"Interior: Greens Seek Ethics Inquiry Into Former Staffer"
"Environmental groups today urged an inquiry into a former Interior Department official who now works for the oil and gas industry."
Source: Greenwire, 11/01/2017
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West Coast Dems Lead Call To Fund Early Warning System For Earthquakes
"A group of Democrats representing western states has sent a letter to White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney urging the Trump administration to include funding for an earthquake early-warning system in the fiscal 2018 budget."
Source: The Hill, 11/01/2017
Trump CEQ Pick Profited from Oil Drilling, Energy Industry Speaking Fees
"Kathleen Hartnett White, President Trump’s nominee to head the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), has recently made money from both leases on oil drilling and speaking fees at conferences sponsored by the fossil fuel industry. These new details come from Hartnett White’s financial disclosure, obtained by DeSmog."
Source: DeSmog, 11/01/2017
"White House: No Change In Plans For Sam Clovis Nomination"
"The White House said on Tuesday there are no plans to withdraw the nomination of Sam Clovis for a Department of Agriculture position, despite Clovis becoming a central figure in the Russia investigation."
Source: The Hill, 11/01/2017
Loss of Federal Protections May Imperil Pacific Reefs, Scientists Warn
"Fisheries officials call the marine national monuments unnecessary, and their boundaries are said to be under review by the Trump administration."
Source: NY Times, 10/31/2017
"Trump Wants to Cripple Storm Forecasting When We Need it Most"
"As Hurricane Harvey roared toward the Texas coast in late August, weather models showed something that forecasters had never seen before: predictions of four feet of rainfall in the Houston area over five days—a year’s worth of rain in less than a week."
Source: Grist, 10/31/2017
"Trump’s Gang of Climate Deniers Has Grown Into an Army"
"He keeps picking deniers for top government positions: NASA might soon be run by a GOP congressman who blames global warming on the sun."
Source: New Republic, 10/31/2017
"U.S. Trade Panel Set To Recommend Solar Trade Tariffs"
"Federal trade officials on Tuesday will recommend measures to safeguard struggling domestic solar panel manufacturers against cheap imports in a closely watched case that could have a major impact on the price of U.S. solar power."
Source: Reuters, 10/31/2017
"Trump Plans to Shrink Two National Monuments in Utah"
"Senator Hatch, a Utah Republican, said Mr. Trump told him in a phone conversation that he had approved recommendations drawn up by Ryan Zinke, the Interior secretary, to reduce the size of Bears Ears National Monument, established by former President Barack Obama, and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, designated by former President Bill Clinton."
Source: NY Times, 10/30/2017
Toxics in Widespread Use Excluded From EPA Chemical Review
"Spurred by the chemical industry, President Donald Trump's administration is retreating from a congressionally mandated review of some of the most dangerous chemicals in public use: millions of tons of asbestos, flame retardants and other toxins in homes, offices and industrial plants across the United States."
Source: AP, 10/27/2017
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