"Interior: Political Fight Brews Over BLM Relocation"
"The political fight has begun over the Interior Department's proposal to relocate the Bureau of Land Management's headquarters to Grand Junction, Colo."
Source: E&E News PM, 07/16/2019
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"EPA Broke Rules in Shake-Up of Science Panels, Federal Watchdog Says"
"The Trump administration failed to follow ethics rules last year when it dismissed academic members of Environmental Protection Agency advisory boards and replaced them with appointees connected to industry, a federal watchdog agency concluded Monday."
Source: NY Times, 07/16/2019"Scientists Flee USDA As Research Agencies Move To Kansas City Area"
"A Trump administration decision to move researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the Kansas City area is threatening to spark the flight of more than half of the staff selected to move, gutting the agency of its top scientific voices."
Source: The Hill, 07/16/2019Could Climate Change Spark Financial Crisis? Candidates Warn Fed of Risk
"Some of the Democrats running for president are urging the U.S. central bank to actively confront climate risks to protect the nation's financial system. "
"A few of the Democrats running for president have started warning about climate change in a way that voters rarely think about yet can profoundly affect their lives. To sum it up: If you think the housing crisis was bad, wait until you see how the climate crisis plays out for financial markets.
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/16/2019Judge Slashes Roundup Jury Award To $25.3 Million; Bayer Plans Appeal
"A federal judge on Monday slashed a damages award Bayer AG owed a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, to $25.27 million from $80.27 million, while rejecting the company’s bid for a new trial."
Source: Reuters, 07/16/2019‘Toxic Stew’ Stirred Up by Disasters Poses Long-Term Danger: Research
"New research shows that the extreme weather and fires of recent years, similar to the flooding that has struck Louisiana and the Midwest, may be making Americans sick in ways researchers are only beginning to understand."
Source: NY Times, 07/16/2019"Hawaiian Activists Prepare For Mauna Kea Telescope Convoys"
"Scientists hope the massive telescope they plan to build atop Hawaii’s highest peak, a world-renowned location for astronomy, will help them peer back to the time just after the Big Bang and answer fundamental questions about the universe."
Source: AP, 07/16/2019"Earth Just Had Its Hottest June On Record, On Track For Warmest July"
"Boosted by a historic heat wave in Europe and unusually warm conditions across the Arctic and Eurasia, the average temperature of the planet soared to its highest level ever recorded in June."
Source: Washington Post, 07/16/2019"Border Wall: Trump Fights Greens' Victory At Supreme Court"
"The Trump administration is heading to the Supreme Court to fight an environmental lawsuit that halted construction of several border wall projects."
Source: Greenwire, 07/16/2019Sen. Hirono Leads Letter Warning of Science Data Suppression at USGS
"Last week, Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) and 21 of her US Senate colleagues sent a letter to Dr. James Reilly, the director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to express their concern over recent reports that USGS will only utilize climate models that project the effects of climate change through 2040."
Source: Big Island Now, 07/16/2019EPA Plans to Curtail Ability of Communities to Oppose Pollution Permits
"The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to weaken rules that for the past quarter-century have given communities a voice in deciding how much pollution may legally be released by nearby power plants and factories."
Source: NY Times, 07/15/2019"EPA To Allow Use Of Pesticide Considered ‘Very Highly Toxic’ To Bees"
"The Environmental Protection Agency approved broad new applications Friday for a controversial insecticide, despite objections from environmental groups and beekeepers who say it is among the compounds responsible for eviscerating the nation’s bee populations."
Source: Washington Post, 07/15/2019The Environment For Reporters Covering EPA Just Got A Lot More Toxic
"While the Trump administration is not known for velvety smooth relations with the news media, federal agencies are far more likely to ignore reporters than to officially scold them. Not the EPA. Reporters whom the agency deems to have misreported can expect to hear about it, and not just through a polite phone call or an email requesting a correction."
Source: Washington Post, 07/15/2019Louisiana Cleaning Up After Storm Barry Brought Rain, Wind, Flooding
"Communities in Louisiana are taking the first steps toward recovery after Hurricane Barry made landfall in the state as a Category 1 storm Saturday before being downgraded to a tropical storm."
Source: CNN, 07/15/2019"Trump Administration Freezing Fuel Efficiency Penalties"
"The Trump administration said late on Friday it was issuing final rules to suspend a 2016 Obama administration regulation that more than doubled penalties for automakers failing to meet fuel efficiency requirements."
Source: Reuters, 07/15/2019
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