"Heitkamp Tops Trump’s List For Agriculture Secretary"
"Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has emerged as President-elect Donald Trump's leading choice for agriculture secretary, sources close to the transition tell POLITICO."
Source: Politico, 12/12/2016
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"Rick Perry Could Be Trump Pick For Energy, Department He Couldn't Name"
"The former Texas governor Rick Perry, who could not remember the name of the Department of Energy when listing those he would scrap as president, has emerged as a leading candidate to lead it under Donald Trump, a transition official said on Sunday."
Source: Guardian, 12/12/2016
Trump Questionnaire: Planned Retaliation Against Energy Dept. Staff?
"Among the queries included in a questionnaire sent by President-elect Donald Trump's transition team to workers at the Department of Energy is a request for an inventory of all agency employees or contractors who attended meetings or conferences on climate change."
Source: NPR, 12/12/2016
"Donald Trump, in Louisiana, Says He Will End Energy Regulation"
"President-elect Donald J. Trump promised on Friday that his administration would strip away 'job-killing restrictions' on energy production and encourage the construction of refineries in the United States, as he campaigned for Republican candidates in a state heavily dependent on the oil and gas industry."
Source: NY Times, 12/12/2016
Trump Says Falsely ‘Nobody Really Knows’ If Climate Change Is Real
"President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that 'nobody really knows' whether climate change is real and that he is 'studying' whether the United States should withdraw from the global warming agreement struck in Paris a year ago."
Source: Wash Post, 12/12/2016
Rex Tillerson, Exxon CEO, Is Expected to Be Pick for Secretary of State
"Rex W. Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, whose extensive deal-making for the energy giant has plunged him into global politics from Yemen to Russia, is expected to be offered the secretary of state post this weekend by President-elect Donald J. Trump, according to two people close to Mr. Trump’s transition team."
Source: NY Times, 12/12/2016
"McMorris Rodgers To Be Trump's Interior Pick"
"President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington as his secretary of Interior, a source close to the transition told USA TODAY Friday."
Source: USA TODAY, 12/12/2016
IJNR's Great Lakes Water Compact Workshop
The Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources will bring a group of journalists to Waukesha, the first U.S. city outside of the Great Lakes watershed to receive permission to withdraw water under the Great Lakes Compact, to see how the city will get water from Lake Michigan, treat it and send it back to the basin while also discussing its bigger-picture impacts. Apply ASAP; space is limited.
"EPA: Pruitt Faces Chilly Staff Reception"
"U.S. EPA employees are abuzz today about President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be their new boss, and many of them are wary."
Source: Greenwire, 12/09/2016
Mass. AG Appeals Exxon Ruling, Wants New Judge to Throw Out Case
"Saying she does not believe a Texas judge has considered her arguments, Massachusetts AG Maura Healey files an appeal to halt her questioning by ExxonMobil lawyers."
Source: InsideClimate News, 12/09/2016
