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"Trump’s New EPA Transition Team Draws From Oil Industry Groups"

"U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has drawn heavily from the energy industry lobby and pro-drilling think tanks to build its landing team for the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a list of the newly introduced 10-member team seen by Reuters on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 01/24/2017

Big Oil May Finally Get to Drill in Arctic Refuge, But Is It Worth It?

"Far above the Arctic Circle, one of the longest-running controversies in U.S. oil drilling is about to reignite. Bouyed by Donald Trump’s election, Republicans are pushing to allow oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the frigid wilderness in northern Alaska that’s been a political battleground for drillers and conservationists for decades."

Source: Bloomberg, 01/23/2017

Trump Regulatory Freeze Halts 4 Obama Rules Aimed At Energy Efficiency

"Nearly simultaneously with President Trump’s oath of office Friday, the White House website shifted to remove climate change related content from the Obama administration and supplant it with a new statement of Trump’s energy policy — one focused, it said, reducing “burdensome regulations on our energy industry.”

Source: Washington Post, 01/23/2017

"Trump’s Cabinet Picks Contradict Him on Climate Change"

"Contradicting President Donald Trump, his choices to head the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency each told members of Congress during their confirmation hearings this week that climate change is not a hoax, as Trump has alleged."

Source: ENS, 01/23/2017

"As Trump Enters White House, California Renews Climate Change Fight"

"California released new measures to fight climate change within minutes of Donald Trump being sworn in as U.S. president on Friday, signaling the state's commitment to be the nation's environmental steward under an administration that has questioned the reality of global warming."

Source: Reuters, 01/23/2017

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