"EPA Proposal Scraps Limits On Coal Plant Waste"
"The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed scrapping restrictions on arsenic-laden waste from coal-fired power plants."
Source: The Hill, 07/31/2019
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DOJ Investigating Zinke's Use Of Personal Email, IG Tells Lawmakers
"The Justice Department is investigating whether former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke used personal email accounts for official business, a matter that has become part of a larger criminal probe into the departed official, according to a letter released by House Democrats on Tuesday."
Source: Politico, 07/31/2019
"EPA Panel Tasked With Reviewing Soot Standard Lacks Key Expert"
"The expert panel advising EPA on particulate pollution doesn't include a representative from the discipline responsible for most of the scientific evidence that soot is a public health hazard."
Source: ClimateWire, 07/31/2019
"‘Trumpian’ BLM Chief Expected to Open Development Floodgates"
"The Bureau of Land Management is about to open public lands to oil, gas, mining, and road construction as an outspoken opponent of federal land ownership takes the helm of the agency, former Interior Department officials and advocacy groups said July 30."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/31/2019
Boulder Climate Scientist Sues Trump Admin Over ‘Scientific Integrity’
"Maria Caffrey alleges she lost her job with the National Park Service because she refused to eliminate mentions of human-caused climate change from a report. Now, she is suing the Trump administration, and she also testified before Congress last Thursday."
Source: Colorado Public Radio, 07/30/2019
"5 Governors Push Presidential Candidates To Aid Great Lakes"
"Five Democratic governors of states in the Great Lakes region Monday urged the candidates in next year’s presidential election to support a plan for safeguarding their shared waters by boosting federal spending on treatment plants and environmental cleanups."
Source: AP, 07/30/2019
"How Science Got Trampled in the Rush to Drill in the Arctic"
"Every year, hundreds of petroleum industry executives gather in Anchorage for the annual conference of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, where they discuss policy and celebrate their achievements with the state’s political establishment. In May 2018, they again filed into the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center, but they had a new reason to celebrate."
Source: Politico, 07/29/2019
"EPA Cancer Testing Revamp Races On, Worrying Greens And Industry"
"EPA leaders are pushing forward with an overhaul of the way the agency evaluates the dangers of environmental contaminants after a brief consultation with outside scientists — a process that environmentalists claim was rushed and could be misused."
Source: Greenwire, 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
Interior Whistleblowers Say Agency Has Sidelined Scientists Under Trump
"Former Interior Department employees who say they experienced retaliation at the agency for their work on scientific endeavors appeared before lawmakers Thursday, sparking political wrangling over the role of scientists in the Trump administration."
Source: The Hill, 07/26/2019
