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"AP Fact Check: Trump’s Wildfire Tweets Not Grounded In Facts"

"President Donald Trump is scorching the facts about California’s wildfires. The president in recent tweets blamed California and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for the fires because of state forest management practices and said California’s fires were too expensive and worse than in other states. In fact, the fires were not raging mostly in forests. The bulk of California’s forests are also federally managed, and other parts of the U.S. are burning even more."

Source: AP, 11/06/2019

Trump Team To ‘Modernize' National Parks With Wifi, Amazon Deliveries

"A team of Trump administration advisers – consisting mostly of appointees from private industry – are urging “modernization” of national park campgrounds, with a vision of food trucks, wifi and even Amazon deliveries."

Source: Guardian, 11/06/2019

Gina McCarthy Takes CEO Job at Natural Resources Defense Council

"An environmental group that has sued the Trump administration nearly 100 times announced Tuesday that it has hired Gina McCarthy, who headed the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama, as its new president and chief executive."

Source: Washington Post, 11/06/2019

"EPA: Mysterious Mold And Smog Abound After Federal Inaction"

"GREENDALE, Ind. — Mayor Alan Weiss has a whiskey fungus problem. Baudoinia compniacensis, a little-studied black mold associated with alcohol aging, is growing all over the otherwise idyllic town Weiss leads here in southeastern Indiana."

Source: Greenwire, 11/05/2019

"Environmental Prosecutions Drop to Lowest Rate in 20 Years"

"The Trump administration is chasing down fewer environmental crimes than any administration since the mid-1990s, according to new data from an independent research group."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/05/2019

"States, Green Groups Challenge Rollback Of Obama-Era Lightbulb Rules"

"Separate coalitions of states and environmental advocacy groups sued the Department of Energy (DOE) Monday, challenging a decision to eliminate energy efficiency standards for nearly half the lightbulbs on the market."

Source: The Hill, 11/05/2019

"Trump Interior Nominee Fast-Tracked A ‘Deficient’ Drilling Permit"

"In March 2017, a politically connected oil firm called Cimarex Energy Co. was in a hurry to begin fracking on a flat expanse of farmland in the western Oklahoma oil patch."

Source: Reveal, 11/05/2019

"Trump Serves Notice to Quit Paris Climate Agreement"

"The Trump administration formally notified the United Nations on Monday that it would withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change, leaving global climate diplomats to plot a way forward without the cooperation of the world’s largest economy."

Source: NY Times, 11/05/2019

"California Winds Slacken, Helping Firefighters Control Blazes"

"Winds that have fanned California’s wildfires have calmed, helping firefighters contain blazes that have destroyed homes and forced mass power outages since late last month."

Source: Reuters, 11/04/2019

Trump Wanted An Arctic Refuge Lease Sale This Year. He's Out Of Time

"Top Trump administration officials have said that they plan to hold an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before the end of the year. But that goal now appears out of reach because of two procedural steps still necessary before a sale can take place."

Source: Alaska's Energy Desk , 11/04/2019

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