"Interior: Investigation Highlights Challenges For 'Ethics Weenies'"
"Interior Department ethics honcho Scott de la Vega knows some senior staffers grimace at the medicine he prescribes."
Source: Greenwire, 05/22/2020
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"Trump Admin Slaps Solar, Wind Operators With Retroactive Rent Bills"
"The Trump administration has ended a two-year rent holiday for solar and wind projects operating on federal lands, handing them whopping retroactive bills at a time the industry is struggling with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, according to company officials."
Source: Reuters, 05/21/2020
"U.S. Cuts Royalty Payments for Drillers on Utah Federal Land"
"The Trump administration has granted at least 76 petitions to cut royalty payments for oil and natural gas produced on public land in Utah -- a move condemned by critics as encouraging production the market doesn’t need."
Source: Bloomberg, 05/21/2020
"Democrats Decry ‘Pandemic Of Pollution’ Under Trump’s EPA"
"Democrats on Wednesday blasted the Trump administration’s moves to roll back environmental regulations during the coronavirus crisis, with one senator saying a “pandemic of pollution″ has been released."
Source: AP, 05/21/2020
"Dam Failure Threatens a Dow Chemical Complex and Superfund Cleanup"
"Floodwaters from two breached dams in Michigan on Wednesday flowed into a sprawling Dow chemical complex and threatened a vast Superfund toxic-cleanup site downriver, raising concerns of wider environmental fallout from the dam disaster and historic flooding."
Source: NYTimes, 05/21/2020
"'Not a Mask In Sight': Thousands Flock To Yellowstone As Park Reopens"
"On Monday, thousands of visitors from across the country descended on Yellowstone national park, which opened for the first time since its closure in March due to the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: Guardian, 05/20/2020
"Public Rebuts Alaska Rainforest Logging, Roadless Exemption Plan"
"The public is broadly opposed to the Trump administration’s plan to open most of the world’s largest remaining coastal temperate rainforest to logging and road-building, according to an internal U.S. Forest Service report."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/20/2020
"Trump Signs Order Easing Regulatory Enforcement on Businesses"
"President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing federal agencies to ease up on businesses that make good-faith attempts to follow agency guidance and regulations during the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/20/2020
"Trump’s Water Jurisdiction Rule: What’s All the Fighting About?"
"The Trump administration’s long-anticipated water jurisdiction rule has already drawn a half-dozen legal challenges since its April release, with more on the way."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/20/2020
"LWCF Boosters See Rare 'Policy Window' For Funding Legislation"
"With a commitment from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and President Trump to ensure permanent funding for a popular conservation program this year, bipartisan legislation could soon become law."
Source: E&E Daily, 05/20/2020
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