"EPA’s Superfund Program, A Trump Priority, Is A Shambles"
"It turns out it’s hard to clean up toxic waste without money."
Source: HuffPost, 01/08/2020
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"Oil And Gas: Environmental Justice Concerns Halt Major Pipeline Permit"
"Federal judges have vacated a permit for constructing an Atlantic Coast pipeline compressor station, dealing another setback to the embattled natural gas project. The move is an environmental justice win for local opponents of the project."
Source: Greenwire, 01/08/2020"6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Leaves 1 Dead, Power Out Across Puerto Rico"
"A 6.4 magnitude earthquake rumbled across Puerto Rico on Tuesday, killing at least one person and knocking out power to virtually the entire island of more than 3 million."
Source: USA TODAY, 01/08/2020"Oil Companies Are Spending Billions on PR – But Are They Winning?"
"America’s oil companies are trying to rebrand themselves as part of the solution to the climate crisis, launching a campaign to counter top Democrats’ proposals to rapidly cut pollution from the power plants and cars that run on the industry’s petroleum and natural gas."
Source: Guardian, 01/08/2020Study Warns Of Rise In Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Oil And Gas By 2025
"Oil, natural gas and petrochemical companies could release about 30 percent more greenhouse gas pollution by 2025 than they did in 2018, according to a new report."
Source: The Hill, 01/08/2020La. Issues Permits For Complex That Would Double Area's Toxic Emissions
"The state of Louisiana has issued a series of key air quality permits for a gargantuan proposed petrochemical complex that would roughly double toxic emissions in its local area and, according to environmentalists, become one of the largest plastics pollution-causing facilities in the world."
Source: Guardian, 01/08/2020"Interior: Grijalva, Bernhardt Spat Intensifies Over BLM HQ Move"
"House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) has rejected Interior Secretary David Bernhardt's offer to meet and discuss the lawmaker's concerns over the Bureau of Land Management's move out West."
Source: Greenwire, 01/08/2020"Trump Officials Voice Opposition To 'Forever Chemical' Bill"
"The White House announced Tuesday that President Trump would likely veto legislation designed to manage a class of cancer-linked chemicals leaching into the water supply."
Source: The Hill, 01/08/2020"EPA Employees Push 'Bill Of Rights' To Protect Scientific Integrity"
"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unionized employees have drafted a bill of rights, asking the agency to recognize the need for scientific integrity, research into climate science and the ability to enforce environmental laws without political interference."
Source: The Hill, 01/08/2020"Sustainability In The Fashion Industry Faces An Uphill Climb"
"Sustainability in fashion is a hot button topic, with retailers large and small racing to prove their green credentials, but the desire for new attire churns and the industry remains one of the world’s largest polluters as climate activists and watchdogs sound alarms."
Source: AP, 01/08/2020"EPA Aims to Reduce Truck Pollution, and Avert Tougher State Controls"
"The Trump administration on Monday took its first step toward tighter pollution controls on trucks, an anomalous move for a government known for weakening environmental policies but one that would pre-empt tougher state rules."
Source: NY Times, 01/07/2020US Greenhouse Emissions Dip; Trump Policies Put Future Cuts In Doubt
"U.S. emissions linked to climate change fell last year on a record drop in coal-fired power generation, but further declines are unlikely without rapid policy changes, according to an estimate released on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 01/07/2020Utilities Hope to Cut Emissions, But Struggle to Shed Fossil Fuels
"Even a renewable energy leader like Xcel, one of the first to pledge net zero emissions by mid-century, is finding it hard to end coal without adding natural gas."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/07/2020Coal Train Protesters Target Big New England Coal Power Plant
"Climate activists halted a coal train bound for one of New England's last large coal-fired power plants by building a barricade on the tracks and sitting on it for about eight hours this week. The delay was temporary, but it was the fifth time activists had stopped a coal train in the region in less than a month."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/07/2020"FEMA Threat Report Ignores Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise"
"The Trump administration's latest National Preparedness Report, which describes the greatest threats and hazards to the country, says nothing about climate change, drought or sea-level rise."
Source: ClimateWire, 01/07/2020
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