"How Testing Failures Allowed Coronavirus To Sweep The U.S."
"The Trump administration’s decision to forgo a World Health Organization test and create its own had fateful consequences, experts say."
Source: Politico, 03/13/2020
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"Senators Press Trump Deputy EPA Pick At Confirmation Hearing"
"Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed President Trump’s pick for the No. 2 position at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a range of issues during an at times contentious Senate hearing Wednesday."
Source: The Hill, 03/12/2020
NEPA: 18 States Ask Trump WH To Withdraw Major Environmental Rollback
"Attorneys general for 18 states are asking the Trump administration to withdraw a rule that would roll back a bedrock environmental law, arguing the proposal is “unlawful, unreasonable, and unjustified.”"
Source: The Hill, 03/12/2020
"Trump Budget Chief Holds Firm On CDC Cuts Amid Virus Outbreak"
"Russ Vought, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, on Tuesday doubled down on proposed cuts to health services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), despite the coronavirus outbreak."
Source: The Hill, 03/11/2020
Trump Administration Presses Cities To Evict Homeowners from Flood Zones
"The federal government is giving local officials nationwide a painful choice: Agree to use eminent domain to force people out of flood-prone homes, or forfeit a shot at federal money they need to combat climate change."
Source: NY Times, 03/11/2020
"How Delays in Testing Set Back the U.S. Coronavirus Response"
"A series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing came during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier."
Source: NY Times, 03/11/2020
White House Mulls Aid For Shale Companies Hit By Oil Shock
"The White House is strongly considering pushing federal assistance for oil and natural gas producers hit by plummeting oil prices amid the coronavirus outbreak, as industry officials close to the administration clamor for help, according to four people familiar with internal deliberations."
Source: Washington Post, 03/11/2020
"CPAC Virus Carrier Sparks Concerns at EPA, DOE, Interior"
"The heads of EPA and the departments of the Interior and Energy were at a conservative political conference late last month also attended by a confirmed carrier of a respiratory illness that's spreading rapidly and taking a toll on global markets."
Source: Greenwire, 03/10/2020
Plummeting Oil Prices Could Force A Reckoning For U.S. Fracking Boom
"The dramatic fall of oil prices could upend the American fracking industry, analysts said Monday, as panic over the coronavirus outbreak lessened global demand and Saudi Arabia and Russia flooded the market with new supply."
Source: HuffPost, 03/10/2020
GAO Report Says Trump's BLM HQ Move Lacked Justification
"The administration failed to follow key practices to show the reason for reforming a workplace and why employees were asked to relocate"
Source: Washington Post, 03/09/2020
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