"U.S. Coal Giant That Pressed Trump For Bailout Faces Default"
"Murray Energy Corp., the U.S. coal giant that had pressed the Trump administration for help averting bankruptcy, may be headed toward default."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/04/2019
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Trump Admin Axes Federal Panels On Marine Sanctuaries, Invasive Species
"The Trump administration, earlier this week, quietly and without warning, eliminated federal advisory boards for America's marine protected areas, and on potential dangers posed by invasive species."
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10/04/2019
"Courts Question Pipeline Builders’ Use of Eminent Domain to Take Land"
"A recent federal court ruling could give states more authority to oppose natural gas pipeline projects by limiting the controversial use of eminent domain—the mandatory sale of private or state-owned land for public use."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/04/2019
Major Fossil Fuel State Is Joining RGGI, the Northeast's Carbon Market
"Pennsylvania, one of the nation's largest coal and natural gas producing states, is moving to join the Northeast's carbon market. It would mark the largest expansion of the multistate initiative since its inception a decade ago and a milestone in the drive by states to counter the impact of the Trump administration's retreat from climate action."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/04/2019
'Chilling Message': Trump Critics See Deeper Agenda in California Feud
"President Trump’s political feud with California has spread collateral damage across more than a dozen other states, which have seen their regulatory authority curtailed and their autonomy threatened by a Trump administration intent on weakening the environmental statutes of the country’s most populous state."
Source: NY Times, 10/04/2019
"Energy Secretary Rick Perry Eyeing Exit In November"
"Energy Secretary Rick Perry is expected to announce his resignation from the administration by the end of November, according to three people familiar with his plans."
Source: Politico, 10/04/2019
Trump Breaks With Tradition By Tapping Only A Republican For FERC
"President Trump finally chose a new Republican commissioner for a key panel of federal energy regulators. But he did so without naming a Democrat to go with him, setting off a potential battle with Senate Democrats over the future of renewable energy and gas pipeline projects across the country."
Source: Washington Post, 10/03/2019
"Trump Administration Loses Bid To Dismiss Monument Lawsuits"
"A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to dismiss lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a 2017 decision to downsize two sprawling national monuments in Utah."
Source: AP, 10/02/2019
"White House: How U.S. Fossil Fuels Are Tied To Ukraine And Impeachment"
"Ukraine, now at the center of a rapidly accelerating impeachment inquiry against President Trump, has been central to the president's efforts to increase U.S. exports of fossil fuels."
Source: ClimateWire, 10/01/2019
US Group Forms To Defend Natural Gas Against Anti-Fossil Fuel Measures
"A group backed by anonymous donors launched a campaign on Monday to promote the benefits of cheap, abundant natural gas against what it called “radical” proposals like the Green New Deal that would phase out use of the fossil fuel."
Source: Reuters, 10/01/2019
