"Biden Picks Ex-Obama Climate Official For Energy Department Deputy"
"President Biden plans to nominate David Turk, a former Obama administration official, as his deputy energy secretary."
Source: Washington Post, 02/15/2021
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"Grijalva Hopes To Work With Haaland To 'Repair' Interior"
"House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) says his legislative priorities this year will include legislation to advance environmental justice and update the country’s laws governing public lands mining."
Source: The Hill, 02/12/2021"Interior Unwinds Bernhardt LWCF Actions"
"The Interior Department on Thursday reversed actions taken by former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt governing spending of Land and Water Conservation Fund revenues."
Source: Grand Junction Sentinel, 02/12/2021"Judge: Trump’s Lifting Of Mining Ban In US West Was Wrong"
"A federal judge on Thursday overturned a Trump administration action that allowed mining and other development on 10 million acres (4 million hectares) in parts of six western states that are considered important for the survival of a struggling bird species."
Source: AP, 02/12/2021"Appalachia’s Fracking Boom Has Done Little For Local Economies: Study"
"Appalachia's fracking boom has failed to deliver on promises of jobs and benefits to local economies, according to a new study."
Source: Daily Climate, 02/12/2021Bittman Book Says Next 100 Years of Food Must Be Radically Different
"Mark Bittman is most famous for the 30,000 recipes he’s developed in decades of being a food journalist and authoring 30 books focused on cooking and eating. But this month’s Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food from Sustainable to Suicidal is not another recipe book, it’s a deeply researched call to arms to reshape our food system to center people and planet rather than profit."
Source: Earther, 02/12/2021Biden Wants 100% Clean Energy. Will California Show That It’s Possible?
"The undersea power line would run south from San Luis Obispo County, hugging the California coast for 200 miles before making landfall in or near Los Angeles. It would be able to carry electricity from a fleet of offshore wind turbines, providing Southern California with clean power after sundown and helping to replace fossil-fueled generators."
Source: LA Times, 02/11/2021EPA Alleges Political Interference By Trump Officials On Toxic Chemical
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday asserted that political appointees from the Trump administration interfered with a safety assessment for a chemical linked to health issues. The agency said in a statement that it was removing from its website a toxicity assessment for a compound known as PFBS due to the alleged interference."
Source: The Hill, 02/10/2021"Biden Faces Calls To Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline"
"President Biden is facing calls to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline after a court ruled that the Trump administration broke the law when allowing for the pipeline’s construction."
Source: The Hill, 02/10/2021"Senate Advances Nomination Of Biden EPA Pick Regan"
"Senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee voted on Tuesday to advance the nomination of Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The committee voted 14-6 to move Regan's nomination to the full Senate."
Source: The Hill, 02/10/2021"Drilling Fight Near Tribal Site Shows Challenge Awaiting Haaland"
"Rep. Deb Haaland’s road to confirmation as the nation’s first Native American Interior secretary is likely to pass through New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon. The sacred and historic site is at the nexus of fossil fuels, environmental justice, and conservation issues likely to be raised at the Senate confirmation hearing for Haaland (D-N.M.)."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/10/2021New Biden Conservation Corps Stirs Hopes Of Nature-Focused Hiring Spree
"A 1930s initiative that tackled environmental woes and unemployment could inspire the new administration’s plans to confront the climate crisis".
Source: Guardian, 02/10/2021House Panel Renews Probe Into Trump Interference With Covid-19 Response
"The head of a House oversight panel on Monday renewed its investigation into political interference in the nation’s coronavirus response, releasing new allegations of meddling in scientists’ work."
Source: Washington Post, 02/09/2021"Biden's Promise For Justice Tested In Tribal Coal Fields"
"When three 775-foot-tall smoke stacks at the Navajo Generating Station came tumbling down in December, sending plumes of dust into the sky and thundering reverberations off the mesas of the Arizona high desert, it marked the end of an era."
Source: E&E News, 02/09/2021Black Community Fights Project On Coast Land Fouled By Arsenic, Lead
"One last time, residents of North Gulfport have mustered to fight development of Mississippi State Port Authority property contaminated with lead and arsenic."
Source: Biloxi Sun Herald, 02/09/2021
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