"People: EPA Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson Heads For The Exit"
"Ryan Jackson, one of the Trump EPA's most powerful players behind the scenes, is joining a prominent mining trade group."
Source: Greenwire, 02/03/2020
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Enviros Plan To Sue Trump Administration On Airplane Emissions
"Environmental groups said on Thursday they planned to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to regulate aircraft emissions after a 2016 agency determination that those emissions pose a danger to public health."
Source: Reuters, 01/31/2020
"Biofuels: Fuel Fight Roils Corn Country"
"CORNING, Iowa — A fight over how to fuel Americans' cars is beginning to wear on Ray Gaesser. Gaesser farms 5,500 acres of corn and soybeans in Adams County, where cornfields stretch to the horizon and one of the biggest employers is a corn-to-ethanol plant."
Source: Greenwire, 01/31/2020
"Regulations: Administration Eyes Changes To Environmental Enforcement"
"The White House issued a notice today seeking input on efforts to "reform enforcement" — a potential boon for the energy industry."
Source: Greenwire, 01/31/2020
"Accidental Bird Kills by Industry Legal Under Interior Plan"
"The Interior Department plans to cement into regulation its 2017 opinion that the accidental killing of migratory birds isn’t a criminal act—a reversal of prior federal policy that prosecuted unintentional bird killings as a misdemeanor, Interior officials said Thursday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/31/2020
"14 States Sue EPA Over Chemical Safety Regulations Rollback"
"Attorneys general from 14 states filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its rollback of Obama-era chemical plant safety regulations."
Source: The Hill, 01/30/2020
House Dems Unveil $760B Infrastructure Plan With Ambitious Climate Agenda
"House Democratic leaders unveiled the outlines for a $760 billion, five-year infrastructure package on Wednesday — a proposal that includes an ambitious climate agenda but not, so far, many specifics about how to find the money." "The backbone of the plan would be a highway, rail and transit bill, of the kind that Congress enacts typically every four or five years."
Source: Politico, 01/30/2020
"Court Decision Casts Doubt On Dozens Of U.S. Refinery Biofuel Waivers"
"A U.S. court decision last week striking down three biofuel waivers that the Environmental Protection Agency gave oil refineries in 2017 has cast doubt on the legitimacy of dozens of other EPA exemptions granted under similar circumstances, according to industry experts and agency data."
Source: Reuters, 01/29/2020
EPA Letting Cities Dump More Raw Sewage Into Rivers for Years to Come
"The Environmental Protection Agency has made it easier for cities to keep dumping raw sewage into rivers by letting them delay or otherwise change federally imposed fixes to their sewer systems, according to interviews with local officials, water utilities and their lobbyists."
Source: NY Times, 01/29/2020
"Court Forces U.S. EPA To Reconsider Three Refinery Biofuel Waivers"
"A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider three of the biofuel waivers it recently granted to small oil refineries, arguing the agency’s justification for approving the exemptions was flawed."
Source: Reuters, 01/28/2020
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