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Daily on Energy: Trump Tries out New Climate Line of Attack

by PEER | January 21, 2020
“TRUMP TRIES OUT NEW CLIMATE LINE OF ATTACK: President Trump on government-centric plans to combat climate change Tuesday: ‘Fear and doubt is not a good thought process because this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism and action,’ Trump said in his address ...

Trump Hails WOTUS Overhaul as Critics Call for Investigation

by PEER | January 20, 2020
“President Trump yesterday touted his repeal of key Clean Water Act regulations as more than three dozen current and former government officials called for an investigation into the scientific basis of his forthcoming replacement rule. The Obama-era rule was meant to clarify which ...

Trump’s EPA Is Said to Cut Scientists out of New Water Policy That Threatens New England Wetlands

by PEER | January 18, 2020
“With the Trump administration poised to roll back key protections for much of the nation’s wetlands, scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency are accusing the agency’s political appointees of ignoring their advice and barring them from shaping sweeping new guidelines ...

Bucks-Montco Group Joins Nationwide Petition to Designate PFAs as Hazardous Waste

by PEER | January 16, 2020
“Thousands of residents from Bucks and Montgomery counties have joined communities across the country in a national petition demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency regulate a toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS. The petition demands that the EPA list dozens of the ...

The FCC’s Approval of SpaceX’s Starlink Mega Constellation May Have Been Unlawful

by PEER |
“A battle for the sky is raging, and the heavens are losing. Upcoming mega constellations of satellites, designed to blanket Earth orbit in spacecraft beaming high-speed Internet around the world, risk filling the firmament with tens of thousands of moving points of light, forever ...

GLRI: Good news for the Great Lakes

by PEER |
“In a Trump administration that some say has been bleak for the environment, there is good news for the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative was included in the 2020 federal budget, and for the first time, its funding level has increased to $320 million from $300 ...
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