How Satellite Data Caught Gulf Oil Companies Hiding Enormous Oil Spills
"An organization called SkyTruth is monitoring drilling companies for drastically underestimating the amount of oil they spill into the ocean."
Source: Fast Company, 05/03/2017
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"EPA: McCarthy Slams Trump's 'Unprecedented' Webpage Overhaul"
"Former U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy criticized the Trump administration yesterday for removing "years" of climate change data from the agency's public webpage."
Source: Greenwire, 05/03/2017
Trump Administration Sued Over Alleged Intimidation Of Federal Workers
"As Trump appointees take their new positions in the federal bureaucracy, a legal battle is escalating over alleged intimidation of the civil servants who make the government function."
Source: NPR, 05/03/2017
Trump Puts Renewable Energy Critic In Charge Of Renewable Energy Office
"President Trump has appointed Daniel Simmons, a conservative scholar who sharply questioned the value of promoting renewable energy sources and curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, to oversee the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), according to an email distributed to department employees."
Source: Washington Post, 05/03/2017
"23 Environmental Rules Rolled Back in Trump’s First 100 Days"
"President Trump, with help from his administration and Republicans in Congress, has reversed course on nearly two dozen environmental rules, regulations and other Obama-era policies during his first 100 days in office."
Source: NY Times, 05/03/2017
"EPA Asks What Rules To Cut, Gets Earful About Dirty Water"
"The Trump administration got an earful Tuesday from people who say federal rules limiting air and water pollution aren't tough enough, even as it was seeking suggestions about what environmental regulations it should gut."
Source: AP, 05/03/2017
"White House Leaning Toward Exiting Paris Climate Pact"
"White House officials are leaning towards taking the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, people familiar with the deliberations say."
Source: The Hill, 05/03/2017
"Clash Over Bears Ears Tests Years Of Progress On Native Spirituality"
"To Native Americans, Bears Ears National Monument is more than a national park, it is holy ground connecting them to their ancestors and the spiritual realm."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 05/02/2017
Appropriations Deal Ignores Trump Calls For Deep Energy, Enviro Cuts
"Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal last night to fund the government through the rest of the year that avoids steep cuts for U.S. EPA and renewable energy programs sought by the Trump administration."
Source: E&E Daily, 05/02/2017
"Trump Administration’s Push for Gas Exports Faces Market Glut"
"The Trump administration is moving to make the United States the world’s leading exporter of natural gas as a central component of both energy and trade policy. But whether global markets, currently awash with gas, will play along remains a long shot over the next several years."
Source: NY Times, 05/01/2017
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