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Trump’s Retreat on the Environment Is Affecting Communities Across U.S.

"In just two years, President Trump has unleashed a regulatory rollback, lobbied for and cheered on by industry, with little parallel in the past half-century. ... The trade-offs, while often out of public view, are real — frighteningly so, for some people — imperiling progress in cleaning up the air we breathe and the water we drink, and in some cases upending the very relationship with the environment around us."

Source: NY Times, 12/31/2018

Interior Proposes Rule To Make FOIA Requests Harder To Fulfill

"Trump administration officials took steps on Friday to crack down on transparency at one of the largest US federal agencies, proposing a slew of changes that could make it harder for the public and media to obtain records of agency dealings."

Source: Guardian, 12/31/2018

New EPA Plan Could Free Coal Plants to Release More Mercury Into the Air

"The Trump administration proposed on Friday major changes to the way the federal government calculates the benefits, in human health and safety, of restricting mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants."

Source: NY Times, 12/31/2018

"Green Infrastructure’ Legislation Headed to President Trump"

"Cities and states would get more credit from the EPA for installing natural stormwater runoff systems under legislation that’s been cleared for President Donald Trump’s signature."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/24/2018

"Flood Insurance Lapse Averted With Hours to Spare"

"The House passed a last-minute bill Dec. 21 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program through May."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/24/2018

"White House Orders Up More Logging To Combat Wildfires"

"With a government shutdown looming, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to boost logging and forest thinning on more than 4 million acres of federal lands to combat extreme wildfires."

Source: HuffPost, 12/24/2018

Shutdown Could Last Into New Year: White House Budget Director Mulvaney

"The partial shutdown paralyzing large portions of the federal government may last into January when Democrats retake control of the House, the White House acknowledged Sunday, as negotiations over funding for President Trump’s border wall sputtered to a near-standstill and congressional leaders abandoned Washington for Christmas."

Source: Washington Post, 12/24/2018

"Administration Moves Closer To Opening Arctic Refuge For Oil"

"The Trump administration moved closer on Thursday to opening thousands of miles within Alaska’s pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing, issuing a draft report that concluded the polar bears, caribou and other wildlife could safely share their untouched wilderness with oil and gas producers."

Source: AP, 12/21/2018

9 State Attorneys Join Suit Opposing Air Guns For Atlantic Oil Search

"State attorneys general from Maine to South Carolina joined a lawsuit filed by conservationists seeking to block the Trump administration from allowing seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean that could harm marine mammals and lead to drilling off the Eastern Seaboard for the first time in decades."

Source: Washington Post, 12/21/2018

"Exxon Mobil Secured U.S. Hardship Waiver From Biofuels Laws - Sources"

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted oil major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) a financial hardship waiver this year temporarily freeing its Montana refinery from U.S. biofuel laws, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters."

Source: Reuters, 12/21/2018

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