"Oil Train Rules Move To White House Review"
"Regulators are one step closer to adopting new standards for oil trains that Congress mandated last year."
Source: The Hill, 06/10/2016
Laws & Regulations
"BLM Postpones Land Auction Near Chaco Canyon"
"The Bureau of Land Management announced Monday that several parcels of land intended for oil and gas drilling in northwestern New Mexico will no longer be put up for bid at a leasing auction in October."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, 06/10/2016
"VW Receives Regulatory Approval For Fixes On 1.1 Million Cars"
"Volkswagen said on Wednesday it received regulatory approval to fix another 1.1 million cars, raising the number of VW models cleared for refitting to more than 2.5 million since the start of the year."
Source: Reuters, 06/09/2016
"House Unanimously Passes Pipeline Safety Bill"
"The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reauthorize the federal pipeline safety oversight board."
Source: The Hill, 06/09/2016
Read the Secret TTIP Trade Treaty Here
The draft Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaty is still being kept secret from the hundreds of millions of people whom it will affect. It matters for environmental journalists as trade treaties often set up mechanisms for corporations to negate the environmental laws of signatory countries. Image: WikiLeaks.
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Grassley Nixes FOIA Exemption for Ag Checkoff Panels
Senator Charles Grassley's opinion matters because he chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over FOIA. He also sits on the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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What Will Next President Do For (or Against) Freedom of Information?
Some commenters say Donald Trump has declared "war on the press." But Hillary Clinton has herself given little access to the news media during the campaign so far. Worse yet, parts of the news media seem to be making the problem worse, by not advocating for press freedom and open information. Profits and ratings have trumped the First Amendment.
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Coal Export Terminal Suffers Second Big Setback: State Permit Is Denied
"The controversial proposed Gateway Pacific coal expert terminal suffered its latest body blow on Monday with denial of its application for an aquatic land lease at the Cherry Point site north of Bellingham."
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 06/08/2016
The Grid: "Getting Western States To Agree On Sharing Renewable Energy"
"In California, there is so much solar energy that grid operators have to switch off solar farms. One solution of dealing with the additional power generated is to share the renewable wealth across state borders – but in the West, it's sparking some not-so-neighborly opposition."
Source: NPR, 06/08/2016
"Senate Approves Update of Toxic-Chemical Regulations"
"The Senate on Tuesday gave final approval to an overhaul of the nation’s 40-year-old law governing the use of toxic chemicals in homes and businesses, sending the bill to President Obama for his expected signature."
Source: NY Times, 06/08/2016
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