"EPA: Ebell Proposes Slashing Staff To Nixon-Era Levels"
"The leader of President Trump's U.S. EPA transition team wants to see the agency's 15,000-person staff axed to about 5,000 employees."
Source: Greenwire, 01/27/2017
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"TransCanada Submits New Application To Build Keystone XL Pipeline"
"The company that wants to build the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline says it has submitted a new permit application to the U.S. State Department."
Source: NPR, 01/27/2017
Trump Pressured NPS To Find Proof For His Claims On Inauguration Crowd
"On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him."
Source: Washington Post, 01/27/2017
Iowa Oil Spill Marks Pipeline Risks After Trump Revives Major Projects
"Rupture of 138,600 gallons is ‘not a major disaster’ but environmental advocates say it highlights their fears about the Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects".
Source: Guardian, 01/26/2017
"Trump Team Compiles Infrastructure Priority List"
"President Donald Trump’s team has compiled a list of about 50 infrastructure projects nationwide, totaling at least $137.5 billion, as the new White House tries to determine its investment priorities, according to documents obtained by McClatchy’s Kansas City Star and The News Tribune."
Source: Kansas City Star, 01/26/2017
Rogue Twitter Accounts Spring Up To Fight Trump On Climate Change
"What started as a gritty protest by a former Badlands National Park Service employee who wanted to give President Trump a piece of his mind snowballed overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday into a Twitter movement in support of climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 01/26/2017
EPA: "Staff Told To 'Stand Down' On Axing Climate Page"
"Trump administration officials appear to have walked back plans to scrub climate change references from U.S. EPA's website."
Source: Greenwire, 01/26/2017
EPA Science May Face 'Case By Case' Review By Trump Team, Official Says
"Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency who want to publish or present their scientific findings likely will need to have their work reviewed on a 'case by case basis' before it can be disseminated, according to a spokesman for the agency's transition team."
Source: NPR, 01/26/2017
Trump EPA Team Vetting ‘Controversial’ Public Meetings and Presentations
"On Tuesday, the new administration’s efforts to take hold of the EPA continued, this time with a memo from EPA headquarters requiring all regional offices to submit a list of “all external meetings or presentations by employees planned through February 17.” The memo demanded the offices provide a short description of each event and a note explaining “whether it is controversial and why.”"
Source: ProPublica, 01/26/2017
Fact Check: Trump’s Claim He Has ‘Received Awards On The Environment’
President Trump's claim to have "received awards on the environment" flunks the fact check.
Source: Washington Post, 01/25/2017
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