The panel voted to override Endangered Species Act restrictions on oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico, home to critically endangered whales and other imperiled wildlife.
Edward Russo, the only member of a White House task force, thinks the president doesn’t get enough credit for conservation at his golf courses, among other things.
In Mississippi, neighbors of a Chevron plant worry that an influx of Venezuelan oil could increase pollution. They want the company to pay to move them out.