"Think the Big Banks Have Abandoned Coal? Think Again"
"An environmental group’s analysis shows the five largest United States banks have started lending to coal companies again now that they’re out of bankruptcy."
Source: NY Times, 05/30/2018
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EPA Deal Marks Dramatic Shift Away From Dirty Coal Power In Chicago Area
"Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to bring back the days when coal power dominated the nation, his administration quietly settled a lawsuit this month that highlights how the lung-damaging, climate-changing source of electricity has largely disappeared from the Chicago area."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 05/30/2018
Why New Jersey Is Leading Resistance To Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan
The huge amounts of local revenue generated by tourism on the Jersey Shore may well outweigh the Trump administration's push for oil company profits from offshore drilling.
Source: Washington Post, 05/28/2018
"Clean Water Act 'Ambulance Chasers'? Firm Raises Eyebrows"
"The Trump administration is taking rare action against a Pennsylvania law firm for filing Clean Water Act citizen suits."
Source: Greenwire, 05/25/2018
Rep. Kildee Asks IG To Probe EPA For Limiting Access To Chemical Summit
"Rep. Dan Kildee, who represents Flint, Mich., the site of the 2014 lead water crisis, asked the Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general on Thursday to conduct an investigation into the agency’s decision to limit public access to a summit this week on dangerous chemicals that have contaminated water supplies."
Source: Washington Examiner, 05/25/2018
In Bay Area, 6 NPS sItes Threatened By Offshore Oil Drilling: Report
"Six national park sites in the Bay Area would be in danger of being slimed by oil — one of the most hard-hit areas in the country — if President Trump goes through with his plan to expand offshore oil drilling along the California coast, a national report on federal parks said Wednesday."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 05/24/2018
Hitting Climate Target Will Save World $30 Trillion In Damages: Analysis
"Achieving the toughest climate change target set in the global Paris agreement will save the world about $30tn in damages, far more than the costs of cutting carbon emissions, according to a new economic analysis."
Source: Guardian, 05/24/2018
Poll: Nearly Half Of Americans Not Familiar With Pruitt Controversies
"Nearly half of all Americans aren’t familiar with the spending and ethics scandals surrounding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt."
Source: The Hill, 05/24/2018
White House Mulled Whether To Simply ‘Ignore’ Federal Climate Research
"White House officials last year weighed whether to simply “ignore” climate studies produced by government scientists or to instead develop “a coherent, fact-based message about climate science,” according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 05/24/2018
Pruitt’s Anti-Climate Agenda Faces New Challenge From Science Advisers
"Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, faces a broadening challenge to his efforts to roll back greenhouse gas regulations, as agency science advisers expand the list of policies they want to vet at an upcoming meeting."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/24/2018
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