"Interior Spending $139K To Fix Doors In Sec. Zinke’s Office"
"The Interior Department is spending nearly $139,000 to upgrade three sets of double doors in the office of Secretary Ryan Zinke."
Source: AP, 03/09/2018
Economy & Business
Dems Unveil $1T Infrastructure Plan, Undo GOP Tax Cuts To Pay For It
"As the White House struggles to finance an ambitious infrastructure plan, Senate Democrats are proposing one alternative — albeit one unlikely to pass muster with President Trump: rolling back the recently passed Republican tax overhaul."
Source: Washington Post, 03/08/2018
"U.S. Energy Storage Market To Nearly Triple This Year: Report"
"U.S. deployments of energy storage systems will nearly triple this year thanks to sharply lower costs and state policies that support the case for installing batteries in homes, businesses and along the power grid."
Source: Reuters, 03/07/2018
"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
Sun Doesn’t Shine at Trump Environmental Agencies
There’s little cause to celebrate upcoming Sunshine Week for those who cover Trump administration environmental agencies. The latest WatchDog catalogues how the EPA has adopted a secretive approach and displays frequent hostility to the news media, including with a troubling series of attacks on individual journalists.
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Advisory Panel Dominated by Oil Execs Urges Lower Offshore Royalties
"Oil executives urged the Trump administration to slash the rates their companies pay to harvest natural gas and crude from beneath U.S. waters."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/02/2018
"US Solar Company To Lay Off Hundreds Of Workers After Trump Tariffs"
"American solar company SunPower will lay off about 3 percent of its workforce in March, a decision that comes after President Trump began imposing new tariffs on imported solar materials earlier this month."
Source: The Hill, 03/01/2018
"White House Pushes For More Talks After 'No Deal' On Biofuels"
"U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for more talks between representatives of the oil and corn industries after a meeting on Tuesday failed to yield an agreement on how to help refiners cope with the country’s biofuels policy."
Source: Reuters, 02/28/2018
“Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science”
A hard-nosed account of Monsanto and its controversial and popular herbicide Roundup comes in a new book by a former wire service reporter, who pieced together documentation and fact-finding from over 20 years to make a case there was a dangerous cover-up. BookShelf reviews Carey Gillam’s “Whitewash.”
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“The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea”
A new book on the Gulf of Mexico earns kudos for the balance and passion of its tone, as well as for its historical storytelling about this important ecosystem and the overfishing, oil spills, hurricanes, explosive growth and poor land-use decisions it faces. BookShelf reviews Jack Davis’ “The Gulf.”
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