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"The Pandemic Exposed the Severe Water Insecurity Faced by SW Tribes" [1]

"Lack of potable water drove high Covid-19 rates in Native American communities. That realization may help them gain better representation in upcoming negotiations about Colorado River water."

Source: Inside Climate News [2], 04/30/2021

"Biden’s Pick For No. 2 At Interior Has Numerous Ties To Fossil Fuels" [3]

"President Joe Biden’s nominee for the second-highest position at the Department of the Interior has a list of potential conflicts of interest that rivals that of Trump administration Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, whose ties to industry and his revolving-door experience earned him labels like the “ultimate D.C. swamp creature.”

Source: HuffPost [4], 04/30/2021

Senate Passes $35 Billion Water Bill; Bigger Infrastructure Fights Loom [5]

"The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a $35 billion measure to clean up the nation’s water systems, offering a brief moment of bipartisan cooperation amid deep divisions between the two parties over President Biden’s much larger ambitions for a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure package."

Source: NYTimes [6], 04/30/2021

Court Rules EPA Must Ban Chlorpyrifos Pesticide — Or Prove It Is Safe [7]

"A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must ban a widely used pesticide linked to neurological damage in children from being sprayed on food crops, unless the agency can demonstrate safe uses for the chemical."

Source: Washington Post [8], 04/30/2021

"The Secret Footage of the N.R.A. Chief’s Botched Elephant Hunt" [9]

"Wayne LaPierre has cultivated his image as an exemplar of American gun culture, but video of his clumsy marksmanship—and details regarding his Rodeo Drive shopping trips—tells another story."

Source: New Yorker [10], 04/29/2021

Emails Show Oil Lobby Mobilized Dem Governors’ Opposition To Biden Order [11]

"Fossil fuel trade groups in Louisiana and New Mexico rallied Democratic governors in opposition to President Joe Biden’s executive order pausing new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and in offshore waters, newly released emails show."

Source: HuffPost [12], 04/29/2021

"Satellites Show World’s Glaciers Melting Faster Than Ever" [13]

"Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world’s mountain glaciers. Scientists blame human-caused climate change."

Source: AP [14], 04/29/2021

'White Gold' Rush: Calif. Lithium In Demand Amid Electric Vehicle Surge [15]

"As demand for electric vehicles heats up, there's concern about a shortage of the key minerals needed to make them. The Biden administration has called for boosting domestic production of such minerals, including lithium for the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. And that has many hoping for big business in a desolate spot of California's Imperial Valley."

Source: NPR [16], 04/29/2021

"Biden Nominates Three New Members to Chemical Safety Board" [17]

"The Biden administration nominated Sylvia Johnson, Jennifer Sass, and Steve Owens to serve on the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 04/29/2021

Deadly Air Pollutant Disproportionately Harms Americans Of Color: Study [19]

"Black, Latino and Asian Americans face higher levels of exposure to fine particulate matter from traffic, construction and other sources".

"Nearly every source of the nation’s most pervasive and deadly air pollutant disproportionately affects Americans of color, regardless of their state or income level, according to a study published Wednesday. The analysis of fine-particle matter, which includes soot, shows how decisions made decades ago about where to build highways and industrial plants continue to harm the health of Black, Latino and Asian Americans today.

Source: Washington Post [20], 04/29/2021

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