"Trump Taps New Chief For National Park Service"
"President Trump plans to nominate the current chief of Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park to lead the National Park Service (NPS), the White House announced Friday."
Source: The Hill, 09/03/2018
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Feds: Man Threatened To Shoot Boston Globe Employees For Trump Editorials
"A California man was arrested on Thursday and charged with threatening to shoot Boston Globe employees, calling them the “enemy of the people” for leading a nationwide editorial campaign critical of President Donald Trump."
Source: CBS News, 08/31/2018
"Regulations: Bundled Comments Back Clean Car Rollback. Sender Unknown"
"A shadowy mass comment campaign has emerged to support President Trump's proposed rollback of Obama-era clean car standards."
Source: Greenwire, 08/31/2018
At Water-Starved Lakes Mead And Powell, Crisis Already Real: Scientists
"With Lake Mead dropping to levels that could trigger water cutbacks in less than two years, there's been a lot of talk lately about negotiating a deal to keep the reservoir from falling even further."
Source: Arizona Republic, 08/31/2018
"Colorado To Vote In November On Proposal To Toughen Oil Drilling Rules"
"A Colorado ballot initiative that would sharply increase the required distance between new oil wells and populated areas will go before voters in November, Colorado officials said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 08/31/2018
Group Saying Pregnant Women Can Drink Is Funded By Alcohol Industry
Despite scientific consensus to the contrary, an Australian organization founded and funded by the alcohol industry is distributing a poster suggesting pregnant women can drink safely.
Source: Washington Post, 08/31/2018
"Trump Set To Tap Centrist To Head EPA’s Chemical Safety Office"
"When President Trump first took office and was looking for someone to head the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical safety division, it didn’t go well."
Source: Washington Post, 08/31/2018
Calif. Ups Its Clean Energy Game With 100% Zero-Carbon Electricity Vote
"In a move to solidify California's role as a world leader on climate action, state lawmakers voted this week to shift their state—the world's fifth-largest economy—to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/31/2018
Global Warming Means Lots More Insects Threatening Food Crops: Study
"Growing swarms of hungrier and hyperactive insects may wipe out big percentages of the world's three most important grain crops — wheat, corn and rice — even if the world manages to cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius, the upper-end target of the Paris climate agreement, scientists warn."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/31/2018
1st Yellowstone-Area Grizzly Hunt In 40 Years Blocked By Federal Judge
"A federal judge in Montana on Thursday issued a court order temporarily blocking the first trophy hunts of Yellowstone-area grizzly bears in more than 40 years, siding with native American groups and environmentalists seeking to restore the animals’ protected status."
Source: Reuters, 08/31/2018
