Despite Public Health Risks, EPA to Roll Back Regs to Stop Methane Leaks
"The Obama-era regulation is meant to curb leaks of methane, which is about 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide."
Source: Texas Observer, 06/14/2018
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Trump Environmental Rollbacks Put 1000s of Lives at Risk: Harvard Study
"Using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's own numbers, two Harvard scientists have calculated that 80,000 more lives will be lost per decade if President Donald Trump's administration fulfills its plans to roll back clean air and water protections."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/14/2018
"U.S. Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Water Protections"
"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday challenging moves they say weaken protections for rivers, wetlands and other waterways."
Source: Reuters, 06/14/2018
"Pruitt’s Conservative Support Cracks"
"Scott Pruitt drew fire Wednesday from conservative pundit Laura Ingraham, who urged President Donald Trump to dump the scandal-scarred EPA administrator — the latest sign that his support among Republicans is crumbling."
Source: Politico, 06/14/2018
Pruitt Tapped Aide, Donors To Help Wife Land Job At Conservative Group
"Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt last year had a top aide help contact Republican donors who might offer his wife a job, eventually securing her a position at a conservative political group that has backed him for years, according to multiple individuals familiar with the matter."
Source: Washington Post, 06/14/2018
"Appropriations: Senate Panel OKs Interior-EPA Bill Without New Riders"
"Senate appropriators quickly advanced by voice vote this morning a $35.9 billion fiscal 2019 spending bill for EPA, the Interior Department and related agencies, with bipartisan consensus and without any new "poison pill riders."
Source: Greenwire, 06/13/2018
"White House: Trump Nominates Mary Neumayr as CEQ Head"
"President Trump is nominating Mary Neumayr as chairwoman of the Council on Environmental Quality. She currently is the highest-ranking official at the council, which coordinates environmental policy and regulations across agencies."
Source: Greenwire, 06/13/2018
There's No Power Grid Emergency Requiring a Coal Bailout, Regulators Say
"The top regulators of the nation's power grid told Congress on Tuesday that they see no immediate national security emergency to justify propping up coal and nuclear power plants with a government order, as the Trump administration is considering."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/13/2018
Fly-Fishing on Montana's Big Hole River: Signs of Climate Change
"Nature is a powerful economic driver here, and livelihoods depend on cold water and healthy fish. People know it’s warming, but few will say that's climate change."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/12/2018
China’s Dramatic Solar Shift May Take Sting Out of Trump Panel Tariffs
"Analysts expect solar panel costs to drop by a third. That could be a lifeline for U.S. developers, who sidelined billions of dollars in projects over the tariffs."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/12/2018
