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"Toxic Vapor Tests Lag For Thousands Of Michigan Sites" [1]

"276 Michiganians were ushered or barred from homes and other sites due to possible cancerous fumes. People were relocated from sites in Detroit, Grand Rapids and Sturgis, according to the state."

Source: Detroit News [2], 02/08/2018

UN Agency Targets Black-Carbon Pollution From Ships" [3]

"Governments are slowly advancing efforts to reduce climate and health impacts of soot."

"Governments are poised this week to begin discussing rules to curb black-carbon pollution from ships, after nearly seven years of preparation. The sooty emissions, which are produced by diesel engines, warm the climate and harm human health.

Source: Nature [4], 02/08/2018

Dem Senators Demand Pruitt Recuse Himself From Clean Power Plan Rewrite [5]

"A group of Democratic senators is demanding that Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt recuse himself from repealing one of President Obama's signature environmental rules, which is intended to curb the release of greenhouse gases from the nation’s power plants."

Source: Washington Post [6], 02/08/2018

EPA’s Pruitt Asks Whether Global Warming ‘Necessarily Is A Bad Thing’ [7]

"As head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt has repeatedly questioned the scientific consensus that rising levels of carbon dioxide from human-fueled activity are warming the planet. He’s now taking a different tack: Even if climate change is occurring, as the vast majority of scientists say it is, a warmer atmosphere might not be so awful for humans, according to Pruitt."

Source: Washington Post [8], 02/08/2018

DEADLINE: SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Awards [9]

The Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Awards recognize the best in professional journalism in categories covering print, radio, television, newsletters, art/graphics, online and research, as well as Spanish-language awards. Deadlines: Jan 6, 2026 (earlybird); Feb 18, 2026 (regular).

"GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at WHO Agency Over Roundup Ingredient" [10]

"Republican lawmakers are threatening to cut off U.S. funding for the World Health Organization’s cancer research program over its finding that the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup is probably carcinogenic to humans."

Source: AP [11], 02/07/2018

"Dem Senator Questions EPA On Stark Decline In Grant Awards" [12]

"The top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee sent a letter to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday, calling into question a dramatic decrease in grant funding awarded by the agency in the past year."

Source: The Hill [13], 02/07/2018

Washington AG Threatens To Sue Zinke Over Offshore Drilling [14]

"State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, in a letter sent Monday to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, called the proposed oil and gas lease sales off Washington “unlawful, unsafe and harmful to the economy.”"

Source: Seattle Times [15], 02/07/2018

Idaho Stripped Climate Change From School Guidelines. Now It’s a Battle [16]

"The political fight over global warming has extended to science education in recent years as several states have attempted to weaken or block new teaching standards that included information about climate science. But only in Idaho has the state legislature stripped all mentions of human-caused climate change from statewide science guidelines while leaving the rest of the standards intact."

Source: NY Times [17], 02/07/2018

"It Looked As If Earth’s Ozone Layer Was Healing Nicely — Until Now" [18]

"The rescue of the planet’s protective ozone layer has been hailed as one of the great success stories of modern environmental regulation — but on Monday, an international team of 22 scientists raised doubts about whether ozone is recovering as expected across much of the world."

Source: Washington Post [19], 02/07/2018

DEADLINE: SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Awards [9]

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