environmental

Trump Administration Urged to Avoid Salmon Protection Rules
Trump Administration Urged to Avoid Salmon Protection Rules
Trump Administration Urged to Avoid Salmon Protection Rules
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A group that represents farmers says saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest is too costly and is turning to the Trump administration. The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association wants the government to convene a Cabinet-level committee known as the "God Squad" with the power to allow exemptions to the Endangered Species Act...
Proposed Methanol Plant Gets Key Permit
Proposed Methanol Plant Gets Key Permit
Proposed Methanol Plant Gets Key Permit
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A proposed methanol plant at the Port of Kalama has cleared another hurdle as regulators have granted an air pollution permit. The Daily News of Longview reports regulators granted the permit Wednesday for the proposed $1...
Paris Accord Withdrawal; Ross Eager to Redo NAFTA
Paris Accord Withdrawal; Ross Eager to Redo NAFTA
Paris Accord Withdrawal; Ross Eager to Redo NAFTA
**As you probably know by now, President Trump is keeping campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. He also announced the U.S. will begin negotiations to either re-enter the Paris agreement or start a new negotiation that would be a better deal for “our businesses, workers, people and taxpayers...
Energy Bill Back to Congress and Organic Feed Shortage
Energy Bill Back to Congress and Organic Feed Shortage
Energy Bill Back to Congress and Organic Feed Shortage
**A Senate energy bill that failed to make it through the last Congress will be the starting point for talks in this Congress That’s according to top Senate staffers on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Speaking at the Energy & Environmental Symposium, ENR learership sounded optimistic about the chances for agreement. ...