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Read the full story in The Hill» The Trump administration on Thursday announced final plans to ease oil and gas drilling rules that were originally established as a response to the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The move will remove some of the safety mandates placed on the oil and gas industry under former President […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» Mary Nichols, the woman who for more than 15 years has led the fight to improve California’s poor air quality, says she’s not a fan of a nickname she’s acquired: Queen of Green. “I actually hate the title,” Nichols told The Hill during a recent phone interview. “We […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) received nearly $50,000 in campaign donations last quarter from the Texas oil and gas industry, a number more than five times the amount in donations she received from Maine residents. In the first quarter of the 2019 funding year, the senator, who is up for reelection in 2020, snagged roughly $49,300 from Texas-based […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» The state of California is suing the Trump administration for details behind the decision it made to lower the standards on tailpipe emissions for cars and trucks. The suit filed by the Golden State on Friday demands the Trump administration release the underlying data and analysis it used to […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill»President Trump on Friday signed a presidential permit to jump-start construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline with a facility in Montana, a move seen as a way to circumvent previous court orders halting development. The permit authorizes energy company TransCanada Corp. to “construct, connect, operate, and maintain” pipeline facilities between the U.S. […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» A federal judge late Tuesday temporarily blocked oil and gas drilling on thousands of acres of public land in Wyoming, ruling that the Trump administration failed to “sufficiently consider climate change.” The decision by Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found that the U.S. […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» The White House is putting together a special panel to look into the potential effects of climate change on national security and the group will include at least one well-known climate change skeptic. The panel, called the Presidential Committee on Climate Security in the proposal, will be formed […]
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Read the full story in The Hill» An internal email sent to National Park Service (NPS) staff reveals for the first time that the parks lost between $10 million and $11 million during the 35-day partial government shutdown, which left a number of popular parks open but furloughed most rangers and staff. The email strongly […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) office of enforcement will soon unveil a new finalized audit policy that will offer significant new penalty reductions for the oil and gas industry, according to two internal memos obtained by The Hill. The New Owner Clean Air Act Audit Program, tailored specifically […]
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