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Judge Overturns Trump’s Order to Open Arctic Waters to Oil Drilling

"In a major legal blow to President Trump’s push to expand offshore oil and gas development, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by Mr. Trump that lifted an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and parts of the North Atlantic coast was unlawful."

Source: NY Times, 04/01/2019

Sen. Wyden Assails Bernhardt’s Ethics at Interior Confirmation Hearing

"President Trump’s choice to lead the Interior Department, David Bernhardt, a former oil lobbyist who has been accused of conflicts of interest, faced questioning Thursday from senators who must decide whether he is the right person to oversee some 500 million acres of public land and vast coastal waters."

Source: NY Times, 03/29/2019

"They Grew Up Around Fossil Fuels. Now, Their Jobs Are in Renewables."

"CLAWSON, UTAH — Chris Riley comes from a coal town and a coal family, but he founded a company that could hasten coal’s decline. Lee Van Horn, whose father worked underground in the mines, spends some days more than 300 feet in the air atop a wind turbine. They, and the other people in this story, represent a shift, not just in power generation but in generations of workers as well."

Source: NY Times, 03/28/2019

"EPA: No Toxic Releases At Superfund Sites In Flooded Midwest"

"Flooding in the Midwest temporarily cut off a Superfund site in Nebraska that stores radioactive waste and explosives, inundated another one storing toxic chemical waste in Missouri, and limited access to others, federal regulators said Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency reported no releases of hazardous contaminants at any of eight toxic waste sites in flooded parts of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa."

Source: AP, 03/28/2019

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