"EPA: Congress Bucks White House On Environmental Spending"
"Congressional appropriators dismissed President Trump's drive to slash EPA's budget, opting instead for the status quo."
Source: Greenwire, 02/15/2019
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"TVA Defies Trump, Votes To Shut Down 2 Aging Coal-Fired Power Plants"
"The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors voted to shut down two aging coal-fired power plants, defying a tweet from President Trump on Monday urging the agency to keep one of them open."
Source: Washington Post, 02/15/2019
Grijalva Asks Trump To Dump NOAA Nominee Amid Harassment Settlement News
"A top democratic House lawmaker is calling on a Trump nominee to be removed from consideration after reports that he was involved in a discrimination and sexual harassment settlement at his former company."
Source: The Hill, 02/14/2019
Wehrum Stayed In Close Touch With His Former Law Firm, New Emails Show
"Bill Wehrum, the Environmental Protection Agency’s top air policy official, continued to stay in close touch with employees at his former law firm after joining the Trump administration, according to documents released this week under the Freedom of Information Act."
Source: Washington Post, 02/14/2019
Wisconsin Governor Joins U.S. Climate Alliance
"Gov. Tony Evers says he’s joining a group of governors vowing to combat climate change at the state level, in part by pursuing reduced greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: Wisconsin State Journal, 02/13/2019
"Court Tosses Challenge To EPA Removal Of Scientists From Advisory Boards
"A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) policy of removing scientists with EPA grants from its advisory boards."
Source: The Hill, 02/13/2019
Trump Pressures TVA Not To Close Costly, Unreliable Coal Plant
"The U.S. president has joined Kentucky's governor and the coal state's U.S. senators in trying to pressure the Tennessee Valley Authority to keep a 49-year-old coal-fired power plant operating, even though the nation's largest public electric utility has concluded that the plant is unreliable, no longer needed and too expensive to repair and operate."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/13/2019
"Border Wall: 9th Circuit Tosses Appeal From Greens, Calif."
"The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today tossed arguments that the Trump administration overstepped when the Department of Homeland Security fast-tracked barrier projects near San Diego and Calexico, Calif., and waived certain environmental laws for construction."
Source: Greenwire, 02/12/2019
"Trump’s Tariffs Sent Solar Jobs Tumbling For The Second Year In A Row"
"In 2016, the solar industry created 1 in every 50 new jobs in the United States. A year later, that number decreased for the first time in seven years as President Donald Trump’s threat to slap import fees on photovoltaic panels loomed. That decline continued for a second year in a row in 2018, new data show."
Source: HuffPost, 02/12/2019
"Top Leader at Interior Dept. Pushes a Policy Favoring His Former Client"
"David Bernhardt, the agency’s acting chief, wants to roll back endangered-species protections on a tiny fish, a change that benefits few outside a California group he once represented as a lobbyist."
Source: NY Times, 02/12/2019
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