Wetlands: Calif. Sues EPA For Nixing Protection Of S.F. Bay Salt Ponds
"California sued the Trump administration today over EPA's refusal to extend Clean Water Act protections to salt ponds in San Francisco Bay."
Source: Greenwire, 09/25/2019
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Trump Administration Threatens to Cut U.S. Highway Funds To California
"The political war between California and the Trump administration escalated Monday with a letter from Andrew Wheeler, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, warning that Washington would withhold federal highway funds from the state if it did not rapidly address a decades-long backlog of state-level pollution control plans."
Source: NY Times, 09/25/2019
"Trump’s EPA Threatens California With Highway Funding Cuts"
"The Trump administration is ratcheting up its threats against California with a letter warning the state faces sanctions – including cuts in federal highway funding – over its “failure” to submit complete reports on its implementation of the Clean Air Act."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 09/24/2019
"At U.N. Climate Summit, Few Commitments and U.S. Silence"
"UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Climate Action Summit on Monday was meant to highlight concrete promises by presidents, prime ministers and corporate executives to wean the global economy from fossil fuels to avoid the worst effects of global warming. But despite the protests in the streets, China on Monday made no new promises to take stronger climate action. The United States, having vowed to pull out of the Paris Agreement, the pact among nations to jointly fight climate change, said nothing at all. A host of countries made only incremental promises."
Source: NY Times, 09/24/2019
Trump Admin Ignored Climate's Impact On Migration From Central America
"Research compiled one year ago by Customs and Border Protection pointed to an overwhelming factor driving record-setting migration to the U.S. from Guatemala: Crop shortages were leaving rural Guatemalans, especially in the country's western highlands, in extreme poverty and starving."
Source: NBC News, 09/23/2019
"23 States Sue Trump To Keep California’s Auto Emission Rules"
"California sued Friday to stop the Trump administration from revoking its authority to set greenhouse gas emission and fuel economy standards for cars and trucks, enlisting help from 22 other states in a battle that will shape a key component of the nation’s climate policy."
Source: AP, 09/23/2019
"White House: FEMA Nominee To Be Pulled In Fallout From Bar Fight"
"The White House plans to withdraw President Trump's nomination of Jeffrey Byard to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency amid reports he was involved in a barroom brawl, according to news accounts."
Source: Greenwire, 09/20/2019
Teen Activists Worldwide Prepare to Strike for Climate, Led by Thunberg
"The 16-year-old Swedish high school student speaks for millions of angry youth around the world who fear for their future as the planet warms."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/20/2019
"Trump and California Go To War Over Clean Cars"
"U.S. President Donald Trump and the state of California went to war on Wednesday over who should set the standards in the United States for vehicle emissions and electric cars, foreshadowing a legal battle over environmental policy issues that will affect the auto industry and consumers."
Source: Reuters, 09/19/2019
"Air Pollution: EPA Stacks Key Advisory Pool With Industry Insiders"
"One is a senior-level retiree from a power company that has battled stricter environmental regulations for decades. Two are industry consultants who helped co-author a 2015 paper questioning the approach that led EPA to tighten its national ozone standards later that year. A fourth, on the advisory board of a conservative nonprofit, questions evidence of the long-term health risks posed by exposure to fine particulates."
Source: E&E News PM, 09/19/2019
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