current fiscal year ending next September under a spending bill that Congress will vote on this week.

The agency would receive $208 million more in fiscal 2020 than the current $8.8 billion budget. That’s nearly $3 billion more than President Donald Trump’s budget request, but less than the $9.53 billion offered in the House bill that passed the chamber in June. It’s similar to the levels in the Senate-passed bill."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/17/2019

"Water Policy: Trump's Potty Talk Highlights Flushing Fight"

"When it comes to testing toilets, it turns out the appropriate substitute for human feces is miso paste. That's what EPA uses to ensure that commodes earning its WaterSense efficiency label flush effectively."

Source: Greenwire, 12/16/2019

"Arctic: BLM Analysis Shows Climate Price Of Alaska Drilling"

"The Trump administration's support for oil development in Alaska's North Slope could have dramatic climate impacts, even if top brass doesn't upend current Obama-era restrictions on fossil fuel development."

Source: EnergyWire, 12/16/2019

USFS Lets Mining Company Write Its Own Environmental Analysis: Report

"New documents reveal that the Trump administration has let a mining company take on a major role in writing the environmental report that is key to getting its Idaho gold mine project government approval, the Idaho Statesman reports."

Source: The Hill, 12/16/2019

"Green Groups Urge Lawmakers To Oppose USMCA"

"Days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced her support for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade, nine environmental groups wrote to lawmakers urging them to vote against its passage."

Source: The Hill, 12/16/2019

"U.N. Climate Talks End With Few Commitments and a ‘Lost’ Opportunity"

"In what was widely denounced as one of the worst outcomes in a quarter-century of climate negotiations, United Nations talks ended early Sunday morning with the United States and other big polluters blocking even a nonbinding measure that would have encouraged countries to adopt more ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions next year.

Source: NY Times, 12/16/2019

"Trump Mocks Greta Thunberg on Twitter, and She Jabs Back"

"The 16-year-old climate activist changed her Twitter biography to read, “a teenager working on her anger management problem,” after the president tossed that accusation at her."

Source: NY Times, 12/13/2019

"It’s a Vast, Invisible Climate Menace. We Made It Visible."

"Immense amounts of methane are escaping from oil and gas sites nationwide, worsening global warming, even as the Trump administration weakens restrictions on offenders."

Source: NY Times, 12/13/2019

"Interior: Skipwith Confirmed As Fish And Wildlife Service Director"

"The Senate today [Thursday] confirmed Aurelia Skipwith as director of the Fish and Wildlife Service on a mostly party-line vote of 52 to 39."

Source: Greenwire, 12/13/2019

Watchdog To Probe Movement Of Land Management Bureau Out Of DC

"The Government Accountability Office (GAO), will probe the Trump administration’s decision to relocate Bureau of Land Management (BLM) staff from Washington, D.C., to Colorado, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced Wednesday."

Source: The Hill, 12/12/2019

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