"White House Outlines Plan To Overhaul Trump NEPA Rules"
"The White House Council on Environmental Quality has proposed reversing a number of Trump-era changes to the nation’s bedrock environmental permitting law."
Source: E&E News, 10/07/2021
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"Senate Confirms Biden’s Pick to Lead the Bureau of Land Management"
"After a party-line vote, Tracy Stone-Manning became the leader of an agency that manages oil and gas drilling on public lands."
Source: NYTimes, 10/01/2021
Tribes Want ‘Immediate Action’ On Bears Ears National Monument
"A coalition of Native American tribes has called on President Biden to take “immediate action” to restore protections to Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument, which the Trump administration cut by 85 percent."
Source: Washington Post, 09/30/2021
Biden FWS Finalizes Rule Protecting Migratory Birds, Reversing Trump
"The Biden administration finalized a rule Wednesday revoking a Trump administration policy that eased penalties for killing birds, restoring federal protections that had been in place for a century." "The move restores protections under the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which imposes penalties for unintentionally causing bird deaths through drilling, construction and other activities".
Source: Washington Post, 09/30/2021
DOI Axes Trump Rule That Would Have Made Public Lands Drilling Cheaper
"The Interior Department on Tuesday withdrew a Trump-era rule that was expected to make it cheaper for industry to drill on federally owned lands and in public waters."
Source: The Hill, 09/29/2021
"Biden Appoints 6 to Arctic Research Commission"
"President Biden announced six commissioners to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission today, after forcing several Trump administration appointees to step down in early September."
Source: E&E News, 09/27/2021
"Biden Picks Trump Critic To Lead EPA Science Office"
"A longtime expert adviser to EPA on air issues and an outspoken critic of the Trump administration is President Biden’s choice for leading the agency’s science office."
Source: E&E News, 09/24/2021
Trump FWS Broke The Law In Refusing To Protect Joshua Trees, Court Rules
"A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration violated the law when it declined to grant Endangered Species Act protections to the iconic Joshua tree."
Source: HuffPost, 09/23/2021
Does Nature Have Rights? A Burgeoning Legal Movement Says Yes
"Climate change and environmental destruction have inspired court cases around the country—and the globe—aimed at protecting the natural world."
"For Chuck O’Neal, a lifelong outdoorsman and environmentalist, the moment of truth came on election night 2020, as results rolled in from perhaps the most partisan campaign season in American history.
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/22/2021
"BLM Returns Headquarters To D.C."
"The Biden administration plans to move the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters back to Washington but will convert the current headquarters in Grand Junction, Colo., into a Western hub with additional staff assigned there, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland told bureau employees today."
Source: E&E News, 09/20/2021
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