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Jackson, Ryan[jackson.ryan@epa.gov] Bloomberg Environment Mon 12/4/2017 12:07:23 PM First Move: Trump's Monumental Changes Rare Earth Minerals Research Pruitt Heads to
Trump's Monumental Changes Rare Earth Minerals Research Pruitt Heads to Hill
By Chuck McCutcheon
Presidei
np is expected to head to Utah this week to announce changes to
national monuments that will include significant downsizing of that stat
airs
Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalai
numents.
Sandstone formations are shown in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument outside Boulder, Utah.
Photographer: George Frey/Getty Images
Backers of the monument changes, including the Utah congressional delegation
and state government, argue that vastly more acreage has been designated than
needed. But environmental advocacy groups an
jalition of five Native American
groups are vowing to file quick lawsuits in response to Trump's move.
The president also could shrink the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, in southern Oregon and a small patch of north 11 fifornia, and rest i mmercial fishing rights to some Atlantic and Pacific offshore national monuments. Alan Kovski is covering.
The coal indu I . r aw best friend: minerals known as rare earth elements,
which are used to make everything fn
toile phones to wind turbines and have
been found in small amounts in the nation's coal deposits.
- i . rth minerals--which Energy Secretary Rick P( n J :s talked up a ' > ans
of reviving the coal industry--have been found not only in Appalachia but also in
Illinois and Wyoming. No commercial means of pulling th
i of coal has been
developed, but West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has a bill that would
fund research into those technologies to the tune of $20 million annually.
' ' onate energy committee panel will st: r i- /ing that bill forw i a Tuesday hearing. It also will discuss other energy bills, including three aimed at developing energy storage pilot projects and grants and another aimed at lowering the cost of battery technologies. Steph .i to . -mu - ' .Wcca K n i "ire tracking.
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One year to the day after he was selected to serve as EPA administrator, Scott : in i will go to Capitol Hill ci I rsday to discuss his agenc ssion with a House Energy and Commerce panel..
"We're looking forward to receiving a much-needed upda
r. Pruitt on his
priorities for the agency, including his stated policy of getting `back to the
basics' and its impact on the agency's activity going forward," s:
publicans
Greg Walden of Oregon, the Energy and Commerce chairman, and John Shimkus
of Illinois, who ch;
ergy and Commerce's environment subcommittee. Abby
Smith is covering.
Other Stories We're Covering
Registering pesticides for marijuana cultivation will be among the contentious
topics surrounding pesticide use that state regulators will discuss in Arlington,
Va., on Monday and Tuesday with EPA officials. Yvette Hopkins, federal-state
liaison for the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs, will speak at the event.
Tiffany Stecker is covering.
The National Brownfields Training Conference will take pie
Bsday through
Thursday in Pittsburgh, focusing on innovation, liabi
d other topics
related to cleaning up and reusing formerly utilized commercial and industrial
properties. Sylvia Carignan will attend.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a leader among Democratic state
law enforcement officials in challenging Trump administration environmental
actions in court, will speak at a National Press Club news conference on
Wednesd < .nnT i 1 s covering.
The th
nt Assembly will take place Monday through
Wednesday in Nairobi with the them ' wards- `utior i
anet"
Wachira Kigotho will track.
Quote of the Day
"Mining batteries is much more profitable than mining the ground." --Larry Reaugh, president of American Manganese, which is patenting draw out all of the metals in rechargeable batteries.
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This Week's Events
On the Hill:
Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. Flooding Sustainable Water Partnership ho;
a
Challenge of Too Much Water, featuring officials sharing experiences
managing floods ar
gating their impacts.
Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. Nominations Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee considers nominations of Timothy Petty to be assistant Interior
secretary for water and science and Linda Capuano to be Energy Information
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Administration Administrator. Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. Superfund Senate environment committee's
Superfund panel holds hearing on challenges facing Superfund and waste cleanup efforts after natural disasters. I rsd - f w ii i iierior House Natur ' sources'oversight panel holds hearing on the Interior Department's transformation.
Elsewhere:
Monday-Tuesday, All Day Clean Water Act The American Law Institute
Continuing Legal Education and the Environmental Law Institute are co
sponsoring a webcasted Clean Water Act seminar at the Hunton & Williams
ces in Washington.
sday-Wednesdc Day I i ctri gridCONNEXT conference
brings together business, utility, and policymakers to explore topics affecting
the electricity grid at the nation
ional, state, and local levels. Scheduled
speakers include Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chairman of the Senate's
energy committee, and Bruce Walker, assistant secretary for the Energy
Departmen
ice of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
Wednesdc
30 p.m. Agriculture/Environment Americ ir - i erprise
Institute sponsors talk with agricultural economists on conservation programs,
Renewable Fuel Standa . i Clean Water Rule.
>i " / ' .Climate Ir utute of Current World Affairs dinner features KC
Golden, board chairman of environmental group 350.org and senior policy
adviser at Climate Solutions, describing efforts to buil
>bal grass-roots
movement to tackle climate change.
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New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill making
New York the fourth state to adopt an energy storage target, following
Massachusetts, California, and Oregon.
np's regulatory agenda puts at risk an estimated $2 trillion in consumer
savings relating to energy and fuel efficiency standards, the Consumer
eration of America says i i sport.
lessee's environment department boasts the state has its cleanest air
since the Industrial Revolution.
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