"Dems Ask For Longer Comment Period On Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan"
"A group of Senate Democrats is asking the Trump administration to extend the comment period for its controversial offshore drilling plan."
Source: The Hill, 03/07/2018
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"White House Turns To Congress For Ideas On Infrastructure Funding"
"The White House has proposed to spend $200 billion more in infrastructure but remains unsettled on how to pay for the investment, despite President Trump’s hints of an increase in the federal gas tax, his transportation chief said Tuesday."
Source: Washington Post, 03/07/2018
Chesapeake’s ‘Secret Garden’ Thriving Again, But Trump Could End That
"The Chesapeake Bay restoration plan is fueling the most robust resurgence of underwater grasses and submerged aquatic vegetation in the world, according to a new study."
Source: Washington Post, 03/06/2018
"Trump Administration Reverses Promise To Ban Elephant Hunt Trophies"
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has quietly begun allowing more trophy hunting of African elephants, despite President Donald Trump’s pledge last year to uphold a ban on importing parts of animals killed by big-game hunters."
Source: HuffPost, 03/06/2018
"Zinke Signed Order In January Making 'Acting' Directors Official"
"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gave 10 of his acting directors more permanence in January, signing an order giving them most of the authority of a Senate-confirmed director."
Source: The Hill, 03/06/2018
Zinke Yanks Land In Home State Of Montana From Oil And Gas Lease Sale
"The Bureau of Land Management on Monday removed about 17,300 acres of land in central Montana from an upcoming oil and natural gas lease auction, just a week before the scheduled sale."
Source: Washington Post, 03/06/2018
"US Utilities Find Water Pollution at Coal Ash Dumps"
"Major utilities are finding evidence of groundwater contamination at coal-burning power plants across the U.S. where landfills and man-made ponds have been used for decades as dumping grounds for coal ash."
Source: AP, 03/06/2018
Pruitt Tapes: Evolution's A 'Theory,' 'Majority' Religions Under Attack
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt dismissed evolution as an unproven theory, lamented that “minority religions” were pushing Christianity out of “the public square” and advocated amending the Constitution to ban abortion, prohibit same-sex marriage and protect the Pledge of Allegiance and the Ten Commandments, according to a newly unearthed series of Oklahoma talk radio shows from 2005."
Source: Politico, 03/05/2018
For Many GOPers, Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan And Beaches Don’t Mix
A series of public meetings is revealing that even many Republicans from coastal states oppose Trump's offshore drilling plan because of the potential damage to beaches and coastal economies.
Monday, March 5, 2018
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Trump Nominates Dow Chemicals Lawyer To Oversee EPA Toxic Waste Program
"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday nominated a Dow Chemicals lawyer to head-up an Environmental Protection Agency unit that oversees hazardous waste disposal and chemical spills from toxic 'Superfund' sites."
Source: Reuters, 03/05/2018
