"EPA: Trump Calls For Cutting Budget By 30%, Slashing 3,800 Jobs"
"President Trump has proposed a dramatic downsizing of U.S. EPA."
Source: Greenwire, 05/24/2017
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"Trump To Nominate Three To Nuclear Commission"
"President Trump is planning to nominate three commissioners to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)."
Source: The Hill, 05/23/2017
Rural Trump Voters Fight To Keep Their Land From Growing Pipeline Web
"WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- Norm MacQueen would seem to fit the profile of a property owner comfortable with an oil and gas pipeline running through his land. A retired oil refinery employee, MacQueen worked amid risky conditions for more than 20 years, as a pipe fitter and a welder."
Source: McClatchy, 05/23/2017
"Trump Seeks To Sell Off Half Of The Strategic Petroleum Reserve"
"As part of its 2018 budget, the Trump administration is proposing to reduce by half the size of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a cushion against global price shocks and supply disruptions. The administration said it expects the drawdown to reduce the federal deficit by $16.6 billion, part of a package of deficit reduction measures over the next 10 years."
Source: Washington Post, 05/23/2017
EPA Remains Top Target With Trump Proposing 31 Percent Budget Cut
"Candidate Donald Trump vowed to get rid of the Environmental Protection Agency 'in almost every form,' leaving only 'little tidbits' intact. President Trump is making good on his promise to take a sledgehammer to the agency. When the White House releases its latest budget proposal on Tuesday, the EPA will fare worse than any other federal agency."
Source: Washington Post, 05/23/2017
The Coral Reefs You Never Heard of, in Path of Trump's Drilling Plan
"One of the planet's most unique coral reef systems happens to be nestled in one of the world's most active oil and gas production areas. And for a decade, federal agencies and outside experts have studied how to better protect this fragile marvel, the only national marine sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/22/2017
"Will The Government Help Farmers Adapt To A Changing Climate?"
"The livelihoods of farmers and ranchers are intimately tied to weather and the environment. But they may not be able to depend on research conducted by the government to help them adapt to climate change if the Trump administration follows through on campaign promises to shift federal resources away from studying the climate."
Source: NPR, 05/22/2017
"Trump Budget Would Wallop EPA's Climate and Environment Programs"
"Details of President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal, leaked this week, reveal that the administration appears determined to wallop environmental programs, including many that tackle climate change. It would cut Environmental Protection Agency funding by nearly one-third, slash spending on renewable energy innovation, and eliminate the Greenhouse Gas Reporting program, among other programs."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/22/2017
"Scoop: Trump's Plan To Slash Renewables 70%"
"The Trump administration wants to cut the Energy Department's renewable and energy efficiency program by nearly 70%, according to a draft agency budget document viewed by Axios."
Source: Axios, 05/19/2017
"6 Ways U.S. Weakened Climate Change Language in Arctic Declaration"
"The U.S.-edited draft, obtained by InsideClimate News, shows how the Trump administration targeted climate actions. It's a strategy we could see in future meetings." "The day before the Arctic Council met for its biannual ministerial last week, the United States requested six changes to the intergovernmental declaration that was to be issued—each of which weakened the language on climate change."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/19/2017
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