"High Lead Levels Found in Sampling of Vermont Schools’ Water" [1]
"High lead levels have been found in drinking water of all five Vermont schools tested so far in a new state program."
Source: Bloomberg Environment [2], 08/15/2019
"High lead levels have been found in drinking water of all five Vermont schools tested so far in a new state program."
"A Trump administration plan to replace Obama-era methane standards for the oil and gas industry could leave behind a patchwork of state regulations and voluntary goals to rein in emissions from one of the most potent greenhouses gases."
"Environmental officials say heavy metals from coal ash have seeped into groundwater at a Duke Energy complex along Florida’s Gulf Coast."
"Plastic was the furthest thing from Gregory Wetherbee’s mind when he began analyzing rainwater samples collected from the Rocky Mountains. “I guess I expected to see mostly soil and mineral particles,” said the US Geological Survey researcher. Instead, he found multicolored microscopic plastic fibers."
"Appalachia’s main industry is dying and some workers are looking to a new economic promise after Trump’s proves empty".
"California regulators on Wednesday took formal legal steps to ban a widely used pesticide that had been rescued from elimination by the Trump administration."
"Ten environmental groups today filed a long-anticipated lawsuit against the Trump administration for its rollout of the Affordable Clean Energy rule, a regulation they say skirts EPA's duty to address climate change under the Clean Air Act."
"Floods and landslides have killed more than 270 people in India this month, displaced one million and inundated thousands of homes across six states, authorities said on Wednesday after two weeks of heavy monsoon rains."
"A new policy rolled out by the Interior Department’s inspector general puts strict limits on the office’s interactions with reporters."
"A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill — rats."
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[2] https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/high-lead-levels-found-in-sampling-of-vermont-schools-water
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[6] https://www.apnews.com/4ceff47b78e14561a7d2cf582f94892d
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[10] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/12/west-virginia-appalachia-miners-green-new-deal
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[12] https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-08-14/california-bans-pesticide-defying-trump-epa
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[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/interiors-house-watchdog-clamps-down-interactions-press
[18] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/457452-new-policy-at-interiors-in-house-watchdog-clamps-down-on
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