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DEL MAR, Calif. — Kim and Marilyn Fletcher stood on the deck of their beachfront home watching waves crash onto the shore. They savored the view from behind a 22-foot-high sea wall, a common sight along this eroding stretch of coast. But that view is changing: The sandy beach in front of homes in this north San Diego County town is shrinking, and the high tide is edging closer.
The Government Accountability Office has agreed to review U.S. EPA's process for selecting members of its network of almost two dozen advisory committees, Senate Democrats said in a news release yesterday. (E&E News PM, )
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said yesterday that she plans to press Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke about accusations of retaliation lobbed by a former policy analyst over climate-related work in her home state. (E&E News PM, )
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse yesterday delivered a stern chamber-floor critique of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the lobbying giant that annually tops lists of outside spending. (E&E News PM, )
Getting help soon? (Climatewire, )
Former Vice President Al Gore yesterday appeared on Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) podcast to promote his new movie, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power." (Greenwire, )
NextGen Climate has a new name and an expanded focus. The advocacy group founded by billionaire Tom Steyer is now NextGen America, indicating a shift from climate and environmental issues to progressive issues broadly. (Greenwire, )
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