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A Flood of Congressional Research Service Reports! Federal Flood Insurance Programs and More!

A bevy of recent flood insurance and related reports from the CRS, all but the last two dated 23 January 2018:

Federal Disaster Assistance: The National Flood Insurance Program and Other Federal Disaster Assistance Programs Available to Individuals and Households After a Flood

Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

What Happens If the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Lapses?

National Flood Insurance Program Borrowing Authority (Insight brief report)

21st Century Flood Reform Act (H.R. 2874): Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program

Private Flood Insurance and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

Floodplain Management and Flood Resilience: Current Policy and Considerations for Congress

Enjoy!

"No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood." - E. L. Kersten

Josh Newton's Water Jobs and More! 30 January 2018 (Updated: 5 February 2018)

Note: Starting this week I am going to put the individual job listings at the top of the post and the employment resources at the bottom. I figure that most people are here to see the latest individual employment opportunities and not the general resources. I will add my own 'Additional Positions' at the bottom of Josh's list.

Here is a link to the weekly water news summary for 13 - 19 January 2018. 

Click here for Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 29 January 2018. 

Message from Josh:

Well, this record-setting thing is a good trend… I won’t mention it again until we hit the 200 in one week milestone. Also, we crossed over the threshold of 600 jobs on the website at a given time, and we’re well above that, so things are going well.

That being said, there are deadlines coming up for the large wave of post-New Year’s openings and over 100 will close on 30-31 January and 1 February, so just a head’s up.

You can check out Josh Newton's searchable website for all his jobs. His jobs are on Facebook, too. Follow Josh Newton on Twitter: @joshnewtonH2O. Follow Josh's Water Jobs on Twitter: @joshswaterjob.

Josh's Jobs:

Word:  Download 30 January 2018 - JWJ

PDF: Download 30 January 2018 - JWJ

Josh’s Pick:

1) Project Manager Water Risk Filter – World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (Berlin): Until filled (A simply very cool job strategizing about, developing and implementing a great tool)

 

Highlighted:

2) Junior-Advisor (m/w) for the 'African Water Stewardship Initiative/ International Water Stewardship Program' – GIZ (South Africa): 8 February (Right up there with the pick of the week)

3) Chief Executive Officer (Sanitation and Water for All (SWA)) – UNICEF (New York): 22 February (Great senior-level opportunity)

4) Environment Program Officer (Mississippi River) – Walton Family Foundation (Washington DC): Until filled (They have not hired a water position in quite some time)

5) Internship (Paid) - UN Environment - DHI Centre (Copenhagen): 15 February (This is interesting for those who are involved in IWRM and how it relates to the SDGs. This work is also linked to a collaboration between my work at GWP and UN Environment-DHI, so great people wanted!)

6) Environment, Policy & Social Initiatives Reporting Specialist – Apple (Clara Valley, CA, USA): Until filled (Not water-specific, but water is definitely a part, and rare to have an Apple job!)

 

Deadline today (30 January)!

7) French speakers: Africa Regional Program Assistant – Natural Resource Governance Institute (Cameroon): 30 January

8) WASH KAP Survey – Somali Relief and Development Action (Somalia): 30 January

9) Cameroon nationals: Africa Regional Program Assistant – Natural Resource Governance Institute (Cameroon): 30 January

 

Minimum experience level requested:

0-4 years

10) Program Officer – World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (Washington DC): Until filled

11) Water Fund and Watershed Conservation Manager – TNC (Jamaica): 1 March (w/Master’s, only four years required)

12) Practice Area Knowledge Manager – Dalberg (India): 28 February

13) Policy Officer – Wales Environment Link (United Kingdom): 19 February

14) Green Infrastructures and Nature Based Solutions Officer – ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (Germany): 12 February

15) Sustainable Resources, Climate & Resilience Assistant – ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (Brussels): 12 February

16) Watershed Planning & Program Assistant – Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (Red Deer, AB, Canada): 5 February

17) Junior Advisor (m/f) Integrated Waste Management NAMA – GIZ (Beijing): 7 February

18) Dutch speakers: Junior sustainable water management and climate adaptation officer – Both Ends (Amsterdam): 11 February

19) Environmental Policy Analyst – ECS (Washington DC): Until filled

20) Regional Water Systems Consultant – Suez (Seattle, WA, USA): Until filled

21) Modeler (Hydrology or Water Resources) – Risk Management Solutions (RMS) (India): Until filled

22) Coordinator – University of Maryland (College Park, MD, USA): 16 February

23) Environmental GIS Specialist (2 positions) – Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO, USA): 4 February

24) RiverLife Coordinator – River Forth Fisheries Trust (Edinburgh): 18 February

25) Massachusetts Drinking Water Advocate – Clean Water Action (Boston, MA, USA): Until filled

26) Bahasa Indonesian speakers: DRR Program Coordinator (SIGAP) – Save the Children (Jakarta): 6 February

27) Communications Coordinator – El Porvenir (Broomfield, CO, USA): Until filled

28) Environmental Policy Analyst – Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Boston, MA, USA): Until filled

5-9 years

29) Senior Project Manager – Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (Home-Based in Canada): Until filled

30) Program and Research Manager (Flood Resilience) – Mercy Corps (Kathmandu or Jakarta): Until filled

31) Climate Policy Specialist – Green Climate Fund (South Korea): 18 February

32) Regional Associate (Colombia Country Program; Antioquia) – Global Green Growth Institute (Colombia): 7 February

33) Regional Associate (Colombia Country Program; Meta) – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (Colombia): 7 February

34) Regional Associate (Colombia Country Program; Meta) – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (Colombia): 7 February

35) Programme Management Officer – United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) (Geneva): 23 February

36) Associate Project Analyst – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Manila): 7 February

37) Senior Advisor (Science & Strategy) – Oceana (Washington DC): Until filled

38) Partnership Officer – El Porvenir (Broomfield, CO, USA): Until filled

39) Director of Water Supply and Protection – Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Boston, MA, USA): Until filled

40) Engineer (Water and Climate Change Science) – The Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVC) (Mississauga, ON, Canada): 6 February

41) French speakers: Project Management Specialist (Climate Change) – US Agency for International Development (USAID) (DRC): 12 February

42) Samoa nationals: Chief Technical Advisor – UNDP (Samoa): 7 February

10+ years

43) Senior Manager (Social Impact) – WaterEquity (Kansas City, MO, USA): 28 February

44) Regional Director (D1) – UNEP (Geneva): 8 March

45) Tuungane Project Manager – TNC (Tanzania): 15 February

46) Regional Programme Manager – The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) (Kathmandu): 28 February

47) Regional Programme Manager #2 – The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) (Kathmandu): 28 February

48) Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer – Klamath River Renewal Corporation (San Francisco): Until filled

49) Hydraulic Modeller – CowaterSogema International (Nepal): Until filled

50) Institutional Specialist – CowaterSogema International (Nepal): Until filled

51) Humanitarian Program Director (Coastal Risk & Resilience Strategy) – TNC (Washington DC): 25 February

52) Senior Counsel – World Bank (Washington DC): 14 February

53) Water and Irrigation Lead – CDM Smith (Tanzania): Until filled

54) Team Leader and Institutional Capacity Development Expert (m/f) (Technical assistance support to natural resource management (TANRM)) – GIZ (Zimbabwe): 18 February

55) Local hire: Urban Water Supply Specialist – CowaterSogema International (Kathmandu): Until filled

Not stated (other):

56) Senior Research Officer (Risk and Resilience) – Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (London): 6 February

57) Program Coordinator – Riverkeeper (New York): Until filled

58) Policy & Technical Project Manager – Citizens for a Healthy Bay (Tacoma, WA, USA): 12 February

59) Environmental Project Manager – Fortum (Stockholm): 31 January

60) Working Wetland Catchment Project Manager – Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) (United Kingdom): 7 February

61) Environmental Water Officer – West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (Australia): 15 February

62) Policy Analyst – Tasmanian Department of Premier and Cabinet (Australia): 1 February

63) Senior Director of Federal Affairs – Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (Washington DC): Until filled

64) USA citizens: Hydrologic Technician – United States Forest Service (USFS) (Cascade and New Meadows, ID, USA): 31 January

65) USA citizens: Hydrologic Technician – US Bureau of Land Management (Various locations, USA): 23 March

66) USA citizens: Geospatial Ecologist/Geographer/Ecologist (Geospatial Ecologist) – US Bureau of Land Management (Moab, UT, USA): 8 February

67) USA citizens: Hydrologist (Modeler) – US Geological Survey (USGS) (Carson City, NV, USA): 31 January

68) USA citizens: Hydrologic Technician – US Department of Agriculture (Various locations, USA): 1 February

69) Southwell Flood Project Officer – National Flood Forum (United Kingdom): 9 February

70) Project Officer – Lincolnshire Rivers Trust (United Kingdom): 9 February

71) Executive Director – Athabasca Watershed Council (AWC) (Athabasca, AB, Canada): 9 February

72) Principal EIA Consultant (Water & Infrastructure) – Ricardo Energy and Environment (United Kingdom): 28 February

73) Senior EIA Consultant (Water & Infrastructure) – Ricardo Energy & Environment (United Kingdom): 28 February

74) Italian speakers: CDP Europe Engagement Officer (Italy) – CDP (Berlin): 14 February

75) Digital Editor – WaterAid (London): 11 February

76) Roving Funding Coordinator – WaterAid (Roving!): 8 February

Not stated (academic):

77) Postdoctoral Associate – Stanford University (Stanford, CA, USA): Until filled

78) Research Fellow in Rural Water Supply – Cranfield University (United Kingdom): 22 February

79) Research Associate (Remote Sensing Data Scientist) – University of Texas-Austin (Austin, TX, USA): Until filled

80) Postdoctoral or post-Master's: Wisconsin Water Resources Science-Policy Fellowship (Hydrogeology) – University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI, USA): 16 February

81) Endowed Chair and Director of the Georgetown Environment Initiative – Georgetown University (Washington DC): 23 March

82) Assistant Professor (Ecohydrologist) – University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV, USA): Until filled

83) GAIN Postdoctoral Fellowships (2 positions) – The Global Adaptation Initiative at Notre Dame (ND-GAIN) (South Bend, IN, USA): 15 February

84) Postdoctoral Scholar – University of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles or Merced, CA, USA): 1 February

85) Research Scientist (Hydrologic Modeling) – Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Kingsville, TX, USA): Until filled

86) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Level 1, UCD School of Earth Science/Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG) – University College Dublin (Dublin): 9 February

87) Lecturer (Monash Water Sensitive Cities) – Monash University (Australia): 18 February

88) Environmental/Water Engineering Faculty Position – The American University in Cairo (Cairo): 28 February

89) NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowships – Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Sciences (CPAESS) (USA): 6 April

90) Assistant or Associate Professor of Practice – University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA): 15 February

91) Associate Professor or Professor – East Carolina University (Greenville, NC, USA): Until filled

92) Lecturer – University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC, USA): 2 February

93) Environmental Systems Research Fellow – University of Chichester (United Kingdom): 25 February

94) Postdoctoral/Researcher Positions (Environmental Sciences) – Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Prague): 23 February

95) Postdoctoral Fellows, Social-Ecological Systems (Urban Green Infrastructure Inventory & Analysis) – Indiana University (Bloomington, IN, USA): 28 February

96) Post-Doctoral Research Associate – Rodale Institute (Kutztown, PA, USA): 28 February

97) Postdoctoral Associate in Soil Health and Water Quality – Stroud Water Research Center (Avondale, PA, USA): 28 February

98) Instructor of Environmental Science – University of South Florida (St. Petersburg, FL, USA): Until filled

WASH:

99) WASH Project Manager – NRC (Lebanon): 31 January

100) French speakers: Chief of Party (West Africa Municipal WASH) – Tetra Tech (Ivory Coast): Until filled

101) French speakers: Technical Specialists (West Africa Municipal WASH) – Tetra Tech (West Africa): Until filled

102) Deputy Chief of Party (Governance, WASH and Market Facilitation) – Mercy Corps (Uganda): Until filled

103) French speakers: WASH Specialist (Emergency Response) – Solidarités International (Paris): Until filled

104) Water and Habitat Engineer – International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (Various): Until filled

105) French speakers: Regional Coordinator – WaterAid (Madagascar): Until filled

106) Team Leader (f/m) Hydraulic/Sanitary Engineering – GITEC-IGIP GmbH (Palestinian Territory): 1 March

107) Team Leader (f/m) Water Supply/Sewerage/Waste Water Treatment – GITEC-IGIP GmbH (Various): Until filled

108) Associate/Sr. Associate (WASH) – Tetra Tech (Arlington, VA, USA): Until filled

109) Staff Associate/Associate (WASH) – Tetra Tech (Burlington, VT or Arlington, VA, USA): Until filled

110) WASH Coordinator – International Medical Corps (Nigeria): Until filled

111) WASH Coordinator (Pakistan) – Secours Islamique France (Pakistan): Until filled

112) French speakers: Un Référent Technique Opérationnel – Secteur EHA – ACF (Paris): Until filled

113) Indonesia nationals: WASH Officer – UNICEF (Indonesia): 8 February

114) Myanmar nationals: Project Assistant WASH – Save the Children (Myanmar): 7 February

Consultancies:

115) Consultant to support on the formulation of Drought Management Strategy for MRC – Mekong River Commission (MRC) (Home-based): 15 February

116) Poverty-Environment Technical Consultant – UNDP (Bangkok): 6 February

117) Terminal Evaluation of the Strengthening Resilience of our Islands and our Community to Climate Change in the Cook Islands SRIC-CC – UNDP (Cook Islands): 2 February

118) Consultant for Sustainable Development Planning and Implementation – UNDP (Istanbul): 31 January

119) Communication and Knowledge Management Specialist: Environmental Governance of the Mining Sector – UNDP (New York): 6 February

120) Consultant for Climate Change Planning and Budgeting in the Rural Development Sector – UNDP (Cambodia): 7 February

121) Environment and River Health Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (India): 10 February

122) Consultancy Roster: WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool – UNICEF (Home-based): 9 February

123) Water Utility Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Kazakhstan): 2 February

124) Subject Matter Expert (SME) in latrine program finances – Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) (Calgary, AB, Canada): 15 February

125) Philippines nationals: National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Country Support Consultant – UNDP (Manila): 2 February

126) Program Consultant – Canadian Environmental Grantmakers' Network (CEGN) (Toronto or Ottawa, ON, Canada): 2 February

127) Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Tajikistan): 31 January

128) Consultancy (Additional arrangements for drought under the UNCCD) – United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (Home-based): 15 February

129) Project Evaluation: Water Supply and Basic Sanitation in Turkana County – Horizont3000 (Kenya): 31 January

130) Spanish speakers: Servicios de Consultoria Apoyo Territorio Norte Norte Proyecto Fortalecimiento ASADAS GEF – UNDP (Costa Rica): 5 February

131) Uganda nationals: Assessments and Designs for the Building Resilient Communities and Ecosystems through Restoration of Wetlands and Associated Catchments in Uganda Project – UNDP (Uganda): 2 February

132) Uganda nationals: Suitability Assessment of Agriculture and Water Management Techniques in Eastern and South-Western Uganda – UNDP (Uganda): 2 February

133) China nationals: Environment and Ecological Security – UNDP (Home-based): 4 February

134) Final Evaluation of Community-based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programmes in Indonesia and Myanmar – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (Home-based w/travel): 31 January

135) WASH Consultancy – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (Home-based): 6 February

136) French speakers: Consultant (WASH Priority Studies) – UNICEF (Madagascar): 7 February

137) French speakers: Consultant pour l’intégration d’actions de lutte contre le changement climatique dans le programme WASH – UNICEF (DRC): 5 February

138) Armenia nationals: Environmental Impact Assessment (Climate Change) – UNDP (Armenia): 5 February

Internships:

139) Development Intern/Volunteer – Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) (New York): 31 January

140) Summer 2018 Legal Internships – Riverkeeper (Ossining or White Plains, NY, USA): Rolling

141) Internships in Communications, Research and Training – The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Germany): Until filled

142) Minnesota Legislative Program Intern – Clean Water Action (Minneapolis, MN, USA): Until filled

143) National Communications Internship – Clean Water Action (USA): Until filled

144) Intern (Environment Affairs) – UNEP (Japan): 8 February

145) Intern (Environment Affairs) – UNEP (Bangkok): 7 February

146) Intern (Partnerships Research) – UNEP (Bangkok): 7 February

147) Intern (Environmental Projects Support) – UNEP (Bangkok): 7 February

148) Intern (Environment Affairs) #2 – UNEP (Bangkok): 7 February

149) Spanish speakers: Intern (Environment Affairs) – UNEP (Panama): 7 February

150) Intern (Economic Affairs) – UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) (New York): 7 February

151) PhD Intern (Geospatial Big Data) – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Seattle, WA, USA): 7 February

152) Internship (Integrated Water-Energy Systems Modeling) – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (Golden, CO, USA): Until filled

153) USA citizens: Student Trainee (Hydrology) – US Geological Survey (USGS) (Various locations, FL, USA): 12 February

154) Agricultural Index Insurance Development Internship – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Sri Lanka): 15 February

155) Clean Water for All Campaign Intern – National Wildlife Federation (Washington DC): Until filled

Scholarships:

156) Graduate Assistantship (M.S. and Ph.D.) opportunities – Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI, USA): 28 February

157) PhD and MS Research Assistantships in Urban Stormwater – Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI, USA): 23 February

158) PhD Assistantship in Ecohydrology – Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS, USA): 2 March

159) PhD: Hydrologic versus hydraulic predictors of ecological responses to changing flow regimes: an evaluation of traditional versus emerging methods – University of Birmingham (United Kingdom): 28 February

160) PhD Scholarship: Groundwater Characterisation Project – University of Queensland (Australia): 28 February

Additional Positions

Posted: Last Week

161) Positions (4): @icimod (Nepal) - Reginal Programme Managers (3) - 28 Feb; Senior Remote Sensing & Geoinformation Specialist (water resources/disaster) - 13 Feb. http://www.icimod.org/?q=8907  #JobWaWi 

162) Position: Curry County Soil & Water Conservation District (Gold Beach, OR) - Monitoring Program Coordinator. Closes: 16 March http://bit.ly/2BoRHVj  #JobWaWi

163) Position: Cranfield University (UK) - Research Fellow in Rural Water Supply (Groundwater/India).
Download Cranfield_Res_Fellow

164) Position: @FAOJobs (Yerevan, Armenia) - National Specialist on #SDGs. Closes: 14 February http://bit.ly/2DAhtM0  #JobWaWi

165) Position: Wheeler S&W CD (Fossil, OR) - Field Technician I. Closes: 15 February.
Download SWCD_FieldTech

166) Position: @WDFW (Olympia) - Enviromental Planner. Closes: 18 February. http://bit.ly/2nofT55  #JobWaWi

167) Postdoctoral Position: @ucdavis (CA & AR) - Modeling of Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Mississippi Embayment. App review: 15 February. http://bit.ly/2Dm3tkO  #JobWaWi

Posted: 31 January 2018

168) Position: Department of the Army (Seattle) - Environmental Engineer (Recent Graduate). Closes: 5 February http://bit.ly/2rMz6mg  #JobWaWi

169) Position: Department of the Army (Seattle) - Civil Engineer - Hydraulics (Recent Graduate). Closes: 5 February http://bit.ly/2GxCDIL  #JobWaWi

 

170) Seasonal Positions (many): OR DFW (Various locations) - Biologists. Most close in February. http://bit.ly/2BGY6Lm  #JobWaWi

 

171) Position: @smithcollege (Northampton, MA) - AD0935 - Spatial Data Architect. OUF http://bit.ly/2DYQskW  #JobWaWi

 

172) Position: Department of the Army (Seattle) - Environmental Engineer (Recent Graduate). Closes: 5 February http://bit.ly/2rMz6mg  #JobWaWi

173) Position: Department of the Army (Seattle) - Civil Engineer - Hydraulics (Recent Graduate). Closes: 5 February http://bit.ly/2GxCDIL  #JobWaWi

 

Posted: 1 Febraury 2018

 

174) Position: @LYONOEM (Dayton, NV) - Utilities Director. Closes: 23 February. http://bit.ly/2DVnWSd  #JobWaWi

 

175) Position: @AMWA_water (DC) - WaterISAC Marketing & Member Relations Manager. Closes: 26 February http://bit.ly/2Evup2V  #JobWaWi

 

176) Position: @MesaAzgov (AZ) - Water Resources Maintenance Specialist II -Water Treatment. Closes: 26 February http://bit.ly/2Ev39Sl  #JobWaWi

 

177) Position: @EcologyWA (Vernon, WA) - Director, NW Straits Commission (EMS Band 2). Continuous. http://bit.ly/2s74YT8  #JobWaWi

 

Posted: 5 February 2018

 

178) PhD Position: Delft University of Technology (NL) - Statistics & Processes of Global Precipitation. Closes: 1 March http://bit.ly/2nEy8UX  #JobWaWi

 

179) Position: Lower Columbia River Watershed Council (St. Helens, OR) - Coordinator. Closes: 21 February Download LCRWC_Coordinator

 

180) Position: @MassDFG (Boston) - Environmental Analyst III - Stream Crossing Specialist. Preference to apps by 16 February 2018. http://bit.ly/2EinTiG  #JobWaWi

 

 

 Some General Employment Resources:

AGU Career Center for research/academic jobs

Congressional Research Service Positions 

Check out @AidJobs - Vacancies in aid, development, humanitarian & nonprofit sector (volunteers, consultants or F-T employment) http://aidjobs.org

UN Jobs in Water Resources

UN Jobs in Water Management

UN Jobs in Water and Sanitation

Global Water Jobs

WASH Vacancies

Academic Jobs Online

Higher Education Job Site

Get Hydrology Jobs

AAG Jobs

@BCWaterNews Jobs Click 'View Jobs' at http://bcwaterjobs.com 

@EcologyWA - Current Openings - Updated every few days. Click here. 

King County (WA) Jobs

Geoscience Job Board

California DWR Jobs

AZ Water Career Center 

Florida Water Jobs

NYC DEP 

Nature Conservancy jobs

State of Washington Careers

Idaho DEQ 

OSU Water Resources Program

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Academic Jobs in Schools of Physical/Earth Sciences

Mac's List - Jobs in Portland and Beyond!

New Zealand Hydrological Society Jobs Board

California Water Jobs 

Government Jobs

Association of Oregon Counties Job Postings

Soil Science Societies Career Center

How to Find Work Overseas, with Marcelle Yeager. http://bit.ly/1pIopLT  

"Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed." - Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 - 1895)

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 29 January 2018

Elaine has a great list this week - it's hard work to assemble this material.

Shameless plug for AWRA's The Science, Management and Governance of Transboundary Groundwater conference - click here.

Here are Elaine's BBs as Word/PDF documents:  

As a PDF: Download Bulletin_board_listings_29Jan2018

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 29 January 2018 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

2018 Working Group on Nevada Seismic Hazards to meet 5-7 Feb 2018 Reno NV – I worked on the first
one of these 40 years ago!

• http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/Geohazards/Earthquakes/2018SeismicHazardsWorkshop.html
• Agenda: http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/_docs/Earthquakes/Agenda_draft_12_11.pdf

An active week along the Pacific Ring of Fire

• https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/24/16924312/earthquake-volcano-mayon-philippines-japan

“Emergency Alert – Tsunami” issued in Alaska following 7.9M EQ near Kodiak Island, Alaska

• http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-the_latest_official_seek_high_ground_amid_tsunami-ap/category/news
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-did-aks-big-quake-lead-tiny-tsunami-180967922/
• https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2018/01/24/478294.htm

Seismic waves from 7.9M Kodiak Island EQ affected water levels in Florida

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/magnitude-79-earthquake-gulf-alaska
• https://www.wunderground.com/news/2018-01-24-alaska-earthquake-florida-wells-shaking

Heavy rains may trigger lahars on slopes of Mayon Volcano

• http://www.manilatimes.net/mudflows-threaten-residents-near-mayon/376818/

Series of earthquakes occur along San Andreas Fault system

• https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/910789/California-earthquake-today-map-san-andreas-fault-line-latest-news-big-one

Perspective: Rambling through (geologic) time

• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/rambling-through-time.html

Keeping the “Ring of Fire” in proper perspective

• http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/rockyplanet/2018/01/26/no-the-ring-of-fire-is-not-more-active/
• http://www.ibtimes.com/what-ring-fire-most-popular-area-earthquakes-volcanoes-2646061

Small tremors rock the north coast of New South Wales – 4.2 just offshore

• https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/tremors-continue-to-rock-the-coffs-coast/3317033/
• https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/bigger-earthquake-possible-after-swarm-of-quakes-h/3317843/
• https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/coffs-feels-the-earth-shake-as-42-quake-hits/3317995/

Fragments of Michigan meteorite recovered

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meteor-hunters-recover-fragments-michigans-fireball-180967923/

Drone monitoring landslides along Great Ocean Road – question: was a drone photographing the drone?

• http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-20/drones-swoop-in-to-help-maintain-iconic-great-ocean-road/9345876

Mount Mayon in the Philippines erupted debris and volcanic gas

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/23/579966911/philippine-volcano-erupts-causing-56-000-to-flee
• http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15893223.In_Pictures__Dazzling_display_as_Mayon_volcano_spews_lava/
• http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/rockyplanet/2018/01/24/mayons-new-eruptions-getting-spectacular/

5 workers missing after explosion at natural gas drilling rig in Oklahoma

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/23/579873766/5-workers-are-missing-after-an-explosion-at-oklahoma-drilling-rig

Former astronaut & petroleum geologist James Reilly nominated to run USGS

• http://spacenews.com/former-astronaut-nominated-to-run-u-s-geological-survey/
• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/james-reilly-usgs_us_5a6b89e1e4b0ddb658c651e5

At estimated 512 years old, this Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) qualifies as one of the longest living vertebrate species

• https://www.treehugger.com/animals/512-year-old-greenland-shark.html

New report details fault beneath Rodeo Drive & Beverly Hills shopping district

• https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Earthquake-Fault-below-Rodeo-Drive-Beverly-Hills-shopping-district-470896753.html

A consequence of plate tectonics – part of 1.7 byo Canadian Shield found in Australia

• http://calgaryherald.com/news/canada/canadian-rock-found-in-australia-proof-of-ancient-supercontinent-research-says/wcm/7aef1874-795c-4202-b798-27da5639c235

Mineral crystals may facilitate predicting eruptions – evidence from Mount Etna

• https://theconversation.com/volcano-crystals-could-make-it-easier-to-predict-eruptions-90558

The August 2017 “Great American Eclipse” caused a bow wave in the ionosphere

• https://www.technology.org/2018/01/24/the-solar-eclipse-caused-a-bow-wave-in-earths-atmosphere/

Photo-essay: Fossils from the great Ordovician diversification event

• https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/fossils-from-the-great-ordivician-diversification-event/

Underwater sound waves may be key to early tsunami warnings

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/cu-cus012418.php

Quantifiable observations of whether cloud seeding works for increased snow production

• https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=244215&org=GEO&from=news

Intermediate-sized asteroid will pass Earth on 4 February 2018

• http://www.sci-news.com/space/asteroid-2002-aj129-05649.html

Deep-sea mining could damage or destroy marine ecosystems

• http://www.sci-news.com/biology/deep-sea-mining-marine-ecosystems-05654.html

European Parliament demands ban on electric pulse fishing in the ocean

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Dutch_shocked_by_call_to_ban_EU_electric_pulse_fishing_999.html

Pentagon strategy drops climate change as a national & international security threat – global warming alarmists are probably not happy

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Pentagon_strategy_drops_climate_change_as_a_security_threat_999.html

Separation of the core and mantle was a complex disorderly process

• https://phys.org/news/2018-01-earth-core-mantle-disorderly-fashion.html

Glacial archaeology in the Jotunheimen and surrounding mountain areas of Oppland

• https://phys.org/news/2018-01-frozen-glacial-archaeology-roof-norway.html

Explanation for deadly mega-glacier avalanche in Tibet in 2016

• https://phys.org/news/2018-01-mystery-mega-avalanches-tibet.html

Recognizing discrepancies between GRACE satellite and global model estimates of water storage in river basins

• https://phys.org/news/2018-01-discrepancies-satellite-global-storage.html

Past, present & future of 100^th meridian – dividing line between arid & more humid regions of the US

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/dividing-line-past-present-and-future-100th-meridian

Down to Earth with: wildfire meteorologist Craig Clements

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/down-earth-wildfire-meteorologist-craig-clements

No Ghaggar-Hakra River meant no flooding for ancient settlements – so what caused Indus Civilization decline?

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/no-river-meant-no-floods-ancient-indus-settlements

Seabirds remove 3.8 million metric tons of nitrogen from the ocean each year

• http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/bird-poop-brings-38-million-metric-tons-nitrogen-out-sea-each-year
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02446-8

Rethinking Late Heavy Bombardment theory about intense asteroid storm on Earth 4 billion years ago

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01074-6
• https://www.wired.com/story/35-billion-year-old-fossils-challenge-ideas-about-earths-start/

Glaciers are not “behaving badly” – just doing what glaciers do, sometimes advancing, sometimes ablating

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/many-glaciers-letting-rivers-run-low-others-are-falling-apart/

New theory on the increase in elevation of the central Turkish plateau & location of volcanic activity

• https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/turkey/new-theory-explains-geological-mystery-of-turkeys-elevation-1.5627228

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 29 January 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Can the Earth provide enough food for 10 billion people? We will soon find out whether Paul Ehrlich was right about the Population Bomb even if his time estimate was wrong – perspectives of William Vogt & Norman Borlaug

• https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/charles-mann-can-planet-earth-feed-10-billion-people/550928/
• http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/17/fifty-years-on-from-paul-ehrlichs-the-population-bomb-so-how-come-were-not-all-dead-yet/

Cloning monkeys – can cloning humans be far behind? Moral & ethical issues abound

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01027-z
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/01/24/researchers-clone-the-first-primates-from-monkey-tissue-cells/?utm_term=.bcb0b6444ef9

FSMA Draft Guidance on Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Animal Food

• https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm593059.htm

Need for more landslide risk mapping – as long as politics & greed do not get in the way

• https://theconversation.com/deadly-california-mudslides-show-the-need-for-maps-and-zoning-that-better-reflect-landslide-risk-90087

Marmots live longer when they are anti-social

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/marmots-live-longer-when-they-are-antisocial-180967888/

Some humans are capable of doing really stupid things – call for ban on Tide® pods

• http://fortune.com/2018/01/25/tide-pods-challenge-eating-laundry-video/
• https://www.aier.org/blog/ban-tide-pods-would-epitomize-nanny-state

World Economic Forum releases 2018 report with results of global risk perception survey

• https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-risks-report-2018
• Report: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GRR18_Report.pdf

Will $1B reward proposed for new antibiotics result in drugs that will not promote antibiotic resistance?

• http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2018/01/1-billion-reward-proposed-new-antibiotics

Despite all these efforts, there is no way to predict what viruses will become zoonotic

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-to-stop-next-animal-borne-pandemic-180967908/

Efforts will be made in Florida to minimize impact of bridge construction over Wekiva River designated as a National Wild and Scenic River

• http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-wekiva-river-new-bridge-20180105-story.html

Posing question of animal welfare as first genetically engineered horse is expected along with unintended consequences

• http://www.thehorse.com/articles/40198/welfare-implications-for-genetically-engineered-horses

Deliberately breached fence allowed Yellowstone Bison to roam – 52 still being sought

• https://yellowstoneinsider.com/2018/01/25/park-staff-continue-search-escaped-yellowstone-bison/

7.9M Alaskan EQ causes seismic waves which cause seiche which cause pupfish to spawn in Devils Hole

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/endangered-desert-pupfish-spawn-wake-alaskan-earthquake-180967961/

11B pieces of plastic debris are causing disease in Asia-Pacific coral reefs

• https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/plastic-junk-coral-disease/551495/

You are what you eat – link between sugar and Alzheimers dementia

• https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-startling-link-between-sugar-and-alzheimers/551528/

Avian malaria parasites found in 5 of 15 species of mosquitoes from 11 sites throughout Mississippi

• http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/01/prweb15097093.htm

Like language, our sense of smell is more robust when connected to the environment

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lifestyle-ability-odors-180967900/

Another sighting of rare big cat in New South Wales, Australia

• https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/one-in-a-million-big-cat-sighting-near-gympie/3318084/

Earth Biogenome Project wants to genetically sequence all life on the planet

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoc--ebp012318.php

Too many kangaroos in Australia? To cull or not to cull? Americans hopping mad

• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/nsw/kangaroo-conundrum-when-to-cull-for-conservation-20180119-h0l9mv.html
• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/movies/kangaroo-a-love-or-hate-story-shocks-and-impresses-america-with-cull-imagery-20180124-h0npc1.html

Perspective: What does “living well” mean in our modern culture and environment?

• https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/01/21/562805068/living-well-now-what-does-it-take

Closure of massive garbage dump in Brazil – future uncertain for trash-pickers

• https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/20/579105943/as-a-massive-garbage-dump-closes-in-brazil-trash-pickers-face-an-uncertain-futur

This tricky caterpillar uses mimicry as protection – looks like a feather (video)

• https://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/readers-photos/photo-tricky-caterpillar-disguises-self-feather/

Getting serious about addressing the impact of plastics in the environment

• https://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/finally-world-talking-about-plastic-pollution.html

Perspective: “Neglected tropical diseases” are often diseases afflicting those living in poverty

• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-the-world-ignores-diseases-of-poverty_us_5a57ae31e4b0a57f282c6568?section=us_science

Sudden volcanic eruption of Mount Kasatsu-Shirane rained ash on slopes & triggered avalanche at ski resort – Self-Defense Force members missing and injured during training exercise

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/23/579871853/several-injured-after-volcanic-eruption-at-japanese-ski-resort
• https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/tremors-reported-at-japan-s-kusatsu-volcano-a-day-after-soldier-died-in-eruption-at-mount-motoshirane-1.508280

Greenpeace submarine video reveals biodiversity on Antarctic seafloor

• https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/01/24/Watch-Greenpeace-submarine-video-reveals-Antarctic-seafloor-carpeted-with-life/4841516804826/

Small hydroelectric dams are increasing globally with little research or regulation

• https://www.technology.org/2018/01/24/small-hydroelectric-dams-increase-globally-with-little-research-regulations/

Streams stay cool with riparian buffer zones – but geology may be more important

• https://phys.org/news/2018-01-streams-cool-buffer-geology.html

Lake Erie provides natural laboratory to study algae blooms

• http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2018/01/22/Scientists-leading-algae-fight.html

Hackensack River in New Jersey is a toxic stew – dozens of toxic contaminants in river bed

• https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/editorials/2018/01/22/hackensack-river-simmering-toxic-stew/1050163001/

Perspective: The right way to dispose of asbestos

• https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/asbestos-disposal/

Humans are not the only species to use tools

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/making-tools-gives-crows-a-big-food-boost/

Mercury and other chemical pollution in the Great Lakes

• https://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2018/january/the-big-picture-of-great-lakes-mercury-pollution.html

A question of ethics: when do we stop “creating” with CRISPR Technology

• http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/first-stem-cells-crispr-technology-05645.html

Research suggests humans may have evolved to live longer

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/How_did_we_evolve_to_live_longer_999.html

Collateral impact of ISIS in Iraq – putrefying corpses are polluting Mosul

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Jihadist_corpses_poison_life_in_Iraqs_Mosul_999.html

Going cold turkey after geoengineering efforts to modify climate may also be disastrous

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Climate_engineering_once_started_would_have_severe_impacts_if_stopped_999.html

Heavy doses of pre-plant fumigants make growing strawberries year-round in California toxic

• https://theconversation.com/healthy-to-eat-unhealthy-to-grow-strawberries-embody-the-contradictions-of-california-agriculture-86907

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 29 January 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Conservation practices championed by Maine lobstermen help make the lobster fishery resilient

• https://www.gmri.org/news/news-archive/new-study-industry-conservation-ethic-proves- critical-gulf-maine-lobster-fishery

Coastal community residents confused by distinctions between tsunami warning, advisory and watch following 7.9M Alaskan earthquake

• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/what-happened-is-it-over-alaska-quake- rattles-coastal-communities-in-washington/

• http://katu.com/news/local/tsunami-watch-scares-coastal-communties

Cities vying for title of “Happiest Seaside Town”

• http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/virginia/eastern-shore/cape-charles-in-running-for- coastal-livings-happiest-seaside-town/511125703

• https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2018/01/23/vero-beach- finalist-coastal-livings-named-best-little-beach-towns-florida-list-coastal-living- magazi/1057086001/

Six coastal Louisiana parishes seek part of $92M federally funding for resilience-building projects

• http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/01/projects_proposed_for_parishes.html

Estimate 20-year lifecycle for rebuilt coastal marshes

• http://wrkf.org/post/sustaining-rebuilt-coastal-marshes

These villages pop-up each year for smelting

• https://www.coastaljournal.com/2018/01/23/smelt-run-creates-pop-villages-ice/

“Zero Day” approaching faster than predicted for Cape Town, South Africa, to run out of drinking water

• http://www.businessinsider.com/south-africa-cape-town-running-out-of-water-12-2018-1

Leaked Pentagon report includes details of Russian “doomsday torpedo” to destroy coastal cities

• http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/22/russia-doomsday-torpedo-pentagon/

Storm near northern Vancouver Island created massive coastal waves along Washington & Oregon coasts

• http://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/the-incredible-scenes-from-thursdays- massive-coastal-waves

Dana Beach – founded Coastal Conservation League and was environmental advocate for South Carolina coast for almost 3 decades

• https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/a-champion-for-coastal- conservation/article_d410eab0-fd70-11e7-abc8-238fa1adf1a1.html

Researchers hope to deliver water-soluble nutrients to reduce high aquaculture mortality rates

• https://www.foodbev.com/news/us-researchers-hope-reduce-high-aquaculture-mortality- rates/

Concerns increase about crumbling coastline on Cyprus

• http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/01/27/pissouri-appeals-state-save-crumbling-coastline/

"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." - Eric Hoffer (in @baltimoresun via @TheWeek)

A Few Words and Pictures About the Ogallala Aquifer

Ever since reading William Ashworth's excellent Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the Great Plains (read my review here) the Ogallala Aquifer (aka High Plains Aquifer System) has moved high up on my favorite aquifers list. I am still partial to the Edwards Aquifer but in terms of sheer size and importance it's hard to beat the Ogallala. I feel more of a kinship with the OA since visiting a part of the overlying land in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska and also around Lubbock, TX. where I saw the film Written on Water.  

So what prompted this mini-post about the Ogallala? I was intrigued by this graphic sent around by Aaron Martin, who runs the NGWA's Twitter @ngwatweets.

The amount of water covering the fifty states to a depth of 1.5 feet is on the order of 1000 cubic miles, or about 4000 cubic kilometers. Quite an impressive amount. Keep in mind that all that water might not be recoverable. You cannot pump all the water from an aquifer, just like tyou cannot extract all the oil in an oil reservoir.   

Here is an August 2014 article from the Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal about the Ogallala depletion with an emphasis on Texas. Here is a USGS site about water level monitoring in the High Plains Aquifer System. Here is a report from AGI and one on water markets in the Ogallala Aquifer.

Enjoy!

“There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can’t think of one at the moment.” – Paul Theroux, referring to Paul Hewson (aka Bono), The Honolulu Advertiser, 8 January  2006

CRS Report: 'Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Overview of FY2018 Appropriations'

This CRS report by Carol Hardy Vincent -  Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: Overview of FY2018 Appropriations - is sure to be interesting reading. That's about the best I can say at this juncture.

The graphics can be expanded by clicking on them. You may just want to view them in the report. 

Download CRS_Interior_Env_FY2018_App_25Jan2018

Summary

The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill includes funding for approximately 30 agencies and entities. They include most of the Department of the Interior (DOI) as well as agencies within other departments, such as the Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture and the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill also provides funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), arts and cultural agencies, and other entities. At issue for Congress is determining the length, amount, terms, and conditions of funding for FY2018 for agencies and programs within the bill.

From October 1, 2017, through January 19, 2018, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies received appropriations under continuing resolutions (CRs) because no regular appropriations were enacted before the start of the 2018 fiscal year. The CR expired after January 19, before being extended on January 22, 2018, until February 8, 2018. As a result of the lapse in funds, a partial government shutdown went into effect. Agencies in the Interior bill generally operated under “contingency” plans that summarize activities that would cease and activities that would continue during a lapse in appropriations.

Currently, the CR generally provides funding at the FY2017 level, minus an across-the-board reduction of 0.6791%. It also generally provides funds for continuing projects and activities, under the same authority and conditions and to the same extent and manner as for FY2017. However, the CR included exceptions (“anomalies”) that changed the purposes or amounts of funds, extended expiring provisions of law, or made other changes to existing law.

For FY2018, President Trump requested $27.26 billion for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. For DOI agencies (Title I), the request was $10.62 billion, or 38.9% of the total requested. For EPA (Title II), the request was $5.66 billion, or 20.7% of the total. For the roughly 20 entities funded in Title III, the request was $10.99 billion, or 40.3% of the total.

H.R. 3354, as passed by the House on September 14, 2017, contained $31.50 billion in appropriations for FY2018 for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. On November 20, 2017, the Senate Appropriations Committee released a chairmen’s draft that included $32.60 billion for the bill, an amount $1.09 billion (3.5%) higher than the House-passed level.

The President’s request, House-passed bill, and Senate chairmen’s draft would provide lower appropriations for FY2018 than the $32.63 billion enacted for FY2017. Under each of the three FY2018 proposals (President, House, Senate chairmen’s draft), funding for Title II (EPA) would have the largest dollar reduction from FY2017 levels of the three titles. Specifically, the President’s overall request was a decrease of $5.37 billion (16.5%) from the total FY2017 appropriations. Funding for each of the bill’s three titles was decreased, with EPA funding reduced by $2.40 billion (29.8%). The $31.50 billion in the House-passed bill would be a reduction of $1.13 billion (3.5%) from FY2017. The House-passed bill decreased funding for each of the three titles, with EPA declining by $665.1 million (8.3%). The $32.60 billion in the Senate chairmen’s draft would be a reduction of $35.2 million (0.1%). The Senate chairmen’s draft would decrease funding for DOI agencies and EPA (by $149.5 million, 1.9%, for EPA), while increasing funding for Related Agencies.

This report first presents a brief overview of the major agencies in the annual Interior appropriations bill. It then describes the appropriations requested by President Trump for FY2018. It next compares the FY2018 funding levels requested by the President, passed by the House, and contained in the Senate chairmen’s draft with each other and with FY2017 appropriations. Finally, it summarizes the current status, including the government shutdown due to a lapse in continuing appropriations (provided through January 19, 2018).

Enjoy?

 "We’re ending intrusive EPA regulations that kill jobs, hurt family farmers and ranchers, and raise the price of energy so quickly and so substantially." - President Donald J. Trump