"‘I’m Just Living a Nightmare’: Oil Industry Braces for Devastation"
"Across the United States, companies are laying off workers, shutting down wells and preparing for a prolonged slump as oil prices tumble."
Source: NY Times, 04/22/2020
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"Clean Water Act: Trump's Rewrite Is Finalized. What Happens Now?"
"EPA published its Navigable Waters Protection Rule in the Federal Register this morning .... Publication starts a 60-day clock before the rule goes into effect and waves a green flag for an onslaught of lawsuits likely to be filed around the country. The litigation will undoubtedly run beyond Election Day, so the future of the rule likely depends on whether Trump wins a second term."
Source: Greenwire, 04/22/2020
"EPA: 'All-Out Assault.' Trump Critics Open Fight Against CO2 Rule"
"Critics of the Trump administration fired their opening shots last week in a legal brawl over EPA's rollback of power plant emissions standards."
Source: ClimateWire, 04/21/2020
Analysis: "The Trump Administration Is Muzzling Government Scientists"
"Kathryn Foxhall remembers a time when reporters could call up any doctor or researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ask them questions on the record. A journalist might even get them to open up for a “background” interview, offering candid information on the condition the expert’s name would not be used."
Source: Washington Post, 04/20/2020
'Media Bashing' From Trump Rallies Creeping Into Coronavirus Briefings
Video: "The Post’s Margaret Sullivan explained March 31 how President Trump’s coronavirus task force briefings can veer away from newsworthiness."
Source: Washington Post, 04/20/2020
"A Decade Later, Gulf Residents Suffer From BP’s Toxic Legacy"
"The people who cleaned up the 200 million-gallon Deepwater Horizon oil spill say they are still dealing with the health and economic fallout."
Source: HuffPost, 04/20/2020
"White House Moves To Weaken EPA Rule On Toxic Compounds"
"The Trump White House has intervened to weaken one of the few public health protections pursued by its own administration, a rule to limit the use of a toxic industrial compound in consumer products, according to communications between the White House and Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: AP, 04/20/2020
"U.S. Weighs Paying Drillers to Leave Oil in Ground Amid Glut"
"The Trump administration is considering paying U.S. oil producers to leave crude in the ground to help alleviate a glut that has caused prices to plummet and pushed some drillers into bankruptcy."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/17/2020
"E.P.A. Weakens Controls on Mercury"
"The Trump administration on Thursday weakened regulations on the release of mercury and other toxic metals from oil and coal-fired power plants, another step toward rolling back health protections in the middle of a pandemic."
Source: NY Times, 04/17/2020
"More Logging in National Forests on Trump Anti-Virus Agenda"
"The Trump administration is allowing loggers to extend their tree-cutting contracts in national forests to support the timber industry during the coronavirus pandemic and to help national forests create jobs after the crisis ends."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/15/2020
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