"An environmental research and advocacy group has found traces of a controversial herbicide in Cheerios, Quaker Oats and other breakfast foods that it says could increase cancer risk for children."
"Arguing that public health and safety are at risk, researchers, health experts and administrators from leading scientific institutions across the nation have joined in opposition to a controversial Trump administration proposal that would restrict the use of science in federal policy making."
"Oil and gas companies bid on fewer than one percent of the offshore tracts made available by the Trump administration during an auction Wednesday."
The Society of Environmental Journalist joined around 350 other news media and journalism groups on Aug. 16 in urging President Trump to abandon “enemies of the people” rhetoric that could incite violence and hinder the journalism that protects democracy. Read the full statement. [7]
"The world’s rarest great ape, discovered only in 2017, will not survive the building of a $1.6 billion hydroelectric power plant and dam in the middle of its remaining habitat in Sumatra, Indonesia, wildlife experts warn."
"The inquiry will evaluate whether the polluting practice is legal, and whether contractors have proper oversight."
"U.S. coal companies lobbied Congress to allow a drop in their payments to help miners with black lung disease by arguing the incurable ailment was in decline and a victims’ trust fund was financially healthy, assertions contradicted by government findings, according to documents seen by Reuters."
"The Trump administration approved a massive gold mine for southwestern Alaska yesterday that would rank among the world's largest mining projects."
"Trump once called the practice a 'horror show.' But his Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, keeps doing favors for big-game killers."
"The Trump administration is preparing to unveil its plan for undoing Barack Obama’s most ambitious climate regulation — offering a replacement that would do far less to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet, according to POLITICO’s review of a portion of the unpublished draft."
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[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/health/herbicide-glyphosate-cereal-oatmeal-children.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/science-health-leaders-lay-out-evidence-vs-epa-secret-science-rule
[4] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15082018/epa-secret-science-rule-opposition-health-environmental-data-public-comments
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fewer-1-percent-offshore-tracts-auctioned-trump-draw-bids
[6] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/401984-fewer-than1-percent-of-offshore-drilling-tracts-auctioned-by
[7] https://www.sej.org/journalists-are-enemies-none-and-vital-democracy
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hydroelectric-dam-threatens-wipe-out-worlds-rarest-ape
[9] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/tapanuli-orangutan-rarest-ape-threatened-dam-news/?platform=hootsuite
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/defense-inspector-general-investigate-military%E2%80%99s-toxic-open-burning
[11] https://www.propublica.org/article/defense-inspector-general-to-investigate-militarys-toxic-open-burning?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1534267498
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-lobbys-push-lower-black-lung-tax-clashed-us-studies
[13] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coal-blacklung/coal-lobbys-push-for-lower-black-lung-tax-clashed-with-us-studies-idUSKBN1KT22R
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mining-trump-admin-oks-sprawling-alaska-gold-project
[15] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060094081/
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-golden-age-trophy-hunters
[17] https://newrepublic.com/article/150637/new-golden-age-trophy-hunters
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/draft-details-trump%E2%80%99s-plan-reversing-obama-climate-rule
[19] https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/14/trump-reverse-climate-rule-740066
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