"Court Sends Feds Back To The Drawing Board Over Tongass Timber Sale"
"A federal judge has dealt a potentially fatal blow to what would’ve been the largest timber sales in Tongass National Forest in decades."
Source: KRBD, 06/25/2020
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Health Advocates Criticize Scientific Panel on New Dietary Guidelines
"More than half the members of a panel considering changes to the nation’s blueprint for healthy eating have ties to the food industry"
Source: NYTimes, 06/24/2020
"LNG Shipments By Rail Approved In US Amid Pipeline Battles"
"The Trump administration has taken the final step to allow rail shipments of liquefied natural gas, a new front in the movement of energy products that had been opposed by environmental groups and 15 states."
Source: AP, 06/24/2020
"DOJ Whistleblower To Allege Political Interference In Antitrust Probes"
"A career Justice Department lawyer will testify to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that political leaders in the agency's antitrust division initiated a probe of four automakers' carbon emissions agreement with California a day after President Trump tweeted criticisms of the preliminary deal."
Source: Axios, 06/24/2020
Top Dems Say Trump Is Sitting On $14B For Coronavirus Testing, Tracing
"The Trump administration has been sitting on nearly $14 billion in funding that Congress passed for coronavirus testing and contact tracing, according to Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Patty Murray of Washington."
Source: NBC News, 06/23/2020
"Trump Water Rule Halted in Colo., Can Take Effect Elsewhere"
"The Trump administration’s adoption of narrower protections for wetlands and waterways can take effect almost everywhere in the nation, except Colorado, while courts review whether the move was legal."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/22/2020
EJ Groups Sue EPA over Mercury Air Toxics Rule for Power Plants
"A coalition of more than 20 health, environmental and racial justice organizations are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over a finding that undermines the legal justification behind a regulation for the emission of mercury and other toxins from power plants."
Source: The Hill, 06/22/2020
Dems, Experts Decry Trump For Saying He Asked Officials To Slow Testing
"President Trump’s Saturday night remark that he asked officials to “slow the [coronavirus] testing down" sparked harsh rebukes from experts and frustration from his own staffers, who say it undercuts their efforts to reassure Americans as the disease surges around the country."
Source: Washington Post, 06/22/2020
Wheeler in Wisconsin: Putting a Green Veneer on Actions of Trump EPA
"The Trump administration declared a victory over air pollution in Sheboygan, Wisconsin this week—a timely win given recent polls showing that voters view environmental protection to be President Trump's greatest vulnerability." "By redrawing a line on a map to exclude a monitor with higher pollution readings, the administration has given the appearance of reducing pollution in Sheboygan."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/19/2020
"U.S. House Democrats Unveil $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan"
"U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Thursday unveiled a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that they will seek to pass in coming weeks, arguing it has been made more urgent by the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: Reuters, 06/19/2020
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