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June 16, 2017-Number 115
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Leading the News
EPA No Region Shakeup or Ste ' ' sffs, EPA*s Pruitt Says The EPA is not aiming to relocate any of its 10 regional offices, and ongoing discussion of that prospect is "pure legend," Admininstrator Scott Pruitt told House appropriators June 15.
Energy Energy Department Climate Office Closure One of `Many' Planned The Energy Department's closure of its Office of International Climate and Technology, which works on global emission reductions, is one of many program offices the agency is eyeing to cut as part of fiscal year 2018 budget reductions, an agency official said.
Pesticides Monsanto: Hidden Cancer Study is `Scientific Vandalism' Disputes over the impartiality of an international cancer research agency are flaring again, as documents suggest that a major study's preliminary data was hidden by a U.S. scientist when reviewing the cancer-causing potential of Monsanto Co.'s Roundup.
News
Air Pollution
N.Y. Subpoenas Fiat Chrysler Over Emissic r
/m f , ices
New York's financial regulator subpoenaed Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV for information
about the possible use of any software installed in vehicles to cheat emissions testing in the
state, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Chemical Security
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Groups Sue Over EPA Delay of Chemical Plant Safety Rules A coalition of environmental and public health organizations is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review EPA's decision to delay new chemical plant security regulations to 2019.
Chemicals Dow, Dupont Win U.S. Antitrust Nod to Create Chemicals Giant Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. won U.S. antitrust approval for their $73 billion merger, overcoming one of the last remaining hurdles to a deal that would create a global chemicals giant.
Chemicals EPA Task: Balance Chemical Trade Secrets With Public Data The EPA says it's hard pressed to withhold the identities of certain chemicals while also making public any health, worker safety, or environmental risk information about the chemicals under the amended toxics law passed last June.
Chesapeake Bay Pennsylvania Bill Would Hinder Bay Cleanup, State Official Says A proposed Pennsylvania budget bill from Republicans would further cripple the state's Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts by cutting funding to conservation districts that help farmers reduce water pollution, Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said June 15.
Climate Change EU Environment Agency Warns of `Rapid' Arctic Changes The European Union should do more to relieve the pressures on the Arctic ecosystem or risk a breakdown of "the Arctic's role in global climate regulation," the European Environment Agency said June 15.
Climate Regulation
California Utilities Must Reduce, Fix Pipeline Meth
aks
California adopted new standards requiring natural gas utilities for the first time to reduce
methane leaks from pipelines.
Climate Science Truro: <' , mdget Puts Climate Research Program on Thin Ice The U.S. could fall behind on mitigating expensive and irreversible damage from climate change domestically as a result of the White House's proposed cuts to an interagency research program's budget. Funding worries for the domestic climate and climate-related research program come at a time of uncertainty about the Trump administration's priorities for climate change as it slashes funding for that work across the government. President Donald Trump has pledged that the U.S. will...
Congress Nuclear Waste Bill Set to Change After Subcommittee Markup Draft legislation on rebooting efforts to make Nevada's Yucca Mountain the nation's permanent repository for nuclear waste, which a House subcommittee approved June 15, will likely see changes before it's formally introduced, the subcommittee chairman says.
EPA Former Arizona Environment Chief Tapped as EPA's COO A former top aide to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R), is joining the EPA as its chief operating
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officer, a position that doesn't require Senate confirmation, according to an agency spokeswoman and Ducey's office.
EPA >< n np Spurs Bipartisanship as Lawmakers Vow to St , h its President Donald Trump's plan to slash spending on the Environmental Protection Agency was blasted by lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats took turns telling the agency's head that proposed budget cuts were unlikely to survive in Congress.
Emissions Trading Singapore's Carbon Tax May Be Felt Throughout Southeast Asia When Singapore rolls out Southeast Asia's first carbon tax in 2019, the biggest impact may not be on carbon emissions at all--at least, not directly.
Energy China, India Seen as $4 Trillion Opportunity for Energy by 2040 China and India will be the biggest recipients for new investment in power-generating capacity by 2040, representing a $4 trillion opportunity for the energy sector.
Energy House Panel Extends $6 Billion in Untapped Nuclear Tax Credits The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill that would extend a $6 billion tax benefit for the nuclear power industry, a potential boon to Scana Corp, and Southern Co., which are building facilities in Georgia and South Carolina.
Energy Malicious Attacks on Electric Grid Facilities Over-Reported The incidence of sabotage and vandalism to the U.S. electric grid might be less severe than data reported to the federal government suggest, a Bloomberg BNA data analysis shows.
Energy Senate Panel Advances Nuclear Regulator Nominee Svinicki The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is a step closer to retaining its quorum as the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee advanced the nomination of current NRC Chairman Kristine Svinicki for a third term at the agency.
Enforcement Home Builder to Pay $425,000 Fine Over Stormwater Violations A national home builder has agreed to pay a $425,000 fine for not obtaining a Clean Water Act permit for discharging stormwater from construction sites in New York and New Jersey, the justice Department announced June 15.
Forests House Republican Tries to Win Democratic Support for Forest Bill A forest management bill has been revised with the hope of attracting more votes from Democrats, Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) told Bloomberg BNA after a June 15 hearing on his draft legislation.
Motor Vehicles
EPA Isn't Reviewing Californi
an Air Act Waiver: Pruitt
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said the agency isn't reviewing a Clean Air Act preemption
waiver granted to California that allows the state to impose air pollution control requirements
that are stricter than those of the federal government.
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Oil & Gas U.S. Toughens Stance on Russian Gas as Engie Defends Mew Pipe As U.S. lawmakers targeted Russia's controversial $1 O-billion natural gas pipeline to Europe in a plan for expanded sanctions, French utility Engie SA defended the link that it says is vital for the region's fuel supplies.
Pesticides EPA Approves Dow, Monsanto Gene-Silencing Tech to Fight Pests Farmers will soon have access to a novel technology to fight corn rootworm, a devastating pest that has grown resistant to traditional pesticides.
Pesticides
USDA Takes Protective Measures on Cyanide Use Aft
ath
The Agriculture Department is updating guidelines for cyanide predator controls in light of
recent accounts of the devices killing and injuring pets and people.
Renewable Energy Garbage to Light 80,000 Aussie Homes Amid Energy Rethink Australia's poor recycling track record has an upside.
Renewable Energy
Solar Power Will Kill Coal Soone
ink
Solar power, once so costly it only made economic sense in spaceships, is becoming cheap
enough that it will push coal and even natural-gas plants out of business faster than
previously forecast. That's the conclusion of a Bloomberg New Energy Finance outlook for
how fuel and electricity markets will evolve by 2040. The research group estimated solar
already rivals the cost of new coal power plants in Germany and the U.S. and by 2021 will do
so in quick-growing markets such as China and ...
Solid Waste N.C. Lawmakers Approve Spraying of `Garbage Juice' Landfill operators in North Carolina would be authorized to spray leachate and wastewater into the air to help manage solid waste under a bill approved by state lawmakers June 15.
Toxic Substances EU Moves to Limit Chemicals in the Workplace, Electronics European Union member countries are backing a plan to establish bloc-wide workplace exposure limits on five cancer-causing substances that would protect more than 4 million workers at industrial sites producing chemicals, lubricants, plastics and pharmaceuticals.
Water Pollution GOP Bill Attempts to Revoke EPA's Water Act Veto Authority A bill attempting to revoke the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to veto dredgeand-fill permits was introduced June 15 by Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio).
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