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Scott Streater, E&E News reporter
The Bureau of Land Management has revised an Obama-era policy directing agency field offices to prioritize oil and natural gas leasing and drilling projects outside of the most sensitive greater sage grouse habitat.
Acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler yesterday fired a panel of scientific experts charged with assisting the agency's latest review of air quality standards for particulate matter. He also scrapped plans to form a similar advisory panel to aid in a recently launched assessment of the ground-level ozone limits.
By Sean Reilly in Greenwire
FEMA chief Brock Long begged the nation today to respond to Hurricane Michael's devastation by taking steps to prepare for the next storm.
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Acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler yesterday fired a panel of scientific experts charged with assisting the agency's latest review of air quality standards for particulate matter. He also scrapped plans to form a similar advisory panel to aid in a recently launched assessment of the ground-level ozone limits.
By Sean Reilly in Greenwire
FEMA chief Brock Long begged the nation today to respond to Hurricane Michael's devastation by taking steps to prepare for the next storm.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire