"In Oil-Rich N. Dakota, Alternative Energy Advocates Tout Job Growth"
"Unlike many recent college grads, Wyatt Gilbertson won’t need to wait long to land a job."
Source: Grand Forks Herald, 05/14/2019
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"Public Lands: Greens Fight Grazing Rights Renewed After Trump Pardon"
"A coalition of environmental groups is mounting a legal challenge to former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's controversial decision to reinstate grazing rights for Oregon father-and-son ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond following President Trump's pardon of their arson convictions."
Source: E&E News PM, 05/14/2019
"Industry Group Tied To EPA Air Chief Dissolves"
"A secretive utility industry coalition formerly represented by a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency is dissolving amid investigations into whether its members received special treatment from the Trump administration."
Source: Politico, 05/14/2019
How W. Virginia Coal Industry Changed Federal Endangered Species Policy
Coal companies got Trump's Interior Department and West Virginia officials to reverse endangered wildlife protections that had closed mines.
Source: Washington Post, 05/14/2019
"Crews Address Environmental Threats Flooding Leaves Behind"
EPA employees try to find and make safe the orphaned containers filled with industrial chemicals, pesticides, and diesel fuel left among the debris after flooding in Iowa.
Source: AP, 05/14/2019
"States Fight Trump Rollback Of Obama Lightbulb Rules"
"States are preparing to fight back as the Trump administration moves to erase Obama-era standards for lightbulbs.
The Department of Energy has proposed new regulations for lightbulbs that would eliminate efficiency standards for half the bulbs on the market.
The move has prompted a backlash from a bipartisan mix of state attorneys general and governors who say it is harmful to the planet and may be illegal."
Source: The Hill, 05/14/2019
CEI Uses New White House Rule to Try to Undermine U.S. Climate Policy
"Seizing a new opportunity they believe has been opened up by the White House, hard-line foes of climate action on Monday once again asked the Trump Administration to reverse the landmark Obama-era finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to human health and the environment."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/14/2019
"Ocasio-Cortez: No ‘Middle Ground’ On Fighting Climate Change"
"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied support for the Green New Deal on Monday night, with the New York congresswoman saying there should be “no middle ground” when it comes to climate change and the Vermont senator calling for a political revolution."
Source: AP, 05/14/2019
$2 Billion Verdict Against Monsanto Is 3rd to Find Roundup Caused Cancer
"A jury in Oakland, Calif., ordered Monsanto on Monday to pay a couple more than $2 billion in damages after finding that its Roundup weed killer caused their cancer — the third jury to conclude that the company failed to warn consumers of its flagship product’s dangers."
Source: NY Times, 05/14/2019
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