Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso hopes to schedule a hearing next week for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head U.S. EPA, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R). (E&E News PM, )
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said yesterday that 2016 was coal's worst year in four decades, but new agency predictions offered the hobbling industry potential relief — at least until the end of the next decade. (E&E News PM, )
Without "decisive" action to slow climate change and stop sea-ice melting, endangered Arctic polar bears are unlikely to recover, the Fish and Wildlife Service said yesterday. The agency's final management plan for the species cites global warming as the primary threat to the bears. (Greenwire, )
His hearing kicks off tomorrow. (Climatewire, )
Former Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson will lay out the case this week for why he should be secretary of State, batting back perceived conflicts of interest stemming from his four-decade career as an oilman and questions about his views on climate science. (E&E Daily, )
Although the auto industry has been producing more all-electric and hybrid cars. automakers have rarely used high-profile ad buys to promote those cars. (Greenwire, )