Vote Today: 300 Scientists Oppose Trump CEQ Nominee Over "Lying"
"Kathleen Hartnett White's nomination for the top White House environment post is set for a Senate committee vote on Wednesday."
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/29/2017
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"In The Heart Of Coal Country, EPA Hears Worries About The Climate"
"After more than four decades as a coal miner, Stanley Sturgill ambled into an ornate room at West Virginia’s state capitol Tuesday to deliver a stark message to the Trump administration: Climate change is real and continuing to burn the dirty fossil fuel hurts future generations."
Source: AP, 11/29/2017
"This Is One International Climate Agreement Trump Supports"
"The Trump administration joined countries around the world last week in endorsing a powerful climate agreement that could cut greenhouse gas emissions enough to prevent as much 0.5 degrees Celsius of warming." "The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol would cut HFCs, potent greenhouse gases widely used in air conditioners and refrigerators."
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/28/2017
"NOAA: Trump's Pick Faces Questions On Credentials, Business Ties"
"Barry Myers, the CEO of AccuWeather Inc., had no answer when a congressman asked him last year if the United States had been experiencing more severe weather incidents than 100 years ago."
Source: E&E Daily, 11/28/2017
EPA to Hold Its One Hearing on Climate Rollback in Coal Country Today
"The Trump administration is holding its one public hearing on rolling back President Barack Obama’s regulations limiting carbon emissions from power plants -- and it will be in West Virginia."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/28/2017
"BLM: Potential Chief Vows To Push Local Input, Reduce Monuments"
"Wyoming-based property rights attorney Karen Budd-Falen recently vowed that if she is confirmed to lead the Bureau of Land Management, she will 'advocate for local government involvement,' criticizing an inside-the-Beltway mindset that she said currently pervades land-use planning."
Source: Greenwire, 11/27/2017
"EPA: Buyout Stories: 'We Are Kind Of Being Hollowed Out'"
"Barbara Aldridge knew it was time to leave U.S. EPA. Now 64, she had worked at the agency for 26 years, restoring wetlands along the Gulf Coast and policing Superfund compliance. But Aldridge's husband died last year, and then the election ushered in the Trump administration — and a reckoning for EPA."
Source: Greenwire, 11/27/2017
"Trump’s Interior Department Is Flooded With Industry Lobbyists"
"Lobbyists in key positions with the U.S. Department of the Interior now number 13, making the nation’s public lands agency a leading example of President Donald Trump’s policy of filling government posts with former advocates for special interests."
Source: Reveal, 11/27/2017
"National Park Store Sold Trump Wine, Says Feds Weren't Involved"
"A store in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park sold wine produced by the Trump Winery as recently as September."
Source: The Hill, 11/22/2017
"NAFTA Talks Hit Wall As Mexico, Canada Push Back On U.S. Demands"
"The United States, Mexico and Canada failed to resolve any major differences in a fifth round of talks to rework the NAFTA trade deal, drawing a swift complaint from the Trump administration on Tuesday that the lack of progress could doom the process."
Source: Reuters, 11/22/2017
