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"US Says Trump Coal Moves Hasten But Don’t Increase Emissions"

"The Trump administration’s decision to lift a moratorium on coal sales from public lands could hasten the release of more than 5 billion tons of greenhouse gases, but officials concluded Wednesday it would make little difference in overall U.S. climate emissions."

Source: AP, 05/23/2019

"Senate Panel Approves Interior Nominee Over Objections From Democrats"

"Senate Republicans advanced President Trump's nominee to be the Interior Department's top lawyer on Tuesday over objections from Democrats who called him partisan and unresponsive to ethics questions swirling around the department's secretary and his predecessor." Daniel Jorjani was architect of Interior's proposed policy for rejecting Freedom of Information Act requests.

Source: The Hill, 05/22/2019

EPA Plans to Get Thousands of Deaths Off the Books by Changing Its Math

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to change the way it calculates the health risks of air pollution, a shift that would make it easier to roll back a key climate change rule because it would result in far fewer predicted deaths from pollution, according to five people with knowledge of the agency’s plans."

Source: NY Times, 05/21/2019

"EPA Cuts Off Funding For Kids' Health Research Centers"

"Despite repeatedly expressing public support for children's health, EPA is ending funding for a network of research centers focused on environmental threats to kids, imperiling several long-running studies of pollutants' effects on child development."

Source: Greenwire, 05/21/2019

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