Environmental Politics

"US Can Label Nuke Waste As Less Dangerous To Quicken Cleanup"

"The U.S. government on Wednesday will reclassify some of the nation’s most dangerous radioactive waste to lower its threat level, outraging critics who say the move would make it cheaper and easier to walk away from cleaning up nuclear weapons production sites in Washington state, Idaho and South Carolina."

Source: AP, 06/07/2019

Clean Water Act: WOTUS Review Stumps Advisers: 'The Science Isn't Right'

"Members of EPA's Science Advisory Board grappled with whether and how to weigh in on the Trump administration's rollback of clean water standards given the administration's insistence that the proposal is a question of policy, not science."

Source: Greenwire, 06/07/2019

"AP Fact Check: Trump Didn’t Set Records On Clean Air in US"

"President Donald Trump is getting his facts wrong when it comes to clean air in the U.S. In remarks Wednesday with Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, he insisted the U.S. has the “cleanest air in the world” and is “setting records environmentally.” That’s not the case. The Obama administration set the records for clean air in 2016, and air quality under Trump has worsened since then."

Source: AP, 06/06/2019

"EPA Science Advisers Say Wheeler Is Limiting Their Role"

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler vowed on Wednesday to make greater use of the agency's official board of science advisers. But soon after he spoke, some of those advisers and other outside experts protested that the agency was instead limiting their role."

Source: InsideClimate News, 06/06/2019

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