"How The Park Service Is Failing Women"
"The agency tasked with safeguarding our greatest public lands has neglected to protect its workers."
Source: High Country News, 12/14/2016
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Feds Will Not Reconsider Their Denial Of Jordan Cove LNG Terminal
"Federal regulators announced Friday they won't reconsider their decision to deny permission for the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay and a feeder pipeline stretching halfway across the state."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 12/14/2016
"Fracking Harms Drinking Water In 'Some Circumstances,' EPA Concludes"
"Fracking for oil and natural gas can contaminate drinking water under 'some circumstances,' the Environmental Protection Agency said in a report released Tuesday, which changes a previous finding that the drilling process does not cause 'widespread, systemic' effects."
Source: Reuters, 12/14/2016
"Arctic's Year Of Crazy Extremes As Warming Hits Overdrive"
"Warming at the top of the world has gone into overdrive, happening twice as fast as the rest of the globe, and extending unnatural heating into fall and winter, according to a new federal report."
Source: AP, 12/14/2016
"Energy Department Balks At Trump Request For Names On Climate Change"
"The U.S. Energy Department said on Tuesday it will not comply with a request from President-elect Donald Trump's Energy Department transition team for the names of people who have worked on climate change and the professional society memberships of lab workers."
Source: Reuters, 12/14/2016
"Rick Perry, Ex-Governor of Texas, Is Trump’s Pick as Energy Secretary"
"President-elect Donald J. Trump plans to name the former Texas governor Rick Perry as his secretary of energy."
Source: NY Times, 12/14/2016
"Trump Taps Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke As Interior Secretary"
"President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke, who has represented Montana’s at-large congressional seat for one term, to serve as secretary of the Department of the Interior, according to an individual with first-hand knowledge of the decision."
Source: Wash Post, 12/14/2016
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"Will Trump Scrap NASA’s Climate Research Mission?"
"NASA does more than explore other planets; it studies our own. Agency scientists worry Donald Trump will abort the work."
Source: ProPublica, 12/13/2016
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