Enviros Rejoice: Court Says Land Regulation Doesn't Go 'Too Far'
"In a major property rights decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a decisive victory to state and local governments and environmental groups."
Source: NPR, 06/26/2017
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"Arkansas Tries To Stop An Epidemic Of Herbicide Damage"
"Arkansas's pesticide regulators have stepped into the middle of an epic battle between weeds and chemicals, which has now morphed into a battle between farmers. Hundreds of farmers say their crops have been damaged by a weedkiller that was sprayed on neighboring fields. Today, the Arkansas Plant Board voted to impose an unprecedented ban on that chemical."
Source: NPR, 06/26/2017"Conference: US Mayors May Shape National Climate Policy"
"With the Trump administration's withdrawal from the Paris climate accords, national policy on climate change will emerge from U.S. cities working to reduce emissions and become more resilient to rising sea levels, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said at the annual U.S. Conferences of Mayors meeting in Miami Beach."
Source: AP, 06/26/2017Campaign To Eliminate Plastic Straws Sucking In Thousands Of Converts
"It started so innocently. A kid ordered a soda in a restaurant."
Source: Washington Post, 06/26/2017"Invasive Asian Carp Found In Waterway Beyond Great Lakes Barriers"
"A single live Asian carp, a species of invasive fish that has infested the Mississippi River and is seen as a threat to the Great Lakes, has been caught in a waterway beyond a barrier designed to keep them out, state officials said on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 06/26/2017"EPA's Methane Estimates for Oil and Gas Sector Under Investigation"
"An environmental group argues the agency significantly underestimates methane emissions from the oil and gas industries. The inspector general is now investigating."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/26/2017"Forests: Republican Eyes Western Dems On Wildfire Bill"
"Legislation to ease environmental hurdles for forest-thinning projects will likely pass the House in July before facing an uncertain future in the Senate, Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) said yesterday."
Source: E&E Daily, 06/26/2017'Garbage Juice' Seen As Threat To Drinking Water In Florida County
"To Waste Management, the nation's largest handler of garbage, the liquid that winds up at the bottom of a landfill is called 'leachate,' and it can safely be disposed of in a well that's 4,200 feet deep. But to residents of mostly rural Jackson County, the stuff is just 'garbage juice,' and it carries a toxic taint that they don't want in their drinking water."
Source: Tampa Bay Times, 06/26/2017Trump Proposes Dumping Protections For Shipyard, Construction Workers
"President Donald Trump’s Labor Department has proposed scrapping key protections intended to protect shipyard and construction workers from exposure to beryllium, a toxic mineral that can cause deadly lung disease."
Source: Reveal, 06/26/2017"The Battle For Transparency on North Carolina Factory Farms"
"Advocacy groups have challenged an especially egregious ag-gag law designed to keep the public in the dark about industrial animal farming operations."
Source: Civil Eats, 06/26/2017"Yellowstone Grizzly Bear to Lose Endangered Species Protection"
"After 42 years on the Endangered Species list, the Yellowstone grizzly bear — whose numbers have grown to more than 700 from fewer than 150 — will lose its protected status, the Interior Department announced on Thursday."
Source: NY Times, 06/23/2017"Why Saudi Arabia’s Quest To Prop Up Oil Prices Is Failing"
"An early glimpse of the turn in the oil markets came last August. Thanks to a recovery in the shale oil drilling business, the French company Vallourec started rehiring people it had let go at its Youngstown, Ohio, steel pipe factory. ... Ten months later, crude oil prices have tumbled more than 20 percent, with the strong rebound in the U.S. shale oil drilling and production among the reasons for the decline."
Source: Washington Post, 06/23/2017"EPA Sets Rules To Regulate Toxic Chemicals Under 2016 Law"
"The Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules and other documents Thursday outlining how it will regulate toxic chemicals under a landmark law passed by Congress last year."
Source: AP, 06/23/2017Scientists Predict Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ The Size Of New Jersey This Summer
"An oxygen-poor 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico, which can prompt harmful algae blooms and threaten marine life, could approach the size of New Jersey this summer, federal scientists say — making it the third-largest the Gulf has seen."
Source: Washington Post, 06/23/2017"House Passes Bill To Speed Permitting For Dams, Reservoirs"
"The House passed a bill on Thursday that supporters say will speed up permitting decisions for water-storage projects such as dams and reservoirs in drought-stricken areas of the United States."
Source: The Hill, 06/23/2017
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