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Coral Davenport

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Uganda New York Times world
16 Oct 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday took a step toward opening up the pristine woodlands of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging and road construction, saying it would prefer an end to all road-building restrictions throughout the forest.
Forest Service Backs an End to Limits on Roads in Alaska's Tongass Forest
Uganda New York Times world
10 Oct 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration was expected Thursday to propose new regulations on lead and copper in drinking water, updating a 20-year-old rule that may have contributed to the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, Michigan, that began in 2015.
New EPA Lead Standards Would Slow Replacement of Dangerous Pipes
Uganda New York Times world
28 Sep 2019
WASHINGTON — For years, the Interior Department resisted proposals to raise the height of its towering Shasta Dam in Northern California. The department’s own scientists and researchers concluded that doing so would endanger rare plants and animals in the area, as well as the bald eagle, and devastate the West Coast’s salmon industry downstream.
Interior Chief Pushes Dam Project That Old Lobbying Client Wanted
Uganda New York Times world
18 Sep 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to formally revoke California’s authority to set auto emissions rules that are stricter than federal standards, taking a major step forward in its wide-ranging attack on government efforts to fight climate change.
Trump's EPA to Revoke California Role on Car Emissions
Uganda New York Times world
12 Sep 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday is expected to complete the legal repeal of a major Obama-era clean water regulation, which had placed limits on polluting chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and water bodies.
Trump Administration to Finalize Rollback of Clean-Water Protections
Uganda New York Times world
3 May 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday made public its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and sent 4.9 million barrels of oil gushing into the sea, causing the worst oil spill in American history.
Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon
Uganda New York Times world
3 May 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday made public its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and sent 4.9 million barrels of oil gushing into the sea, causing the worst oil spill in American history.
Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon
Uganda New York Times world
2 May 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday is expected to unveil its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and sent 4.9 million barrels of oil gushing into the sea, causing the worst oil spill in American history.
Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon
Uganda New York Times world
2 May 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday is expected to unveil its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and sent 4.9 million barrels of oil gushing into the sea, causing the worst oil spill in American history.
Uganda New York Times world
26 Apr 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday confirmed that it will likely delay the release of a long-awaited plan that had been expected to open most of the nation’s coastline for offshore oil drilling, pending the final outcome of a recent court decision that blocks drilling off the Alaskan coast.
Interior Department Delays its Plan to Open U.S. Coastline to Drilling
Uganda New York Times world
31 Mar 2019
WASHINGTON — In a major legal blow to President Donald Trump’s push to expand offshore oil and gas development, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by Trump that lifted an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and parts of the North Atlantic coast was unlawful.
Uganda New York Times world
31 Mar 2019
WASHINGTON — In a major legal blow to President Donald Trump’s push to expand offshore oil and gas development, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by Trump that lifted an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and parts of the North Atlantic coast was unlawful.
Trump Order to Open Arctic Ocean to Drilling Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
Uganda New York Times world
1 Mar 2019
WASHINGTON — New efforts by President Donald Trump and his staff to question or undermine the established science of climate change have created a widening rift between the White House on one side, and scientific facts, government agencies and some leading figures in the president’s own party on the other.
Trump Is Increasingly Alone on One Side of the Climate Science Divide
Uganda New York Times world
28 Feb 2019
WASHINGTON — New efforts by President Donald Trump and his staff to question or undermine the established science of climate change have created a widening rift between the White House on one side, and scientific facts, government agencies and some leading figures in the president’s own party on the other.
Trump Is Increasingly Alone on One Side of the Climate Science Divide