"House Lawmakers Vote To Give Modest Budget Cuts to EPA, Interior"
"House lawmakers voted Tuesday night to give modest budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Interior Department."
Source: The Hill, 05/16/2018
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"Pruitt Back On The Hill For Another Round"
"Senators will have their first chance to question EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt since he has been beset by allegations of excessive spending and misuse of his Cabinet-level office."
Source: E&E Daily, 05/15/2018
Top DOI Official Met With His Former Employer, Koch-Linked Foundation
"A high-level official at the Department of the Interior held meetings with a previous employer, the Koch-linked Texas Public Policy Foundation, while it was involved in legal action against the department, according to newly obtained documents."
Source: Pacific Standard, 05/15/2018
"Watchdog: EPA’s Pruitt Demanded 24/7 Armed Security on Day 1"
"An internal watchdog at the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that Administrator Scott Pruitt demanded and received unprecedented, around-the-clock protection from armed officers on his first day — a detail that appears at odds with past claims that the stepped-up security measures came in direct response to death threats."
Source: AP, 05/15/2018
"White House, EPA Headed Off Chemical Pollution Study"
"Scott Pruitt’s EPA and the White House sought to block publication of a federal health study on a nationwide water-contamination crisis, after one Trump administration aide warned it would cause a "public relations nightmare," newly disclosed emails reveal."
Source: Politico, 05/15/2018
"Trump Administration Axes Project To Generate Power From Plutonium"
"The Trump administration plans to kill a project it says would have cost tens of billions of dollars to convert plutonium from Cold War-era nuclear bombs and burn it to generate electricity, according to a document it sent to Congress last week."
Source: Reuters, 05/14/2018
"Trump Issues Disaster Declaration For Hawaii Volcano Damage"
"President Trump on Friday approved a disaster declaration for Hawaii as the state deals with damage from a volcanic eruption on its largest island."
Source: The Hill, 05/14/2018
"Trump Says He Still Has Confidence In Pruitt"
"President Trump told reporters Friday that he still has confidence in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt amid continuing ethics and spending scandals."
Source: The Hill, 05/14/2018
"Trump, Softening His Tone, Calls for More Talks on Car Emissions"
"President Trump on Friday directed his administration to negotiate with California over a proposed rollback of fuel economy and tailpipe emissions standards, a move that could avert a damaging court battle with the potential to sow chaos in the auto industry."
Source: NY Times, 05/14/2018
Trump Admin Quietly Cancels NASA Research Verifying Greenhouse Gas Cuts
"You can't manage what you don't measure. The adage is especially relevant for climate-warming greenhouse gases, which are crucial to manage—and challenging to measure. In recent years, though, satellite and aircraft instruments have begun monitoring carbon dioxide and methane remotely, and NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS), a $10-million-a-year research line, has helped stitch together observations of sources and sinks into high-resolution models of the planet's flows of carbon. Now, President Donald Trump's administration has quietly killed the CMS, Science has learned.
Source: Science, 05/11/2018
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