Trump Admin Proposes Reversal Of Obama-Era Hunting Rule In Alaska Parks
"The Trump administration is taking another stab at controversial hunting regulations for national preserves in Alaska."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 05/22/2018
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Oil and Gas Companies Bid on Just 6.7 Percent of Acres Offered by BLM
"For all of the administration's efforts to open more federal and tribal lands to drilling, oil and gas companies bid on just 6.7 percent of the acreage offered for sale by the Bureau of Land Management in President Trump's first year."
Source: EnergyWire, 05/21/2018
"Trump Dials Back Obama Policy Asking Agencies To Reduce Emissions"
"President Trump late Thursday replaced an executive order signed by former President Obama that sought to reduce federal agencies’ energy use and greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: The Hill, 05/21/2018
"Why Alaska Is Crafting a Plan to Fight Climate Change"
"In the Trump era, it has mainly been blue states that have taken the lead on climate change policy, with liberal strongholds like California and New York setting ambitious goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Now, at least one deep-red state could soon join them: Alaska ... ."
Source: NY Times, 05/17/2018
Trump NHTSA Nominee Won’t Say Whether Humans Cause Climate Change
"As Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was grilled in one part of the Senate on Wednesday, a less prominent Trump administration official who has a major impact on automobile pollution and climate change policy was asked a basic question by a member of a separate Senate panel."
Source: Washington Post, 05/17/2018
"House Lawmakers Vote To Give Modest Budget Cuts to EPA, Interior"
"House lawmakers voted Tuesday night to give modest budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Interior Department."
Source: The Hill, 05/16/2018
"Pruitt Back On The Hill For Another Round"
"Senators will have their first chance to question EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt since he has been beset by allegations of excessive spending and misuse of his Cabinet-level office."
Source: E&E Daily, 05/15/2018
Top DOI Official Met With His Former Employer, Koch-Linked Foundation
"A high-level official at the Department of the Interior held meetings with a previous employer, the Koch-linked Texas Public Policy Foundation, while it was involved in legal action against the department, according to newly obtained documents."
Source: Pacific Standard, 05/15/2018
"Watchdog: EPA’s Pruitt Demanded 24/7 Armed Security on Day 1"
"An internal watchdog at the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that Administrator Scott Pruitt demanded and received unprecedented, around-the-clock protection from armed officers on his first day — a detail that appears at odds with past claims that the stepped-up security measures came in direct response to death threats."
Source: AP, 05/15/2018
"White House, EPA Headed Off Chemical Pollution Study"
"Scott Pruitt’s EPA and the White House sought to block publication of a federal health study on a nationwide water-contamination crisis, after one Trump administration aide warned it would cause a "public relations nightmare," newly disclosed emails reveal."
Source: Politico, 05/15/2018
