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"Volkswagen Vows to End Experiments on Animals" [1]

"The German automaker Volkswagen is promising that it will no longer support the use of animals in testing the effects of diesel exhaust, as the company tries to move past an emissions-cheating scandal in which it was found to have helped finance experiments on monkeys."

Source: NY Times [2], 06/05/2018

"Big Investors Urge G7 To Step Up Climate Action, Shift From Coal" [3]

"Institutional investors with $26 trillion in assets under management called on Group of Seven leaders on Monday to phase out the use of coal in power generation to help limit climate change, despite strong opposition from Washington."

Source: Reuters [4], 06/05/2018

"Coal Miners' Fund Set For Deep Cuts As Black Lung Epidemic Grows" [5]

"A new government report says that the federal black lung trust fund that helps sick and dying coal miners pay living and medical expenses could incur a $15 billion deficit in the next 30 years. That's if a congressionally mandated funding cut occurs as planned at the end of the year."

Source: NPR [6], 06/05/2018

Toxic Drinking Water Becomes Top Campaign Issue for Midterm Candidates [7]

"There are just over 5,000 people in Rye, New Hampshire. So when Mindi Messmer heard that four of them — all children — had developed an exceedingly rare cancer, she knew something was gravely wrong."

Source: The Intercept [8], 06/05/2018

"White House: Cabinet Heads Told To Praise Paris Exit. 'No Exceptions'" [9]

"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos last year praised President Trump's decision to pull the United States from the Paris climate accord. Her staff later told her what she had said about it."

Source: ClimateWire [10], 06/05/2018

Pruitt Had Aide Do Personal Tasks, Hunt For A Used Trump Hotel Mattress [11]

"In mid-September, the Environmental Protection Agency chief’s director of scheduling and advance contacted the Trump International Hotel in Washington with an unusual request. Millan Hupp wanted to know how much the hotel would charge EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for purchasing one of its used mattresses."

Source: Washington Post [12], 06/05/2018

"Flooding And Rising Seas Threaten America's Oldest Farmland" [13]

"Bob Fitzgerald lives on the edge of a flat field that's just a few feet above sea level. It's the same spot on Maryland's Eastern Shore where his ancestors settled before the U.S. became a country."

Source: NPR [14], 06/04/2018

Facing Reassignment Under Trump, Yellowstone Superintendent Retires [15]

"A highly respected National Park Service executive who engineered the reopening of the Statue of Liberty after the 2001 terrorist attacks and settled the contentious issue of snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park announced his retirement Friday as Interior Department officials consider a proposal to reassign him to Washington."

Source: Washington Post [16], 06/04/2018

"Endangered Mountain Gorilla Population Recovers To Over 1,000" [17]

"GOMA, Congo - The population of mountain gorillas, one of the world’s most endangered species, which survives on the forest-cloaked volcanoes of central Africa, has increased by a quarter to over 1,000 individuals since 2010, wildlife authorities said."

Source: Reuters [18], 06/04/2018

Pruitt Spent $1,560 On 12 Custom Fountain Pens From DC Jewelry Store [19]

"The account manager at the Tiny Jewel Box, which calls itself Washington’s “premier destination for fine jewelry and watches,” had promised to expedite the order of a dozen customized silver fountain pens — each emblazoned with the seal of the Environmental Protection Agency and the signature of its leader, Scott Pruitt."

Source: Washington Post [20], 06/04/2018

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