"Lyft Backs Legal Challenge To Trump Rollback Of Fuel Standards"
"Lyft is backing a legal challenge against a key part of the Trump administration’s plan to weaken fuel emissions standards for the auto industry."
Source: The Hill, 02/18/2019
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"McConnell’s Opposition To Green New Deal Comes As He Backs Coal"
"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to put Democratic presidential candidates in an uncomfortable position by forcing them to vote on the controversial Green New Deal being pitched by rising Democratic star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But he also wants to promote his own long-held support for not-so-green measures."
Source: McClatchy, 02/18/2019
Illinois Governor Orders Closing of Sterigenics Plant Over Toxic Gas
"Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration on Friday banned Sterigenics from using ethylene oxide at its Willowbrook sterilization plant, responding to an intense public outcry about toxic air pollution that left surrounding neighborhoods with some of the highest cancer risks in the nation."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 02/18/2019
"EPA: Congress Bucks White House On Environmental Spending"
"Congressional appropriators dismissed President Trump's drive to slash EPA's budget, opting instead for the status quo."
Source: Greenwire, 02/15/2019
"TVA Defies Trump, Votes To Shut Down 2 Aging Coal-Fired Power Plants"
"The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors voted to shut down two aging coal-fired power plants, defying a tweet from President Trump on Monday urging the agency to keep one of them open."
Source: Washington Post, 02/15/2019
Grijalva Asks Trump To Dump NOAA Nominee Amid Harassment Settlement News
"A top democratic House lawmaker is calling on a Trump nominee to be removed from consideration after reports that he was involved in a discrimination and sexual harassment settlement at his former company."
Source: The Hill, 02/14/2019
Wehrum Stayed In Close Touch With His Former Law Firm, New Emails Show
"Bill Wehrum, the Environmental Protection Agency’s top air policy official, continued to stay in close touch with employees at his former law firm after joining the Trump administration, according to documents released this week under the Freedom of Information Act."
Source: Washington Post, 02/14/2019
Wisconsin Governor Joins U.S. Climate Alliance
"Gov. Tony Evers says he’s joining a group of governors vowing to combat climate change at the state level, in part by pursuing reduced greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: Wisconsin State Journal, 02/13/2019
"Court Tosses Challenge To EPA Removal Of Scientists From Advisory Boards
"A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) policy of removing scientists with EPA grants from its advisory boards."
Source: The Hill, 02/13/2019
Trump Pressures TVA Not To Close Costly, Unreliable Coal Plant
"The U.S. president has joined Kentucky's governor and the coal state's U.S. senators in trying to pressure the Tennessee Valley Authority to keep a 49-year-old coal-fired power plant operating, even though the nation's largest public electric utility has concluded that the plant is unreliable, no longer needed and too expensive to repair and operate."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/13/2019
