Appropriations: Panel OKs Bill To Cut NOAA and NSF, Boost Satellites
"Senate appropriators approved legislation yesterday afternoon that would cut NOAA but boost weather satellite spending during fiscal 2018."
Source: E&E Daily, 07/27/2017
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"California’s Marine Sanctuaries May Face New Drilling Threat"
"The same communities that fought for decades to protect California’s coast from offshore oil drilling have renewed their battle calls as the Trump administration considers opening 3,500 square miles of state waters to energy development."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 07/27/2017
"EPA: Transition Aide Blasts Pruitt, 'Red Team, Blue Team' Scheme"
"David Schnare, who resigned from U.S. EPA earlier this year under a cloud of controversy, is faulting Administrator Scott Pruitt over his leadership of the agency."
Source: Greenwire, 07/27/2017
"Prospect of Trump Tariff Casts Pall Over U.S. Solar Industry"
"U.S. solar companies are snapping up cheap imported solar panels ahead of a trade decision by the Trump administration that could drive up costs and cloud the fortunes of one of the economy's brightest stars."
Source: Reuters, 07/26/2017
"Appropriations: Energy, Enviro Amendments Pile Up For 'Minibus'"
"Lawmakers have proposed dozens of energy and environmental amendments to a House spending package due on the floor this week, which could force votes on topics ranging from climate change to lightbulb efficiency."
Source: E&E Daily, 07/26/2017
"House Passes Russia Sanctions Deal With Oil, Gas Fix"
"The House easily passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to expand sanctions on Russia and limit the Trump administration's ability to lift them. The legislation comes after lawmakers addressed a series of concerns oil and gas companies raised about the package, which they said would limit the extent to which American and Russian energy firms could interact."
Source: The Hill, 07/26/2017
"BLM Looks To 'Existing Authorities' In Bid To Rescind Fracking Rule"
"In a call to rescind an Obama-era regulation governing hydraulic fracturing on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management is calling for public input on how best to rely on "pre-existing authorities" to manage unconventional drilling."
Source: EnergyWire, 07/26/2017
Trump EPA Chem Safety Pick Was in the 'Business of Blessing' Pollution
"Michael Dourson, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, founded and ran a toxicology consulting firm whose work enabled DuPont to avoid providing clean water to people in West Virginia after the company contaminated the area around one of its plants with a dangerous industrial chemical."
Source: The Intercept, 07/25/2017
"Crackdown On East Chicago Air Polluter Stalls Under Trump EPA"
"During a stop in East Chicago three months ago, Scott Pruitt vowed that cleaning up the low-income, predominantly African-American and Latino city would be one of his top priorities as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 07/25/2017
11 States Sue EPA Over Delay Of New Chemical Safety Rules
"Attorneys general from 11 states today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a delay in Obama-era rules aimed at preventing accidents at chemical plants."
Source: E&E News PM, 07/25/2017
