Oil Spill
Alabama plans for $192 million in oil spill funds approved
Al.com
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has approved Alabama’s plan for spending $192 million from settlement funds from the 2010 BP oil spill on 15 projects in Baldwin and Mobile counties, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced.
Pensacola area expected to receive more oyster reef funding for East Bay oyster habitat
PNJ
More than 30 new oyster reefs will be built in the Pensacola region beginning this summer thanks to additional restitution funding related to the massive 2010 BP Gulf Coast oil spill.
The National Wildlife Foundation and The Nature Conservancy announced funding for the East Bay oyster habitat restoration project earlier this month.
National
Trump Says He Doesn’t Believe Climate-Change Report’s Economic Predictions
WSJ
Public land drilling contributes a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions in US: report
The Hill
Drilling on public lands contributes nearly a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., according to a new Trump administration report.
Zinke: House farm bill would save ‘forests and lives,’ create logging jobs
The Hill
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Monday again called for Congress to enact more aggressive forest management policies included in the House-passed farm bill, saying they could save forests and lives and create jobs in the logging industry.
Opinion
How American Fracking Changes the World
WSJ
By Walter Russell Mead
The most important news in world politics this month isn’t about diplomacy. Bigger than Brexit, more consequential than presidential tweetstorms, the American shale revolution is rapidly reshaping the global balance of power as energy prices plummet.
