"CEQ Pick Hartnett White May Be In Trouble"
"Council on Environmental Quality nominee Kathleen Hartnett White, one of the White House's most controversial staffing choices, may be stuck in the Senate."
Source: E&E Daily, 01/22/2018
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EPA Will Stay Open All Week Even As The Government Shuts Down: Pruitt
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s operations will continue through next week even if government funding expires at midnight, Administrator Scott Pruitt informed agency employees in a message Friday."
Source: Washington Post, 01/22/2018
Trump DOI Weighs Keeping Natl Parks Open Even If Government Shuts Down
"As a Friday deadline for a government shutdown approached, the Trump administration began setting plans in motion to halt scores of federal functions — even as it scrambled to keep hundreds of national parks and monuments open to the public to minimize anger over the disruption of services."
Source: Washington Post, 01/19/2018
"South Dakota Running Out Of Money For Pollution Control"
"A lack of federal funding could force the state of South Dakota to stop monitoring water for lead and copper, cease regulating wastewater and otherwise pare back pollution control programs."
Source: Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 01/18/2018
Most Members Of National Parks Advisory Panel Resign In Frustration
"Three-quarters of the members of a federally chartered board advising the National Park Service abruptly quit Monday night out of frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had refused to meet with them or convene a single meeting last year."
Source: Washington Post, 01/17/2018
For 2018, Predicting Extreme Weather Disasters Not As Hard As You Think
Floods, hurricanes, wildfires and other human-caused disasters made 2017 a hard year to beat. But environmental journalists would do well to be prepared for 2018. This week's TipSheet explains why predicting weather-related disasters may not be as hard you think, and provides resources to get reporters ready.
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Between the Lines: In Trump Era, Author Ponders What TR Would Do
The environmental legacy of past presidents tells us much about the current White House, whose occupant author Douglas Brinkley calls "a used car salesman of the worst kind." In this "Between the Lines" Q&A, the historian talks about what we can learn from TR and FDR, the future of the environmental movement and the role of journalists.
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"Shrinking EPA Workforce Has Already Reached Reagan-Era Levels"
"Retirements and departures from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have shrunk its workforce to levels not seen since the Reagan administration."
Source: AP, 01/12/2018
Zinke Plans To Move Tens Of Thousands Of Workers In Huge Reorganization
"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke launched an unprecedented effort Wednesday to undertake the largest reorganization in the department’s 168-year history, moving to shift tens of thousands of workers to new locations and change the way the federal government manages more than 500 million acres of land and water across the country."
Source: Washington Post, 01/11/2018
"EPA: IG To Audit Pruitt's Hiring"
"U.S. EPA's internal watchdog plans to review Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of a special hiring authority to fill top political jobs at the agency."
Source: Greenwire, 01/10/2018
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