"Appropriations: Senators Take Up 'Consensus' Interior-EPA Bill"
"The Senate Appropriations Committee will release details of its funding bill for the Interior Department and EPA [Tuesday]."
Source: E&E Daily, 06/12/2018
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PEER Hits Administration Over Cuts to Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
"An environmental group is criticizing the Trump administration for staff cuts that are causing a national wildlife refuge visitor center to close down two days a week during the busy summer months."
Source: The Hill, 06/12/2018
"Loss of Investigators Slows Key Federal Chemical Safety Agency"
"The federal agency that frequently investigates chemical disasters in Houston and elsewhere is struggling to function amid an exodus of investigators and management’s push toward more lenient treatment of industry, interviews and documents show."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 06/12/2018
"House OKs Energy-Water Bill With Carbon Language, Yucca Cash"
"The House [Friday] approved a fiscal 2019 energy and water spending bill in a largely partisan vote that reflected Democrats' frustration with some of the legislation's language."
Source: Greenwire, 06/11/2018
Will Trump's Seismic Testing Rattle Toxic Waste Buried at Sea?
"In a long-shot bid to stop seismic testing for oil and gas in the Atlantic Ocean, coastal business leaders and elected officials are raising concerns the tests could cause toxins to leak from vast amounts of conventional munitions, chemical weapons and radioactive waste that now sits undisturbed on the ocean floor."
Source: McClatchy, 06/11/2018
Six of the G7 Commit to Climate Action. Trump Skips the Meeting
"President Donald Trump's disdain for action on climate change, along with his other demands and behavior, left the United States estranged from its closest allies following the weekend summit of the Group of Seven major industrial democracies.
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/11/2018
"In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice."
"As President Trump prepares to meet Kim Jong-un of North Korea to negotiate denuclearization, a challenge that has bedeviled the world for years, he is doing so without the help of a White House science adviser or senior counselor trained in nuclear physics."
Source: NY Times, 06/11/2018
Pruitt Asked Trump Donor To Guide Picking of Science Advisers
"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt sought and acted upon a recommendation from a major Trump campaign donor for an individual to head the agency's leading science body, internal documents show."
Source: The Hill, 06/11/2018
"Dem Lawmakers Seek Criminal Corruption Probe of EPA’s Pruitt"
"House Democrats on Friday formally requested that the Justice Department investigate Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt for potential criminal conduct."
Source: AP, 06/11/2018
Trump EPA Won’t Evaluate Asbestos Already in Homes
"The Environmental Protection Agency will not consider the health risks and impacts of asbestos already in the environment when evaluating the dangers associated with the chemical compound, Scott Pruitt, the agency's head, quietly announced last week."
Source: Newsweek, 06/08/2018
