"Revisiting Malheur, One Year After The Occupation"
"The wildlife refuge system is more vulnerable than ever."
Source: High Country News, 02/08/2017
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"Offshore Wind Moves Into Energy’s Mainstream"
"When engineers faced resistance from residents in Denmark over plans to build wind turbines on the Nordic country’s flat farmland, they found a better locale: the sea. The offshore wind farm, the world’s first, had just 11 turbines and could power about 3,000 homes. That project now looks like a minnow compared with the whales that sprawl for miles across the seas of Northern Europe."
Source: NY Times, 02/08/2017
Trump EPA Spox Juggles Jobs In Two Washingtons, And It Hasn’t Gone Well
"Doug Ericksen is trying to hold down two jobs in two different Washingtons. And it’s not going terribly well."
Source: Washington Post, 02/08/2017
"US Government Fails To Track Toxic Spills In Nation’s Waterways"
The National Response Center, run by the Coast Guard, takes reports of toxic spills and is supposed to keep a database on spill incidents. But a new study shows that it does nothing of the sort -- putting the public at risk by keeping them in the dark.
Source: Reveal, 02/08/2017
"Scott Pruitt Is Seen Cutting the E.P.A. With a Scalpel, Not a Cleaver"
"Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, is drawing up plans to move forward on the president’s campaign promise to 'get rid of' the agency he hopes to head. He has a blueprint to repeal climate change rules, cut staffing levels, close regional offices and permanently weaken the agency’s regulatory authority."
Source: NY Times, 02/08/2017
Watchdog Group Sues Pruitt To Disclose Contact With Energy Companies
"A media watchdog group is suing to force U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency to release records detailing his communications with energy companies ahead of a Senate vote to confirm his nomination."
Source: Reuters, 02/08/2017
"Controversial Dakota Pipeline To Go Ahead After Army Approval"
"The U.S. Army will grant the final permit for the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline after an order from President Donald Trump to expedite the project despite opposition from Native American tribes and climate activists."
Source: Reuters, 02/08/2017
Rogue Twitter Brings Government Leaks to Masses
Dozens of renegade government Twitter accounts have sprung up, with claims they're run anonymously by employees of various agencies whose missions appear threatened by the Trump administration. TipSheet has the story, plus a list of more than 40 accounts of interest to environmental reporters.
Enviro, Energy Reporters Look at Prospects for Beat in 2017
Veteran journalists gathered in Washington, D.C. last Friday, Feb. 3, to share insights into how environment and energy policy may unfold in the year ahead — and to urge colleagues to prepare for possibly dramatic shifts ahead. Key takeaways, plus video, audio clips and a presentation by SEJ's president. Photo: Washington Post reporter Daryl Fears; courtesy of Schuyler Null/Wilson Center.
"Canada Reintroduces Bison To Banff National Park"
"Parks Canada has reintroduced a herd of plains bison to the country's oldest national park in Banff, Alberta, officials said on Monday, more than 130 years after the iconic North American animal last grazed the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies."
Source: Reuters, 02/07/2017
