Loose Change: Trump shakes up climate study staff, advances ANWR

In the closing weeks of his term, President Donald Trump’s administration is shaking up the top personnel for the National Climate Assessment (NCA) and scrambling to issue oil drilling leases for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The moves on energy and environment policy come with slightly more than two months before President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January, so there are questions about the durability of the decisions. Regarding the NCA -- a quadrennial report produced by an interagency...