For Coal Magnate Tied To Trump, Accusations Of Government 'Bailout'
"Critics call Perry's proposal raising coal, nuclear plants' rates a bailout".
Source: Houston Chronicle, 11/15/2017
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Trump’s EPA Chemical Safety Pick May Be Too Toxic Even for Republicans
The GOP-controlled Senate has already shown it will confirm Environmental Protection Agency leaders with massive conflicts of interest. "Yet Michael Dourson, the industry scientist Trump nominated to head EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, may be unable to clear even this low bar." Some of the opposition is from red states.
Source: The Intercept, 11/15/2017
"An Open Door for Pesticide Lobbyists at the U.S.D.A."
"At a private meeting in September, congressional aides asked Rebeckah Adcock, a top official at the Department of Agriculture, to reveal the identities of the people serving on the deregulation team she leads at the agency."
Source: NY Times, 11/15/2017
"Trump Dines Out On Shark-Fin Soup"
"President Trump's Vietnamese hosts served him shark-fin soup instead of his customary steak Saturday in a culinary move that may have had political undertones."
Source: Greenwire, 11/14/2017
"African-Americans Taking Brunt Of Oil Industry Pollution: Report"
"African-Americans face a disproportionate risk of health problems from pollution caused by the oil and gas industry, and the situation could worsen as President Donald Trump dismantles environmental regulations, according to a report issued on Tuesday by a pair of advocacy groups."
Source: Reuters, 11/14/2017
"Protesters Jeer as Trump Team Promotes Coal at U.N. Climate Talks"
"The Trump administration made its debut at a United Nations conference on climate change on Monday by giving a full-throated defense of fossil fuels and nuclear energy as answers to driving down global greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: NY Times, 11/14/2017
"Trump’s Chinese Gas Deal Raises Ethics Issues for Wilbur Ross"
"On Sunday, thanks to a consortium of investigative journalists, the public learned that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross never fully divested himself of ownership in a big global shipping company — one with ties to Russia’s rulers — when he joined President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. But new reporting by NBC News shows that Ross’ potential conflicts of interest go even further."
Source: NBC News, 11/13/2017
EPA Taking More Advice From Industry — And Ignoring Its Own Scientists
"When the Environmental Protection Agency this week proposed repealing tighter emissions standards for a type of freight trucks, it cited research conducted by Tennessee Tech University but underwritten by the biggest truck manufacturer challenging the rule."
Source: Washington Post, 11/13/2017
"As U.S. Sheds Role as Climate Change Leader, Who Will Fill the Void?"
"BONN, Germany — When President Trump announced in June that the United States would withdraw from the Paris agreement, America officially ceded its global leadership on climate change."
Source: NY Times, 11/13/2017
"What’s at Stake in the Bonn Climate Talks?"
"The Paris climate agreement of 2015 was a key moment in the battle against climate change: 195 countries vowed to help limit the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). But the Paris deal was just the start of a long, arduous process. The world’s nations are still struggling to translate their lofty promises into meaningful cuts in greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: NY Times, 11/10/2017
