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EPA proposes changes in how clean air cost accounting rules are written.
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On June 4, 2020 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed overhaul of how major clean air rules are written by changing the cost-benefit analysis process, a move that would affect the stringency of future regulations according to a June 4, 2020 Reuters report. The new proposed cost-benefit analysis would focus on weighing only ... |
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EPA faces third lawsuit after suspending enforcement of pollution monitoring.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is facing a third lawsuit over its policy to suspend penalties for companies that stop monitoring their pollution outputs during the coronavirus pandemic according to a June 10, 2020 report from The Hill ' (see April 3, 2020 Emissions Monitor). The temporary policy, for which the EPA has set no ... |
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Trump signs executive order to waive environmental reviews for key projects.
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President Trump signed an executive order June 4th instructing agencies to waive long-standing environmental laws to speed up federal approval for new mines, highways, pipelines and other projects given the current economic “emergency” according to a June 4, 2020 Washington Post report. Declaring an economic emergency lets the president invoke a section of federal law ... |
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Interior Secretary Bernhardt urged to ease BLM drilling rules.
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With just one active drilling rig left in Wyoming during the ongoing oil downturn, the state's all-Republican delegation is asking Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to ease drilling demands on some oil and gas producers according to a June 12, 2020 EnergyWire report. In a June 10th letter, Rep. Liz Cheney and Sens. Mike Enzi and ... |
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Bureau of Land Management moves out West with top posts unfilled.
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The Interior Department is struggling to fill top positions at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) despite assurances from officials that the agency's relocation from Washington to Colorado is helping recruit top talent, according to an analysis and June 3, 2020 report by The Hill. Interior Department leaders have told Congress that moving the public ... |
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‘Like trash in a landfill’: Carbon Dioxide keeps piling up in the atmosphere.
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Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached their annual peak in May, and once again were the highest in human history according to a June 4, 2020 New York Times report. Despite the economic collapse resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to sharp declines in carbon dioxide emissions, the amount of the ... |
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