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"Internal Watchdog Says EPA Mismanaging Toxic Site Cleanups" [1]

"Cleanups at some U.S. hazardous waste sites have stopped or slowed down because the Environmental Protection Agency does not manage its Superfund staff effectively to match its workload, an internal government watchdog said Tuesday."

Source: AP [2], 09/20/2017

CSB Says Arkema Generators Vulnerable; Photos Show Aftermath [3]

"The U.S. Chemical Safety Board on Monday released stark photos of the scorched remains of containers at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Tex., that burned in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey."

Source: Washington Post [4], 09/20/2017

"French President: Paris Climate Deal ‘Will Not Be Renegotiated’" [5]

"French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated Tuesday that the Paris climate agreement “will not be renegotiated,” despite calls to do so from the Trump administration."

Source: The Hill [6], 09/20/2017

"Chemical Industry Ally Faces Critics in Bid for Top E.P.A. Post" [7]

"The scientist nominated to head the federal government’s chemical regulatory program has spent much of his career helping businesses fight restrictions on the use of potentially toxic compounds in consumer goods."

Source: NY Times [8], 09/20/2017

"Mexicans Dig Through Quake Rubble Overnight as Death Toll Passes 200" [9]

"The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Mexico on Tuesday jumped to 217, government officials said Wednesday, as searchers worked desperately to find survivors in the ruins of collapsed structures."

Source: NY Times [10], 09/20/2017

Thousands Shelter As Puerto Rico Gets Direct Hit From Hurricane Maria [11]

"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Thousands of Puerto Ricans heeded the calls of government officials and have taken refuge in shelters as the Caribbean island braces for Hurricane Maria's direct hit early Wednesday."

Source: CNN [12], 09/20/2017

"A 50-Year Effort To Raise Endangered Whooping Cranes Comes To An End" [13]

"Each spring for 12 years, Paula Wang began a temporary position at a government lab in a suburb north of Washington. She was required to remain silent while working and to wear a white suit and hood. The mission was not top-secret, but Wang felt it was urgent all the same; she had to save an endangered species."

Source: Washington Post [14], 09/19/2017

"The Marsh at the End of the World" [15]

"Wetlands are some of the world’s greatest carbon sinks, and they're starting to rot: from Maine, an investigation of an ecosystem on the brink."

Source: Guernica [16], 09/19/2017

"Pipelines: FERC Trumps N.Y. Regulators To Greenlight Gas Project" [17]

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week overruled New York's decision on a natural gas pipeline, clearing the way for construction of a project that state regulators rejected."

Source: EnergyWire [18], 09/19/2017

East Coast GOPers Join Dems To Lobby Trump Against Atlantic Oil Drilling [19]

"State and federal lawmakers from both parties have joined East Coast business interests to convince the Trump administration to halt its plan for fossil fuel development in the Atlantic Ocean."

Source: McClatchy [20], 09/19/2017

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