"A New Study Finds Children's Blood Lead Levels In Flint Are Declining"
"Blood lead levels in Flint children are declining, according to a new study."
Source: Michigan Radio, 03/27/2018
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"How Oral Vaccines Could Save Ethiopian Wolves From Extinction"
"Deep in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia, wildlife workers trek up above 9,800 feet to save some of the world’s most rare carnivores, Ethiopian wolves."
Source: Science News, 03/27/2018"Green Groups Sue To Stop EPA Rule Change For Power Plant Emissions"
"A number of environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday challenging a recent administrative decision to allow certain major power plants to turn off some pollution controls."
Source: The Hill, 03/27/2018"Scott Pruitt’s Dirty Politics"
"How the Environmental Protection Agency became the fossil-fuel industry’s best friend."
Source: New Yorker, 03/27/2018"South Sudan Halts Spread of Crippling Guinea Worms"
"South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, appears to have stopped Guinea worm disease within its borders, the country’s health minister announced Wednesday."
Source: NY Times, 03/27/2018States Threaten To Sue EPA for Delay on Landfill Methane Rule
"Seven Democratic states on Friday threatened to sue the Trump administration for its delay in enforcing an Obama administration rule on air pollution from landfills."
Source: The Hill, 03/26/2018Omnibus Would Bring Millions To National Park Service
"A proposed budget [now enacted] to keep the federal government running through the rest of the fiscal year, which wraps up at the end of September, would bring millions of dollars to the National Park Service if approved by Congress."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 03/26/2018EPA Decision To Pave Way For Changes In Fuel Efficiency Rules: Sources
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Administration plans to declare by April 1 that the Obama administration’s vehicle efficiency rules through 2025 are “not appropriate,” two officials briefed on the matter said Friday."
Source: Reuters, 03/26/2018"U.S. Asks China Not To Implement Ban On Foreign Garbage"
"The United States asked China on Friday not to implement a ban on imports of scrap materials, after the world’s top scrap buyer abruptly shut the door to many types of waste, throwing the global recycling industry into turmoil."
Source: Reuters, 03/26/2018'Dead Zone' In Gulf Will Take Decades To Recover From Farm Pollution
"A new study says that even in the ‘unrealistic’ event of a total halt to the flow of agricultural chemicals the damage will persist for 30 years".
Source: Guardian, 03/26/2018"Anacostia Rising: What’s Next For Washington’s 'Forgotten’ River"
"Our nation’s founders decided to build their new capital city on a square of land at the confluence of two rivers — the Potomac and the Anacostia. In the years since, the Potomac has been acclaimed as “the Nation’s River.” The Anacostia, however, has been known by less illustrious nicknames: “the forgotten river,” or simply “one of the most polluted rivers in the United States.”"
Source: WAMU, 03/26/2018"Safety Reviews of Chemicals Near Water a Heavy Lift for EPA"
"The EPA will have a hard time meeting a congressional mandate to boost oversight of toxic chemicals stored near water supplies, several people who work in water policy told Bloomberg Environment."
Source: BNA, 03/26/2018"Threat From Cyber Hackers Is Growing, U.S. Grid Regulator Says"
"Hackers increasingly threaten sites in the U.S. ranging from nuclear power plants to water processing systems, according to a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, adding his voice to warnings from several agencies and officials in recent weeks."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/26/2018"What on Earth? Why Climate Change Skeptics Are Backing Geoengineering"
"Next month, a Silicon Valley engineer plans to head out on a snowmobile from Barrow, on the northern tip of Alaska, to sprinkle reflective sand on a frozen lake to try to stop it from melting."
Source: Reveal, 03/26/2018IG To Open Probe Into Park Service Leader For Alleged Crude Gesture
"The Interior Department’s internal watchdog has opened an investigation into P. Daniel Smith, currently the top-ranking official at the National Park Service, for allegedly making a gesture involving his genitalia in the hallways of the department’s headquarter this year."
Source: Washington Post, 03/26/2018
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