"When former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt launched an effort to limit what kinds of scientific studies could be used to protect public health, he left out some key experts: the Environmental Protection Agency’s own Office of the Science Advisor, according to an email exchange obtained by The Washington Post."
Fact-checking belies Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh's claims about his judicial record on environmental cases.
The Society of Environmental Journalists congratulates SEJ member Ken Ward Jr. for receiving a 2018 MacArthur Fellowship — a $625,000, five-year, no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential. Ken is an investigative journalist with the Charleston Gazette-Mail in West Virginia.
"Now that she can see the Hollywood sign from her front lawn, Mary D. Nichols isn’t about to let President Trump roll back California’s strict auto-emissions standards."
"Aleigha Sloan can't remember ever drinking a glass of water from the tap at her home. That is 'absolutely dangerous,' the 17-year-old says, wrinkling her nose and making a face at the thought."
"Donald Trump’s administration is racing against the clock to rescind or rewrite every major pro-environment policy enduring from Barack Obama’s presidency – but the government will probably not be able to usher those changes through the courts before the next presidential election."
"Commercial fishing will be banned across much of the Arctic under a new agreement signed on Wednesday in Greenland, closing down access to a vast area of sea that is newly opening up under climate change."
"The Trump administration’s latest rule weakening the way a greenhouse gas is regulated in cooling units also strips out language on how climate change affects children, new documents show."
"The EPA is pursuing rule changes that experts say would weaken the way radiation exposure is regulated, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight."
The Value of Water Campaign invites everyone with a water story to tell to join in the fourth annual day to raise awareness and educate America about the value of water — and invites journalists to cover their efforts.
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