"Kavanaugh Defends His Environmental Record"
"Environmental issues got aired early during today's Senate hearing on Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court."
Source: E&E News PM, 09/06/2018
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"Interior Dept Gives Rules Drafted by Oil Industry Force of Law"
"As the Trump Administration seeks to loosen rules governing offshore drilling, it has proposed adopting safety standards written by the American Petroleum Institute (API), an advocacy group for the oil and gas industry."
Source: POGO, 09/05/2018
How Brett Kavanaugh Could Reshape Environmental Law From Supreme Court
"Long before President Trump nominated him for the Supreme Court on Monday, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh had already made a name for himself as an influential conservative critic of sweeping environmental regulations."
Source: NY Times, 09/05/2018
"Dire Climate Change Warnings Cut From Trump Power-Plant Proposal"
"Warnings about potentially severe consequences of climate change were deleted from a Trump administration plan to weaken curbs on power plant emissions during a White House review."
Source: Bloomberg, 09/05/2018
"Andrew Cuomo Faces An Environmental Revolt"
"The New York governor’s primary challenger, Cynthia Nixon, has emboldened activists frustrated by his ties to the fossil fuel industry and refusal to back serious climate legislation."
Source: HuffPost, 09/04/2018
"Trump Rolls Back Worker Safety Rules"
"'We want to protect our workers,' Trump said in 2017. But his administration has weakened measures designed to keep them safe."
Source: Politico, 09/04/2018
"Trump's Rollback Of Pollution Rules To Hit Coal Country Hard"
"Northern West Virginia coal country will be ground zero for increased deaths and illnesses from the rollback on regulation of harmful emission from the nation's coal power plants."
Source: AP, 09/04/2018
"Governments 'Not Ready' For Poland Climate Change Talks: Fiji PM
"Governments are unprepared for a crucial climate change meeting in Poland later this year aimed at ensuring the full implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said on Tuesday at the opening of climate talks in Bangkok."
Source: Reuters, 09/04/2018
Trump Admin Rejects Environmental Concerns Over Dakota Access Pipeline
"The Trump administration cleared the Dakota Access oil pipeline on Friday, saying that further environmental review didn’t bring up any new concerns."
Source: The Hill, 09/03/2018
"A Summer of Megafires and Trump’s Non-Rules on Climate Change"
"Against an infernal backdrop of widespread wildfires, the Administration announced its plan to roll back rules limiting greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants."
Source: New Yorker, 09/03/2018
