House Chair Bishop Wants To ‘Invalidate’ The Endangered Species Act
"The congressman who said he 'would love to invalidate' the Endangered Species Act is closing in on his goal."
Source: Washington Post, 11/07/2017
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"Rich Nations Fail to Help Developing World Fight Climate Change"
"Wealthy nations are falling short on promises to help the developing world reduce greenhouse gases by investing in clean energy, jeopardizing the global fight against climate change."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/07/2017
"Deal Bans Trap In Colorado, Agency Says It’s Not Used Anyway"
"An agreement approved Monday between U.S. officials and environmentalists would ban the use of predator-killing cyanide traps on Colorado public lands, but a government agency said federal workers already had stopped using the devices except on the state’s private lands."
Source: AP, 11/07/2017
"GAO To Review Whether EPA Violated Anti-Propaganda Law"
"Congress’s watchdog agency is examining whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated legal provisions prohibiting lobbying and propaganda using agency resources."
Source: The Hill, 11/07/2017
"Two Children Sue Over Trump Effort To Roll Back Clean Power Plan"
"Two children, backed by the Clean Air Council environmental group, sued U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his Cabinet members on Monday to try to stop them from scrapping a package of pollution-reduction rules known as the Clean Power Plan."
Source: Reuters, 11/07/2017
"EPA Science Adviser Defends Comment On Dirty Air Helping Kids"
"Robert Phalen, an air pollution researcher just named to a key U.S. EPA advisory committee, is defending earlier comments that the air can be 'a little too clean' for children's health as grounded in the broader field of pulmonary medicine."
Source: Greenwire, 11/07/2017
Thin Ice: Walruses Threatened After US Declines To List As Endangered
"Walruses are facing a 'death sentence' after the Trump administration declined last month to list the Pacific walrus as endangered, according to the Center for Biological Diversity."
Source: NPR, 11/06/2017
"Trump Coal Backer Wins Big Under Perry's Power Plan"
"A proposal by Energy Secretary Rick Perry to alter the nation's electricity markets would provide a windfall for a small group of companies — most strikingly one owned by coal magnate Bob Murray, a prominent backer of President Donald Trump."
Source: Politico, 11/06/2017
US Backs Out Of Global Oil Anti-Corruption Effort
"The United States has withdrawn as an implementing country from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), an international effort to fight corruption in managing revenues from oil, gas and mineral extraction."
Source: Reuters, 11/06/2017
Trump Accused Of Obstructing Satellite Research Into Climate Change
"President Trump has been accused of deliberately obstructing research on global warming after it emerged that a critically important technique for investigating sea-ice cover at the poles faces being blocked."
Source: Guardian, 11/06/2017
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