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Trump admin pushes back on Pacific fracking challenge
The Trump administration is urging a federal court to reject environmental challenges to hydraulic fracturing in the Pacific Ocean.
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Ellen M. Gilmer, E&E News reporter
The Trump administration is urging a federal court to reject environmental challenges to hydraulic fracturing in the Pacific Ocean.
The Trump administration says it doesn't know how many streams it would exclude from Clean Water Act jurisdiction under a proposal announced today. But a 2017 slideshow by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers staff shows at least 18 percent of streams and 51 percent of wetlands nationwide would lose protection.
By Ariel Wittenberg and Kevin Bogardus in Greenwire
Climate change isn't just exacerbating extreme weather. Some events wouldn't happen without it, according to a major scientific report.
By Chelsea Harvey in Climatewire
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The Trump administration says it doesn't know how many streams it would exclude from Clean Water Act jurisdiction under a proposal announced today. But a 2017 slideshow by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers staff shows at least 18 percent of streams and 51 percent of wetlands nationwide would lose protection.
By Ariel Wittenberg and Kevin Bogardus in Greenwire
Climate change isn't just exacerbating extreme weather. Some events wouldn't happen without it, according to a major scientific report.
By Chelsea Harvey in Climatewire