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EPA Reverses Course on Open Data Shutdown

UPDATE (10:50 EDT, 4/24/17): In a reversal, the EPA website now says its Open Data Service will continue. "Donald Trump is to completely shut down one of the government's most important data services." "The Environmental Protection Agency's Open Data Web service – which stores information on climate change, life cycle assessment, health impact analysis and environmental justice – is to have its funding removed and will no longer be in operation, according to people working on the plan."

Source: Independent, 04/24/2017

"Why People Are Marching For Science: ‘There Is No Planet B’"

"Thousands of people gathered in the rain Saturday on the soggy grounds of the Washington Monument to turn Earth Day into an homage to science."

Source: Washington Post, 04/24/2017

"U.S. Rejects Exxon Mobil Bid for Waiver on Russia Sanctions"

"The Trump administration delivered a setback to Exxon Mobil on Friday, announcing that it would not grant the oil giant a waiver from sanctions against Russia that would allow drilling in the Black Sea."

Source: NY Times, 04/24/2017

"Nuclear: Vacancies Could Lead To Rare One-Man Rule at NRC"

"If President Trump fails to nominate and the Senate confirm at least one new member for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission before the end of June, the regulatory body could face a significant organizational shift."

Source: Greenwire, 04/21/2017

"EPA Plans To Offer Buyouts As Part Of Trump Push To Shrink Workforce"

"The Environmental Protection Agency said this week that it would begin the process of shrinking its 15,000-employee workforce through buyouts, in the wake of President Trump’s executive order last month aimed at streamlining agencies throughout the federal government."

Source: Washington Post, 04/21/2017

Group Sues Trump For Repealing US Wildlife Rule In Rare Legal Challenge

"An environmental group sued President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday over the repeal of a U.S. rule intended to protect wildlife, in the first court challenge to a law being used by Republicans to ease federal regulation."

Source: Reuters, 04/21/2017

The Next Big Protest In Washington Is This Weekend’s March For Science

"Activists and scientists are expected to descend on the nation’s capital Saturday to rally for environmental causes and government policies rooted in scientific research as part of the Earth Day and March for Science rallies."

Source: Washington Post, 04/21/2017

"Pesticide Maker Dow Chemical Tries To Kill Risk Study"

"Dow Chemical is pushing a Trump administration that’s open to scrapping regulations to ignore the findings of federal scientists who point to a family of widely used pesticides as harmful to about 1,800 critically threatened or endangered species."

Source: AP, 04/21/2017

"Retired Miners Lament Trump’s Silence on Imperiled Health Plan"

"Donald J. Trump made coal miners a central metaphor of his presidential campaign, promising to 'put our miners back to work' and look after their interests in a way that the Obama administration did not. Now, three months into his presidency, comes a test of that promise. Unless Congress intervenes by late April, government-funded health benefits will abruptly lapse for more than 20,000 retired miners, concentrated in Trump states that include Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia."

Source: NY Times, 04/20/2017

"Energy Companies Donated Millions To Trump’s Inauguration"

"Energy companies and their executives donated at least $7 million to President Trump’s inauguration committee, according to newly released inaugural committee reports."

Source: The Hill, 04/20/2017

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