Trump DOI Tears Down Regulations To Speed Drilling On Public Land
"The Trump administration is aggressively sweeping aside regulations protecting public land to clear a path for expanded oil and gas drilling."
Source: Washington Post, 02/02/2018
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Modern Land Run? Trump Move Opens Utah To Mining Claims Under 1872 Law
"U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw federal protections from millions of acres of Utah wilderness will reopen much of the iconic terrain to gold, silver, copper, and uranium land claims under a Wild West-era mining law, according to federal officials."
Source: Reuters, 02/01/2018
"Public Lands: Trump Admin Slashes Grazing Fee"
"The Trump administration will once again cut the fee ranchers pay to graze livestock on millions of public acres, dropping the per-animal rate by nearly 25 percent for the coming year."
Source: Greenwire, 02/01/2018
"In Push To Cut Permits, U.S. Must Still Protect Water Quality: CEO"
"The CEO of America’s largest water utility warned that a federal push to streamline permits for infrastructure projects could stymie stronger water quality standards."
Source: Reuters, 02/01/2018
Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Were Fast. It Could Get Messy in Court.
"As the head of the federal agency controlling billions of acres of public lands and waters, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has spent the past year making bold policy proclamations to advance President Trump’s energy agenda .... But legal experts say many of the moves were made without fully considering the laws and procedures governing changes like these, making them vulnerable to legal challenges that could delay or block them."
Source: NY Times, 02/01/2018
"E.P.A. Blocks Obama-Era Clean Water Rule"
"The Trump administration has formally suspended a major Obama-era clean water regulation ahead of plans to issue its own version of the rule later this year."
Source: NY Times, 02/01/2018
"White House Seeks 72 Percent Cut To Clean Energy Research"
"The Trump administration is poised to ask Congress for deep budget cuts to the Energy Department’s renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, slashing them by 72 percent overall in fiscal 2019, according to draft budget documents obtained by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 02/01/2018
Alaska Becomes Latest State To Request Limits On U.S. Offshore Drilling
"Alaska Governor Bill Walker said on Tuesday he has asked U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to pare back a Trump administration plan for oil and gas leasing off the state’s coast."
Source: Reuters, 01/31/2018
"Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. Chief, Assailed Trump in a 2016 Interview"
"A year before President Trump named Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency, where he quickly became a presidential favorite by gutting pollution rules and slashing staff, Mr. Pruitt, the former Oklahoma attorney general, assailed Mr. Trump on a talk radio show, saying he would be “abusive to the Constitution.”"
Source: NY Times, 01/31/2018
"Scott Pruitt Evades Key Senate Questions"
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt insisted his job was not to 'put up fences' to prohibit industries from exploiting natural resources, and he refused to be pinned down on the agency's future direction on clean air and climate change at a Senate hearing on Tuesday."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/31/2018
