Zinke Joins Firm Seeking To Mine Gold on Public Land
"Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is quickly parlaying his time in President Donald Trump’s cabinet into a lucrative private career."
Source: AP, 04/17/2019
Economy & Business
"Gigantic Western Solar ‘Power Tower’ Project Gets Withdrawn"
"SolarReserve LLC has withdrawn its application to build the world’s largest concentrating solar-thermal power plant on public land in the Nevada desert, according to the Bureau of Land Management."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/16/2019
Atlantic Richfield Plans To Spend Another $100 Million On Butte Cleanup
"BUTTE, Mont. — A former oil producer says it has spent more than $1.4 billion on the decades-long Butte Superfund cleanup and expects to spend at least $100 million more."
Source: AP, 04/15/2019
"Dems Request More Funds To Beef Up Interior FOIA Office"
"Democratic lawmakers are asking appropriators to provide more funding so the Interior Department can hire more staff to handle public information requests."
Source: The Hill, 04/15/2019
Youth Organizers Are Pushing Minnesota Toward Its Own Green New Deal
"As the Green New Deal made national headlines, young climate activists in Minnesota wrote their own bill to create a sweeping new climate and economic framework for their state."
Source: Fast Company, 04/12/2019
"U.S. Bill To Boost Electric Car Tax Credits Could Rev GM, Tesla"
"A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Wednesday to expand the electric vehicle tax credit by 400,000 vehicles per manufacturer, a provision that would give a boost to Tesla Inc and General Motors Co before the existing credit comes to an end for them."
Source: Reuters, 04/11/2019
"Cheap Renewables Shave $10 Trillion Off Cost to Curb Warming"
"The cost of reaching global climate goals is falling rapidly as wind and solar prices plummet and policy makers push electrification as the main tool to cut pollution, the International Renewable Energy Agency said."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/11/2019
"House Dems Urge Senate To Reject Bernhardt Nomination To Interior"
"More than 50 Democratic House members have signed a letter asking their colleagues in the upper chamber to oppose David Bernhardt’s nomination as secretary of the Interior Department."
Source: , 04/11/2019
"I Don’t Want to Stay Here’: Half a Million Live in Flood Zones"
"When a deadly rainstorm unloaded on Houston in 2016, Sharobin White’s apartment complex flooded in up to six feet of water. She sent her toddler and 6-year-old to safety on an air mattress, but her family lost nearly everything, including their car."
Source: NY Times, 04/11/2019
"Trump Signs Orders Making It Harder To Block Pipelines"
"President Donald Trump’s support for shifting more power to states on Wednesday faded next to his affinity for oil and gas production, as he aimed to make it harder for states to block pipelines and other energy projects due to environmental concerns."
Source: AP, 04/11/2019
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