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Public Works Union Attacks Eric Garcetti’s ‘Green New Deal’ in L.A.

Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, the largest union representing Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employees, are taking sides against a local Democratic candidate for city council who supports Mayor Eric Garcetti’s version of the “Green New Deal,” highlighting her socialist affiliations.

Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti and Suzette Quintanilla attend the ceremony honoring he

Pollak: President Trump’s Environmental Policy is the True Green

the speech was an important milestone, for three reasons: first, Trump distinguished between environmental protection and climate change policy; second, Trump supported “conservation” rather than “preservation”; and third, Trump argued convincingly that economic growth is good for the planet.

Trump environmental speech (Nicholas Kamm / AFP / Getty)

GOP Lawmakers Urge EPA to Stand Firm on Trump Energy Accomplishments

A group of Republican lawmakers is urging Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler to stand with the men and women who earn livelihoods working in America’s small refineries across the country and to block Democrats’ efforts to lobby the agency to stop issuing Small Refinery Exemptions (SRE’s).

President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House in Washington on