Thursday 27 June 2019

Energy and Environment: Top EPA official resigns amid scrutiny over possible ethics violations

Energy and Environment
With Chris Mooney
Top EPA official resigns amid scrutiny over possible ethics violations
Bill Wehrum's ties to his former law firm and power sector clients prompted a congressional probe.
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A record-challenging Greenland climate pattern is boosting extreme weather in North America and Europe
Linked to severe weather, scorching heat and unusual cold and snow, it's persisted for two months and shows little sign of breaking down.
 
In lobbying battle for electric vehicle tax credit, it's car makers vs. the oil and gas industry
A federal tax credit that has boosted electric car sales is starting to run out.
 
The U.S. government has studied the longest oil spill in history — 14 years after the leak began
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White House tells agencies they no longer have to weigh a project's long-term climate impacts
The Trump administration proposed Friday that federal agencies no longer have to take project's long-term climate impacts when assessing how they will affect the environment, reversing a major Obama administration policy.
 
Analysis | The Energy 202: Ex-EPA engineer says Wheeler is misleading Congress about car rule
The EPA disagrees.
 
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