"FDA Aims to Limit Lead Levels in Lipstick, Other Cosmetics" [1]
"The Food and Drug Administration released draft guidelines Wednesday aimed at regulating lead levels in lipstick and other cosmetic products."
Source: TIME [2], 12/22/2016
"The Food and Drug Administration released draft guidelines Wednesday aimed at regulating lead levels in lipstick and other cosmetic products."
"Oklahoma regulators released for the first time guidelines aimed to reduce the risk of major earthquakes being generated from fracking operations, including a mandate to immediately shut down operations in the event of a quake measuring 3.5 or higher on the Richter scale."
"U.S. pipeline regulators on Wednesday ordered Belle Fourche Pipeline Co to improve leak detection, along with other actions, after a Dec. 5 incident that spilled about 4,200 barrels of oil in North Dakota."
"Roughly 288,000 Iowans rely on private water supplies but may not know what is in their water because their wells’ water quality is unregulated."
"There are warning signs that some forests in the western U.S. may have a hard time recovering from the large and intense wildfires that have become more common as the climate warms."
"A decision by state regulators to end net metering for customers with rooftop solar panels will curtail demand for such systems in Arizona, industry officials say."
Exxon Mobil, the corporate home of Rex Tillerson, is also a chemical company that manufactures phthalates, a class of chemicals that makes pacifiers and bottle nipples soft. Government agencies have banned them as a health threat, but Exxon insists they pose no danger.
"Just last week, Las Vegas announced it has reached its goal of powering the city entirely with renewable energy, meeting a goal the city has been working toward for nearly a decade."
"Donald Trump’s presidential transition team has asked State Department officials to disclose how much money it provides each year to international environmental groups."
"It's happening again: The temperature at the North Pole is projected to spike to around the melting point, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit, on Wednesday into Thursday, despite the complete lack of sunshine that far north in December."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fda-aims-limit-lead-levels-lipstick-other-cosmetics
[2] http://time.com/4614134/fda-lead-cosmetic-guidance/?xid=homepage
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oklahoma-tries-stronger-measures-stop-earthquakes-fracking-areas
[4] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21122016/oklahoma-earthquakes-usgs-hydraulic-fracturing-oil-gas-wastewater
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-agency-orders-corrective-action-north-dakota-oil-spill
[6] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-dakota-pipeline-leak-idUSKBN14A20X
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/iowa%E2%80%99s-private-wells-often-go-untested-posing-unknown-health-risks
[8] http://iowawatch.org/2016/12/20/crisis-in-our-wells-iowas-private-well-water-often-goes-untested-presenting-unknown-health-risks/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-forests-failing-regrow-after-intense-wildfires
[10] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21122016/california-forests-wildfires-climate-change
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/arizona-net-metering-decision-may-slow-solar-adoption
[12] http://tucson.com/business/tucson/arizona-net-metering-decision-may-slow-solar-adoption/article_5b2ce7ce-181d-5964-9dfb-02bf191ff2fa.html
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/exxon-fighting-keep-its-dangerous-chemicals-children%E2%80%99s-toys
[14] https://theintercept.com/2016/12/20/exxonmobil-is-fighting-to-keep-its-dangerous-chemicals-in-childrens-toys/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/las-vegas-now-powered-entirely-renewable-energy
[16] https://www.yahoo.com/news/las-vegas-now-powered-entirely-174406208.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-team-asks-state-dept-what-it-spends-environmental-efforts
[18] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/20/trump-team-wants-state-dept-to-disclose-how-much-it-sends-to-international-environmental-groups/?postshare=9221482265732072&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.87d4ab6508e9
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/north-pole-warm-near-melting-point-50-degrees-above-normal
[20] http://mashable.com/2016/12/20/north-pole-to-warm-to-near-melting-point-this-week/#v.FHAy8EnPqQ
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