"Interior: Republican Governors Turn On Zinke Plan"
"Western Republican governors are pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to ax mitigation rules for energy developers."
Source: EnergyWire, 01/16/2019
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Trump Signs Green Water Infrastructure Bill
"The president signed U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown’s and Rob Portman’s Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act into law that would provide local communities with increased flexibility when complying with Clean Water Act requirements for updates to sewer systems."
Source: Youngstown Vindicator, 01/16/2019
"Senators Consider Former Lobbyist As EPA’s Permanent Chief"
"Acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler’s past lobbying work for coal companies and other industries regulated by the agency is expected to draw scrutiny Wednesday when a Senate committee considers his nomination to the position."
Source: AP, 01/16/2019
"Trump’s Executive Order Will Aggressively Cut More Forest Trees"
"The president is intent on pushing up timber sales in spite of the shutdown. He says he wants to curb wildfires. Experts say logging trees won’t help."
Source: Washington Post, 01/15/2019
"Trump Taps Commerce Watchdog To Be New Interior Inspector General"
"President Trumphas tapped Commerce Department inspector Mark Greenblatt to be the new inspector general of the Department of the Interior."
Source: The Hill, 01/15/2019
"Canada, First Nations Express Concern Over U.S. Arctic Drilling Plans"
"The Canadian government, two territories and several First Nations are expressing concerns to the United States over plans to open the calving grounds of a large cross-border caribou herd to energy drilling, despite international agreements to protect it."
Source: Canadian Press, 01/14/2019
About 30 Government Workers Got Paid By Mistake Friday, But Not For Long
After a federal payroll division mistakenly paid workers at the Chemical Safety Board, which investigates toxic and hazardous chemical disasters, Trump officials scrambled to claw back the money.
Source: Washington Post, 01/14/2019
"President Trump Can't Stop U.S. Coal Plants From Retiring
"More U.S. coal-fired power plants were shut in President Donald Trump’s first two years than were retired in the whole of Barack Obama’s first term, despite the Republican’s efforts to prop up the industry to keep a campaign promise to coal-mining states."
Source: Reuters, 01/14/2019
"Politics: Next President Could Declare Climate Emergency, GOP Fears"
"Republicans Are increasingly concerned that President Trump's threat to build a border wall by declaring a national emergency might be repeated by a future president who sees climate change as an existential danger to the United States."
Source: ClimateWire, 01/14/2019
"Interior: Bernhardt Must Renew 'Acting' Heads By Month's End"
"Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt must soon decide whether to maintain eight temporary agency directors, as the Trump administration presses into its third year without appointees for a slew of top posts at the department.
According to Secretarial Order 3345, eight temporary appointments — including the heads of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service — will expire on Jan. 31.
Source: Greenwire, 01/14/2019
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