"Collins To Vote Against Trump’s EPA Pick"
"Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will vote against confirming President Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."
Source: The Hill, 02/16/2017
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"Scientists' Group Launches Website to Help Federal Whistleblowers"
"Fearing an assault on science from the Trump administration, the Union of Concerned Scientists is creating a way for federal scientists to report abuses."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/16/2017
"Absent Federal Policy, States Take Lead on Animal Welfare"
"In the opening weeks of the Trump administration, the state of animal welfare—as with so much other policy—is in upheaval. On February 9, the administration froze the implementation of the just-passed Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP)—the only comprehensive federal law that regulates the welfare of animals raised for food."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/15/2017
EPA Veterans Mobilize to Defend Agency's Work, Bracing for Trump Impact
"Retired and former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are banding together in rare activism to defend colleagues still working for the agency, as fears of deep layoffs, regulatory rollbacks and science suppression spread through the federal ranks."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/15/2017
"Trump Administration Sued Over Protection For Vanishing Bumble Bee"
"An environmental group sued U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday for delaying a rule that would designate the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species."
Source: Reuters, 02/15/2017
"Trump Signs Repeal Of Transparency Rule For Oil Companies"
"President Trump signed legislation Tuesday to repeal a controversial regulation that would have required energy companies to disclose their payments to foreign governments."
Source: The Hill, 02/15/2017
Financial Backers of EPA Pick Pruitt Have Faced 100s of Pollution Actions
"At least 15 companies with financial ties to Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, have faced hundreds of EPA enforcement actions, which are the basic tool the agency uses to enforce environmental rules and laws."
Source: The Intercept, 02/15/2017
"Climate: Trump Would Face Legal Battle For Dumping Treaty — CRS"
"A complicated legal battle awaits the Trump administration if it tries to withdraw from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, said the Congressional Research Service in a new report."
Source: Greenwire, 02/14/2017
Senate Votes on Pruitt EPA Nomination Possible Thursday-Friday
Senate votes on confirming Scott Pruitt to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could come as soon as Thursday and Friday this week. Pruitt's office in Oklahoma has stonewalled open-records requests from environmentalists for his emails with energy companies -- and the first court hearing seeking to compel disclosure is scheduled for Thursday.
Source: The Hill, 02/14/2017
Trudeau, Trump Meeting Sidesteps Countries' Climate Change Agreements
"A year after Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama pledged cooperation on climate goals, Canadian PM's first meeting with President Trump produced no mention of them."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/14/2017
