https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/13/senate-bill-public-lands-national-parks-expandedBill sets aside more than 1m acres of new wilderness and conservation areas including rivers in California and Utah Joshua Tree and Death Valley national parks are to be enlarged, and stunning river landscapes in […]
https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060119751/feedConcerns about tailpipe emissions rules and a treaty on heat-trapping refrigerants were among the reasons Senate Democrats voted against advancing President Trump’s pick to lead EPA. Original Title: EPA: Democrats air concerns at Wheeler vote […]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/25/death-valley-national-park-damage-offroaders-shutdownThere are tire marks etched into delicate playas and plains that can take centuries to recover Delicate desert ecosystems in Death Valley have been damaged by off-roaders, another dismaying impact of the US government shutdown […]
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/420176-gop-donor-gave-pruitt-50000-for-legal-defenseA major Republican donor gave former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt $50,000 for his legal defense fund before he stepped down in July.In an ethics filing the EPA released Thursday, Justina Fugh, the […]
https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060108951/feedCareer staffers at EPA expressed alarm after former Administrator Scott Pruitt signaled plans to alter the makeup of the agency’s scientific advisory boards, newly released emails show. Original Title: EPA: Emails show staff wary of […]
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/zinke-plans-weaken-landmark-western-sage-grouse-conservation-planOriginal Title: Zinke Moves to Weaken Landmark Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Plan Full Text of the Original Article: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/zinke-plans-weaken-landmark-western-sage-grouse-conservation-plan
https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060108863/feedCareer staffers at EPA were deeply upset by former Administrator Scott Pruitt’s proposed “red team, blue team” climate debate, newly released emails show. Original Title: EPA: Staffers fumed over climate debate — emails Full Text […]
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/419820-epa-staffers-upset-in-emails-when-pruitt-wanted-to-host-publicEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) staffers emailed one another expressing concern and anger in 2017 when then-Administrator Scott Pruitt suggested hosting a public debate on human-caused climate change, The Daily Beast reported on… Original Title: EPA staffers were upset […]
https://www.axios.com/epa-set-to-replace-obama-coal-plant-rule-91f153e2-1808-4303-bcc6-94d4a493eb6a.htmlThe Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce Thursday it is weakening an Obama-era rule that had required costly technology capturing carbon dioxide emissions on new coal plants, according to multiple people familiar with the […]
https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060108705/feedInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke predicted today at a meeting of the National Petroleum Council the United States could produce as much as 14 million barrels of oil a day in the next two years. Original […]
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