The move appears to be another way President Trump's deputies are seeking to change regulations to ease the way for more energy development out West. The agency is required to have “quite extensive public participation” when writing these management plans, said Mary Greene, public lands counsel at the National Wildlife Federation. You are reading The Energy 202, our must-read tipsheet on energy and the environment. What Trump said: “People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once,” Trump said at the White House last month. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies holds an oversight hearing on the Energy Department’s role in advancing biomedical sciences on Feb. 5.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2020 13:18 UTC