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Jennifer A. Dlouhy
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Trump's Interior Dept is bringing furloughed employees back on the job to prepare sales of offshore
#oil drilling rights, arguing that failing to hold the auctions would have a negative impact on the federal treasury & investment in the Gulf of Mexico.($) bit.ly/2TQ8sCc
Employees also are on call to help process permits authorizing seismic surveys hunting for oil in the Atlantic and develop a new 5-year program for selling drilling rights in U.S. coastal waters, according to a newly revised contingency plan.
These workers aren't alone. The Trump administration has just ordered thousands of furloughed employees back to work without pay to inspect planes, issue tax refunds, monitor food safety & facilitate sales of offshore oil drilling rights.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Federal law bars agencies from spending money they don't have (w/ exceptions to protect human life & property).

But DOJ has never prosecuted anyone for flouting that ban. And it's not clear anyone else would have standing to challenge shutdown spending.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy
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Methane: It's the world's simplest hydrocarbon, the primary component of natural gas & a super-potent greenhouse gas.

Today, the EPA proposed easing some Obama-era requirements forcing oil companies to keep a tight lid on it.
The proposal would lessen the frequency of required inspections to hunt for methane leaks, lift a requirement that professional engineers certify some designs & make it easier for companies to deploy new technologies to monitor emissions.

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The EPA said its changes would save an estimated $484 million in regulatory costs from 2019 to 2025 -- or $75 million annually.
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy
@jendlouhyhc
The Trump administration argues that locking in 2020 fuel-economy & tailpipe standards will save lives, make cars cheaper & speed fleet turnover (as motorists trade in old cars for safer, new models).
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Or, as @NHTSAgov Deputy Administrator Heidi King puts it:

"The benefits don't accrue if people don't buy the cars." If you raise the price of cars too much to satisfy ever-more stringent standards, people won't buy them & will "continue to drive around in their old cars."
@NHTSAgov Critics say the administration is relying on funny math & questionable assertions to justify the changes. Luke Tonachel of @NRDC says govt analysis hikes the added costs of meeting the clean-vehicle standards & underestimates the fuel savings.
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy
@jendlouhyhc
Standing room only for EPA employees waiting to hear @andrewrwheeler give his first address to staff in his new role as acting administrator, following the resignation of embattled former chief Scott Pruitt.
@AndrewRWheeler In his 1st address as acting administrator, @AndrewRWheeler ends with jokes -- & an excellent Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference.
Wheeler promises to defend EPA staff, heed their advice & join them in a shared mission of protecting the environment in his first address since taking over agency helm from Scott Pruitt. Career staff were grinning as they streamed out.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Farzan Sabet
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Excited to share my first piece in 18 months and in @ForeignPolicy, co-authored w/ Simon Miles, an assistant professor @DukeSanford, completing a book on US-Soviet relations during the early 1980s based on new Eastern bloc archival sources. 1/ foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/30/wha…
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There's only one problem: "Victory" is not good history, to put it politely. The most basic critique is that the author didn't have access to US & Soviet archives when the book was published in 1994. You can find much harsher academic critiques online. 3/ amazon.com/dp/0871136333/…
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Ellie Geranmayeh
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1/Heated rhetoric between Washington & Tehran over recent days culminate in an ALL CAPS threat from #Trump directed at #Iran's president #Rouhani (flash-back to his tweet in Jan for N.Korea's Kim Jong Un on "bigger & more powerful" nuclear button). Trajectory deeply problematic:
2/#Trump's tweet response to #Rouhani saying yesterday:"America should know peace with #Iran is mother of all peace & war with Iran is mother of all wars".Rouhani left open prospect for diplomacy although SL #Khamenei said on Saturday further talks with US "useless" "major error"
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Esfandyar Batmanghelidj
@yarbatman
1. On Sunday, @SecPompeo will speak at an event to "support Iranian voices." Some in the Iranian-American community see the #Trump administration as allies in bringing secular democracy to #Iran.

As an Iranian-American, I find this so, so troubling.

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BREAKING: The White House has said that US President #Trump is canceling his upcoming South America trip to remain in the US "to oversee the American response to Syria." - @NBCNews
This sounds like the US is planning to strike #Syria and Trump will remain in the US to closely monitor responses by #Russia. This is terrible.
BREAKING - British forces are now mobilizing at their bases in #Cyprus for strikes against #Syria. It appears very likely that the US, France and U.K. will strike Syria in the next 24 hours. This is dreadful.
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🇺🇸 WhereWeLiveNow
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is to blame for this!!!

#Trump #TaxReform #TaxCutsandJobsAct #taxscambill @Rosie 😉

dailycaller.com/2018/01/15/164…
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@AccuWeather – year-end bonuses to all employees. (Approx. 450 – 500 employees)

@advancefinance – increase in 401(k) match; increase in profit sharing; increase in charitable donations.

#Trump @Rosie 😉
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@AlaskaAir -- $1,000 bonuses for 22,000 employees

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