Patagonia Files Suit Against Trump Over Removing Bears Ears Protections
"The company says Donald Trump is exceeding the powers of his office by enacting the largest removal of protection from federal lands in history".
Source: Guardian, 12/08/2017
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"US Fails To Enforce Smog Rules, 14 States Allege In Lawsuit"
"Fourteen states and the District of Columbia announced Thursday that they are suing the Trump administration over what they say is a failure to enforce smog standards."
Source: AP, 12/08/2017
"Senate Confirms Two Interior, EPA Nominees"
"The Senate on Thursday confirmed two of President Trump’s environmental nominees. Joe Balash was confirmed as assistant secretary for land and minerals management at the Interior Department, and Susan Bodine was confirmed to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, which oversees enforcement of pollution laws."
Source: The Hill, 12/08/2017
"Trump Will Suspend A Rule To Limit A Pollutant Far Worse Than Carbon"
"The Trump administration will suspend a rule to limit methane leaks from oil and gas operations on federal land, but its true aim may be to kill the Obama-era requirement."
Source: Washington Post, 12/08/2017
After Tax Cut, Trump Looks To Localities To Fund For Infrastructure
"Even as President Trump and Republicans in Congress seek to cut federal taxes, the White House has quietly come up with a very different plan for infrastructure: It wants to reward states and localities willing to raise taxes or other revenue to pay for new projects."
Source: Washington Post, 12/08/2017
"U.S. Energy Office Gets New Chairman As Nuclear, Coal Vote Looms"
"A new chairman was sworn in on Thursday at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission who will lead the agency as it considers a directive from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to subsidize ailing coal and nuclear power plants."
Source: Reuters, 12/08/2017
National Monuments: Zinke Urges Commercial Fishing In 3 Protected Areas
"Much of the attention to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's review of national monuments has focused on sites across the West, but recommendations he made to President Trump show that a trio of marine monuments could also see significant changes. In a report Interior released yesterday, Zinke advised that commercial fishing be introduced to three ocean sites: Rose Atoll, Pacific Remote Islands, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts marine national monuments."
Source: Greenwire, 12/07/2017
"Oil Train Safety Rules Getting Rolled Back By Trump Adminstration"
"The Trump administration is rolling back a requirement for trains carrying highly explosive liquids — like the oil trains that run through the Columbia River Gorge en route to Northwest refineries."
Source: OPB/EarthFix, 12/07/2017
"EPA Watchdog To Investigate Pruitt Meeting With Industry Group"
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) inspector general said this week it will investigate Administrator Scott Pruitt’s April meeting with a coal mining industry group."
Source: The Hill, 12/07/2017
"Mayors Sign Climate Charter After Trump Ditches Paris Accord"
"Former President Barack Obama says cities, states and nonprofit groups have emerged as 'the new face of leadership' on climate change. He briefly spoke Tuesday to a summit of mayors from around the world gathered in Chicago to address concerns about climate change since President Donald Trump rejected the Paris climate accord. The mayors signed a charter that echoes portions of the 2015 Paris agreement."
Source: NBC 5 Chicago, 12/06/2017
