INTERIOR

Coronavirus won't slow lease sales, rulemakings

Jennifer Yachnin and Michael Doyle, E&E News reporters

Published: Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Environmentalists are urging the Interior Department to hit the pause button on policy decisions — from public comment periods to oil and gas lease sales — as the nation attempts to address the coronavirus pandemic, but the Trump administration has shown no indication it plans to do so.

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ENDANGERED SPECIES

Monarch butterfly gets protection in 'historic' deal

The Fish and Wildlife Service today unveiled a sweeping, multistate plan to protect the monarch butterfly without adding it to the Endangered Species Act list.

By Michael Doyle in Greenwire Wednesday, April 8, 2020

PANDEMIC

3 security guards at EPA headquarters test positive

Three security guards at EPA's Washington headquarters have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

By Sean Reilly in Greenwire Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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