"Court To Reconsider Ordering EPA To Ban Pesticide"
"A federal appeals court is reconsidering its ruling last year that ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban a particular pesticide."
Source: The Hill, 02/08/2019
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"World Bank: Trump Nominee Could Disrupt Climate Policies"
"President Trump's pick for World Bank president agrees with him that climate action and economic growth are irreconcilable."
Source: ClimateWire, 02/07/2019
"Infrastructure: Trump Leaves The Details To Congress"
"After two years of congressional clamoring for more details on his much-touted infrastructure plan, President Trump's vague State of the Union call for lawmakers to send him a bipartisan package raised new questions over whether the issue could take off in the 116th Congress."
Source: E&E Daily, 02/07/2019
"Politics: Climate Change Returns To Center Stage In House"
"House Democrats this morning brought climate change back to the political forefront for the first time in nearly a decade and were met with a Republican tone shift far from the skeptical attitude the GOP has taken to the issue for years."
Source: Greenwire, 02/07/2019
EPA Confirms Sterigenics Emits Cancer-Causing Gas, But Still Won't Act
"Sterigenics is still venting ethylene oxide into neighborhoods surrounding its facility in west suburban Willowbrook, according to federal testing that revealed spikes of the volatile, cancer-causing gas higher than concentrations detected before the company installed new pollution-control equipment last year. But a top Trump administration official told residents on Tuesday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t have enough evidence to take action against the company."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 02/06/2019
Fact Check: Trump Touts US as Net Energy Exporter, But He’s a Bit Early
"President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday night to tout “a revolution in American energy” that has made the U.S. “a net exporter” -- but some of his celebration might be premature."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/06/2019
"Air Permitting Violations May No Longer Be an EPA Priority"
"Refineries and power plants that need permits for their air pollution could face less scrutiny from the EPA as the agency considers dropping a 20-year-old enforcement priority."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/06/2019
Opinion: "EPA Returns To Bullying Tactics Against News Organizations"
"In an article last Friday, E&E News took a tour through the swamp. The organization of 75 reporters and editors focusing on energy and the environment zeroed in on possible ethical conflicts facing acting Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler. ... The EPA press office found cause to play media critic: “E&E Publishes Hogwash Misleading Story,” reads the title of a Friday press release."
Source: Washington Post, 02/06/2019
"Senate Environment Panel Okays Trump's Pick To Lead EPA"
"A key Senate committee approved U.S. President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, putting the former coal lobbyist a step closer to becoming the permanent head of America’s top environmental regulator."
Source: Reuters, 02/06/2019
Scientists Weigh Quick-Response Strategy To Correct Climate Misinformation
"The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine are considering a “quick-response capability” to challenge public misinformation about climate science."
Source: HuffPost, 02/05/2019
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