"Plastic Garbage Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in Pacific"
"Yet another floating mass of microscopic plastic has been discovered in the ocean, and it is mind-blowingly vast."
Source: National Geographic, 07/27/2017
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"EPA To Seek Comments On Obama Water Rule Repeal"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is allowing the public to weigh in on its proposal to repeal the Obama administration’s controversial water pollution rule."
Source: The Hill, 07/27/2017"New Diesel And Petrol Vehicles To Be Banned From 2040 in UK"
"New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution, the government has announced."
Source: BBC News, 07/27/2017"Bundy Follower Gets 68 Years For Role In Armed Nevada Standoff"
"One of two men convicted in the first of several trials stemming from a 2014 standoff led by renegade rancher Cliven Bundy against federal authorities in Nevada was sentenced on Wednesday to 68 years in prison for his role in the armed confrontation."
Source: Reuters, 07/27/2017"New Database Shows Pollutants In Most Public Water Systems"
"A new national database released Wednesday by the Environmental Working Group shines a light on water quality across the U.S."
Source: NPR, 07/27/2017"Crews From 34 States Arrive To Help With Destructive Montana Fires"
"HELENA, Mont. -- Crews and equipment from 34 states arrived Monday to help fight four massive wildfires that have destroyed a dozen homes in eastern Montana and forced ranchers to let their livestock loose as the blazes spread unhindered across roads, rivers and man-made fire lines."
Source: CBS News/AP, 07/26/2017"Pruitt Says EPA Will Create ‘Top-10’ List For Superfund Cleanup"
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt vowed Tuesday to cut through bureaucratic red tape that has slowed the cleanup of toxic Superfund sites and follow a task force’s recommendations to act more boldly in holding companies responsible for past contamination."
Source: Washington Post, 07/26/2017"BLM Looks To 'Existing Authorities' In Bid To Rescind Fracking Rule"
"In a call to rescind an Obama-era regulation governing hydraulic fracturing on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management is calling for public input on how best to rely on "pre-existing authorities" to manage unconventional drilling."
Source: EnergyWire, 07/26/2017Sperm Levels Have Declined 50 Percent In 40 Years In Three Continents
"The quality of sperm from men in North America, Europe and Australia has declined dramatically over the past 40 years, with a 52.4 percent drop in sperm concentration, according to a study published Tuesday."
Source: Washington Post, 07/26/2017Pittsburgh May Have 'Deflected' Attention From Lead-Contaminated Water
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Residents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were given 'misleading' statements by health officials who 'deflected' attention from lead-contaminated water, according to the audit."Source: Guardian, 07/26/2017"Like Exxon, Utilities Knew about Climate Change Risks Decades Ago"
"A new report shows through documents and testimony how utilities researched climate change and determined in the 1970s that it could force a shift away from coal."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/26/2017"House Passes Russia Sanctions Deal With Oil, Gas Fix"
"The House easily passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to expand sanctions on Russia and limit the Trump administration's ability to lift them. The legislation comes after lawmakers addressed a series of concerns oil and gas companies raised about the package, which they said would limit the extent to which American and Russian energy firms could interact."
Source: The Hill, 07/26/2017"Appropriations: Energy, Enviro Amendments Pile Up For 'Minibus'"
"Lawmakers have proposed dozens of energy and environmental amendments to a House spending package due on the floor this week, which could force votes on topics ranging from climate change to lightbulb efficiency."
Source: E&E Daily, 07/26/2017"Prospect of Trump Tariff Casts Pall Over U.S. Solar Industry"
"U.S. solar companies are snapping up cheap imported solar panels ahead of a trade decision by the Trump administration that could drive up costs and cloud the fortunes of one of the economy's brightest stars."
Source: Reuters, 07/26/2017As Zinke Swaggers Through Parks, His Staff Rolls Back Regulations
"Ryan Zinke, a former member of the Navy SEALs and lifelong Montana outdoorsman who now heads the Interior Department, loves to compare himself to Theodore Roosevelt, the father of American conservation."
Source: NY Times, 07/26/2017
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