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"Lead Levels Fall Below Federal Limits In Flint, Michigan: State" [1]

"Lead levels in Flint, Michigan's drinking water, the focus of a public health crisis, have fallen below federal limits, state officials said on Tuesday, although they cautioned residents to keep using filtered water as the city's old lead pipes are replaced."

Source: Reuters [2], 01/26/2017

EPA: "Staff Told To 'Stand Down' On Axing Climate Page" [3]

"Trump administration officials appear to have walked back plans to scrub climate change references from U.S. EPA's website."

Source: Greenwire [4], 01/26/2017

EPA Science May Face 'Case By Case' Review By Trump Team, Official Says [5]

"Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency who want to publish or present their scientific findings likely will need to have their work reviewed on a 'case by case basis' before it can be disseminated, according to a spokesman for the agency's transition team."

Source: NPR [6], 01/26/2017

Trump EPA Team Vetting ‘Controversial’ Public Meetings and Presentations [7]

"On Tuesday, the new administration’s efforts to take hold of the EPA continued, this time with a memo from EPA headquarters requiring all regional offices to submit a list of “all external meetings or presentations by employees planned through February 17.” The memo demanded the offices provide a short description of each event and a note explaining “whether it is controversial and why.”"

Source: ProPublica [8], 01/26/2017

SEJ Objects to Trump EPA Gag Order, Threat of Data Removal [9]

January 25, 2017 — On behalf of the Society of Environmental Journalists, president Bobby Magill has issued a letter [10] to President Trump and the journalism community objecting to the silencing of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staff. Currently, EPA staff and public affairs people can not talk to journalists. SEJ also urges the Trump EPA to maintain online access to climate and other vital environmental information.

"People of the Sea Ice See Cracks Forming" [11]

"One of Canada’s most northerly communities reinvents its relationship with a thawing landscape."

Source: Hakai [12], 01/25/2017

"This Week's Jersey Floods Are A Taste Of What's To Come" [13]

"Every year or two, the Jersey Shore tends to get flooding as severe as this week. But by midcentury, the Shore should expect floods this bad every month, on average, according to projections summarized in a new U.S. government report."

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [14], 01/25/2017

Fla. DEP Secretary Going To Work For Firm That Just Got New DEP Contract [15]

"At the end of January, two things will change about the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. One is that Secretary Jon Steverson will leave his post after two stormy years in charge, to take a new job with the law firm of Foley & Lardner. The other is that Steverson's new employers at Foley & Lardner will take over representing Florida in handling the billions of dollars awarded to the state as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster."

Source: Tampa Bay Times [16], 01/25/2017

Fact Check: Trump’s Claim He Has ‘Received Awards On The Environment’ [17]

President Trump's claim to have "received awards on the environment" flunks the fact check.

Source: Washington Post [18], 01/25/2017

Trump Tries To Boost Development By Speeding Environmental Reviews [19]

"President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to fulfill his goal of “expediting environmental reviews and approvals” to fast track an effort to “fix our country, our roadways and bridges.”"

Source: Washington Post [20], 01/25/2017

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