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"Will US Budget Cuts Destroy A Key Arctic Wildlife Area?" [1]

"Bernadette Demientieff says it is a 'very scary time' for the Gwich'in indigenous nation as proposed US budget legislation would open a key section of a nearly 20-million acre wildlife refuge in the Arctic up to oil-and-gas development."

Source: Aljazeera [2], 11/15/2017

"Monsanto, U.S. Farm Groups Sue California Over Glyphosate Warnings" [3]

"Monsanto Co and U.S. farm groups sued California on Wednesday to stop the state from requiring cancer warnings on products containing the widely used weed killer glyphosate, which the company sells to farmers to apply to its genetically engineered crops."

Source: Reuters [4], 11/15/2017

"Nations Press Panel To Raise Annual Bluefin Tuna Quotas" [5]

"Nations fishing the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea have started assessing how much more prized Bluefin tuna can be caught in the next few years amid signs that stocks of the iconic fish are recovering."

Source: AP [6], 11/15/2017

"House Passes Flood Insurance Renewal In Wake Of Massive Storms" [7]

"House Republicans overcame bipartisan opposition Tuesday to pass a bill that would reauthorize and overhaul the National Flood Insurance Program, which has strained to pay out billions of dollars to policyholders after this year's run of devastating hurricanes."

Source: Politico [8], 11/15/2017

For Some Native Americans, Uranium Poisoning Feels Like Discrimination [9]

"Helen Nez had 10 children. Now she only has three. Seven of her children died of a disorder called Navajo neuropathy, which is linked to uranium contamination."

Source: NPR [10], 11/15/2017

"Hundreds of Dams In Texas Could Fail In Worst-Case Flood" [11]

"Few people in potential inundation zones are aware of the hazard, a Statesman investigation found. Texas applies its strictest safety standards only if a dam’s failure would probably cost seven or more lives."

Source: Austin American-Statesman [12], 11/15/2017

For Coal Magnate Tied To Trump, Accusations Of Government 'Bailout' [13]

"Critics call Perry's proposal raising coal, nuclear plants' rates a bailout".

Source: Houston Chronicle [14], 11/15/2017

"Special Report: Lead Poisoning Lurks In Scores Of New York Areas" [15]

"In public health circles, New York City is known for its long war on lead poisoning. ... A 2004 housing law targeted 'elimination' of childhood lead poisoning within six years.... Yet inspectors didn’t visit the Brooklyn apartment where Barbara Ellis lived until after her twin daughters tested high for lead three years in a row, she said."

Source: Reuters [16], 11/15/2017

Trump’s EPA Chemical Safety Pick May Be Too Toxic Even for Republicans [17]

The GOP-controlled Senate has already shown it will confirm Environmental Protection Agency leaders with massive conflicts of interest. "Yet Michael Dourson, the industry scientist Trump nominated to head EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, may be unable to clear even this low bar." Some of the opposition is from red states.

Source: The Intercept [18], 11/15/2017

"An Open Door for Pesticide Lobbyists at the U.S.D.A." [19]

"At a private meeting in September, congressional aides asked Rebeckah Adcock, a top official at the Department of Agriculture, to reveal the identities of the people serving on the deregulation team she leads at the agency."

Source: NY Times [20], 11/15/2017

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