"Coal Magnate Robert Murray Dead At 80, Days After Retiring"
"Coal magnate Robert Murray died at his home in Ohio less than a week after announcing his retirement as board chairman of a major U.S. coal operator."
Source: AP, 10/26/2020
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"Judge: Michigan Agency Can Evaluate Great Lakes Tunnel Plan"
"The Michigan Public Service Commission has some authority over Enbridge’s plans to build an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel that connects two of the Great Lakes, a state administrative law judge ruled Friday."
Source: AP, 10/26/2020
"White House Releases New Plan for Seismic Tests in Arctic Refuge"
"The Trump administration has relaunched long-delayed plans to conduct a seismic survey in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a prelude to drilling for oil there."
Source: NYTimes, 10/26/2020
"With Justice Barrett, a Tectonic Court Shift on the Environment"
"The accession of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court will cement a conservative majority that is likely to give polluting industries freer rein, limit the ability of citizens to sue, and call into question the very basis of the EPA to issue and enforce regulations."
Source: YaleE360, 10/26/2020
"North Dakota Seeks To Repurpose Coronavirus Aid For Fracking"
"North Dakota officials say they want to repurpose $16 million in federal coronavirus aid and spend it on grants to encourage fracking instead of using it to clean up abandoned oil well sites."
Source: AP, 10/23/2020
"U.S. Nuclear Plants in SC, MO Face The Highest Quake Risks: Report"
"The U.S. nuclear power reactors facing the highest risks of a meltdown from earthquakes are not in tremor-prone California, but states including South Carolina and Missouri, an analysis of government data published on Thursday said."
Source: Reuters, 10/23/2020
"Watchdogs Push New Mexico To Limit US Nuclear Waste Dump"
"Watchdogs on Wednesday renewed their call for New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state environmental regulators to take a stand against the federal government as it looks to extend and expand operations at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository."
Source: AP, 10/23/2020
"The Oil Lobby’s COVID-19 Wish List"
"The American Petroleum Institute sent Trump’s Interior Department a lengthy list of demands in March to help it weather the effects of the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: HuffPost, 10/23/2020
Trump Rollbacks Create Pollution Nightmare in Congressfolks' Backyards
A new report from the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) details the impacts of President Trump's environmental rollbacks on the districts and states of the Congress members who oversee EPA.
Source: Earther, 10/23/2020
Debate: Biden Says U.S. Needs To Move Off Oil To Tackle Climate Change
"President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden laid out starkly different visions Thursday night on whether the United States needs to transition away from fossil fuels to address climate change, in the lengthiest exchange two presidential candidates have ever had on the topic."
Source: Washington Post, 10/23/2020
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