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"Trump EPA's Pollution, Waste Reduction Numbers Are Lowest In A Decade"

"The pounds of pollutants and waste that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reduced under the Trump administration are at their lowest levels in a decade, according to an analysis by the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) published Friday.

EPA’s 2018 reduction of pollution and hazardous waste is the second-lowest amount on record, dating back to 2008. President Trump’s first year in office, 2017, was the worst year, according to the analysis.

Source: The Hill, 02/04/2019

Canadian Firm Scraps Plan To Mine Former Utah Monument Land

"A Canadian mining company has ditched its plans to extract copper, cobalt and other minerals from approximately 200 acres of land that the Trump administration carved out of the boundary protecting Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument."

Source: HuffPost, 02/04/2019

Governors To Trump: Don't Meddle In State Clean Water Permit Reviews

"The Western Governors' Association is asking President Trump not to impede states' abilities to veto Clean Water Act permits."

Source: Greenwire, 02/04/2019

"Six U.S. States Sue Trump's EPA Over Interstate Smog Pollution Rule"

"Six Northeastern U.S. states and New York City have sued the Trump administration over its refusal to toughen smog restrictions in industrial states that blow pollution across their borders, officials said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 02/01/2019

Interior IG: ‘No Evidence’ Monument Rollback Aimed At Helping Utah GOPer

"The lands President Donald Trump carved from Grand Staircase-Escalante included a 40-acre parcel owned by his ally and former Utah state Rep. Mike Noel."

Source: HuffPost, 02/01/2019

"15 AGs Petition Trump Administration To Draft Asbestos Rule"

"The Attorneys General from 15 states are petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to draft a policy to collect more data on harmful asbestos."

Source: The Hill, 02/01/2019

"EPA: Climate Science Skeptic Among Wheeler's Board Picks"

"Acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler today announced a new slate of appointments to the agency's Science Advisory Board that mingles mainstream academics with an Alabama professor who rejects mainstream climate science."

Source: E&E News PM, 02/01/2019

"Clean Water Act: A Hunter's View: No Such Thing As An Isolated Wetland"

To a duck hunter in the marshes of southeast Louisiana, what happens in the prairie potholes of the upper Midwest makes all the difference. The Trump administration wants to end protections for such isolated wetlands."

Source: Greenwire, 01/31/2019

"White House Considers Cattle Rancher Lummis for Interior, Sources Say"

"White House officials are seriously considering former cattle rancher and Wyoming congresswoman Cynthia Lummis to serve as President Donald Trump’s next Interior secretary, according to people familiar with the deliberations."

Source: Bloomberg, 01/31/2019

NOAA After Trump Tweet: Winter Storms Don’t Disprove Climate Change

"A federal agency tweeted Tuesday that winter storms don’t disprove climate change, hours after President Trump seemed to imply the opposite in a tweet."

Source: The Hill, 01/30/2019

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