"Joshua Tree To Remain Open During Shutdown After All"
"Joshua Tree National Park will remain open during the government shutdown after officials moved to use park fees to avert the planned closure."
Source: The Hill, 01/11/2019
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"Shutdown Suspends Federal Cleanups At US Superfund Sites"
"The government shutdown has suspended federal cleanups at Superfund sites around the nation and forced the cancellation of public hearings, deepening the mistrust and resentment of surrounding residents who feel people in power long ago abandoned them to live among the toxic residue of the country’s factories and mines."
Source: AP, 01/11/2019
Shutdown Raises Fears of Scientific Data Loss, Climate Research Delays
"National Hurricane Center staff would normally be working on forecast improvements: 'We can't do any research and development for the next hurricane season.'"
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/10/2019
"Trump Administration Working On Arctic Oil Leases Despite Shutdown"
"Even as a partial shutdown halts the functions of many U.S. government departments, forcing the Department of the Interior to close national parks, the Trump administration is continuing to push for the expansion of oil drilling on sensitive, federally owned lands in Arctic Alaska."
Source: Reuters, 01/10/2019
Trump Says To Halt Aid To Calif. Wildfire Victims; Law Says He Can't
"U.S. President Donald Trump cannot withhold disaster relief once an emergency has been declared, federal statutes show, despite the Republican’s tweet on Wednesday that he had ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to cease helping victims of last year’s California wildfires."
Source: Reuters, 01/10/2019
EPA Moves To Ban Toxic Paint-Stripper For Some — But Not All — Uses
"Big-box retailers such as Lowe’s and Home Depot have already dropped it amid a public outcry over fatalities".
Source: Washington Post, 01/10/2019
"Trump Nominates Andrew Wheeler As Permanent EPA Administrator"
"President Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Andrew Wheeler as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, setting him up to permanently fill a position the former coal lobbyist has held in an acting role since July."
Source: HuffPost, 01/10/2019
"Dems Deliver Trash From National Parks To White House"
"Two Democratic representatives from the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday delivered to the White House trash they picked up from national parks as they urged President Trump to end the partial government shutdown."
Source: The Hill, 01/09/2019
Trump's Izembek Swap More About Seafood Transport Than Lifesaving?
"At the spot where a rugged chain of islands breaks away from the Alaska Peninsula, a secluded national refuge protects millions of seabirds, grizzly bears and caribou."
Source: Reveal, 01/09/2019
"Coastal States Link Arms to Oppose Trump Offshore Drilling Plan"
"State lawmakers from nine states introduced bills Jan. 8 aimed at blocking oil and gas drilling off their coasts, and a group of House Democrats meanwhile unveiled measures that would ban drilling in federal waters off much of the country."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/09/2019
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