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Hurricane Irma Reaches Category 5, Registers on Seismic Instruments

September 6, 2017 Focus Washington

Hurricane Irma, currently barreling through the Caribbean toward Florida as a strong Category 5 storm, is showing up on instruments used to measure earthquakes, Newsmax reports. “What we’re seeing in the seismogram are low-pitched hums […]

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U.S. Gasoline Prices Drop as Harvey Descends

September 4, 2017 Focus Washington

Gasoline prices in the United States fell by over 4 percent on Monday, as oil refineries and pipelines in the Gulf Coast resumed work following Hurricane Harvey, which has eased worries over the shortage in […]

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Texas Closer to Recovery after Harvey, Key Pipeline Restarted

September 4, 2017 Focus Washington

The U.S. Gulf Coast moves closer to recovery from Hurricane Harvey on Monday when the biggest American fuel system restarts a key segment shut down by devastating rains and officials weigh how to pay for […]

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White House Asks for over $14bn in Emergency Harvey Aid

September 2, 2017 Focus Washington

The White House on Friday requested an initial $7.85 billion in emergency relief funding from Congress, followed by a request for another $6.7 billion as the Trump administration races to respond to the devastation left […]

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House to Vote Next Week on Hurricane Harvey Funding

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

House Republicans could vote on a short-term funding bill to support disaster response efforts for Hurricane Harvey as soon as next week, congressional sources tell CNN. Leaders on Capitol Hill are still awaiting a specific […]

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Post-Harvey Fuel Shortage Hampers Labor Day Travels

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

Travelers and fuel suppliers across the United States braced for higher prices and shortages ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend as the country’s biggest fuel pipelines and refineries curb operations after Hurricane Harvey, Reuters […]

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‘Texas Will Be back Tomorrow’ Trump Says in Tweet

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump tweeted out Friday morning that he will return to Texas Saturday and praised “all of the great men & women who have been working so hard” after Harvey wreaked devastation there, Newsmax […]

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Sanders: It’s ‘Pretty Dumb’ Not to Ask about Climate Change after Harvey

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders said that the unparalleled rainfall which resulted in floods from Hurricane Harvey should spark a debate about climate change. “I think it is pretty dumb not to ask some hard questions […]

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Donald Trump Demands Initial $6bn in Aid for Harvey

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump has announced his plan to request an initial $5.95 billion in relief following Hurricane Harvey, The Hill reported Friday. The president said that he was planning on attaching the emergency relief request […]

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Week after Harvey Hurricane, 44 Dead, 1 Million Displaced

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

Large pockets of land remained under water, one week after Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas shore, one of the costliest and worst natural disasters that ever hit the United United States, Reuters reported. The hurricane […]

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Tropical Storm Harvey Likely to Cost Tens of Billions of Dollars

August 29, 2017 Focus Washington

The economic cost of Hurricane Harvey, which is now a tropical storm pouring rain on the Houston area, will likely be in the tens of billions, according to experts, The Wall Street Journal reports. The […]

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Obama’s EPA Museum Scheduled for Trump Rebranding

August 1, 2017 Focus Washington

The Environmental Protection Agency’s one-room museum initiated by the agency’s administrator under former President Barack Obama is being redesigned to reflect the Trump administration’s priorities, the Washington Post reports. But the work was initiated by […]

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Republicans Reportedly Preparing Russian Scandal to Target Green Activists

July 24, 2017 Focus Washington

GOP House members and at least one Trump Cabinet member are pushing years-old allegations from conservative activists that Russia has funneled money to U.S. environmental groups to oppose fracking. The story has reappeared in conservative […]

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Former Vice President: ‘I Was Wrong’ about Trump

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

Former Vice President Al Gore says he’s given up hope that President Trump will “come to his senses” and act on climate issues. Gore on Monday night told “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert that his hopes about […]

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Environmental Agency to Retain Standards for Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution

July 17, 2017 Focus Washington

The Trump administration says the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard for nitrogen dioxide pollution concentrations should stay in place. The agency said it has completed a scientific review of the nitrogen dioxide standard from […]

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Senate Committee Approves Trump EPA, Nuke Agency Nominees

July 12, 2017 Focus Washington

The Environment and Public Works Committee has sent three Trump administration nominees to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the floor for consideration. The Senate committee approved Annie Caputo and David […]

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Greenpeace Hangs Banner on Trump Tower in Chicago

July 8, 2017 Focus Washington

Greenpeace protesters hung a banner from Trump Tower in Chicago reading “Resist, Defend” on Friday, The Hill reports. The group aimed to protest President Trump’s policies on climate change. The news website Chicagoist reports that […]

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Hawaii to Enact Paris Agreement Laws in Spite of Trump Decision

June 8, 2017 Focus Washington

Hawaii’s Governor signed two bills Tuesday, that are committing the state to fulfill key provisions of the Paris climate agreement, less than a week following President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would pull out […]

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How Republicans Came to View Climate Change as Hoax

June 6, 2017 Focus Washington

It is difficult to understand how the Republican Party of 2017, whose leader, President Donald Trump, has called global warming a hoax, reversed environmental policies that Senator John McCain and the then Republican Party of […]

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Former Rep. Zack Space of Vorys Advisors discusses D.C., clean coal & Ohio politics

December 17, 2014 newadminuser

Zack Space is an American politician and a former Congressman, representing Ohio’s 18th congressional district from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Space serve on the Committee on Energy and […]

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Economic Stimulus and Environmental Laws

November 26, 2008 newadminuser

I asked David Weinberg, a partner and the chair of the environment and safety practice at the Washington law firm of Wiley Rein, to discuss how the Obama Administrations economic stimulus package could clash with […]

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