"Obama Pushes To Train Veterans for Solar Power" [1]
"The Obama administration is aiming to train 75,000 workers — many of them military veterans — for the solar power industry."
Source: The Hill [2], 04/03/2015
"The Obama administration is aiming to train 75,000 workers — many of them military veterans — for the solar power industry."
"California’s astonishingly low snowpack, a pathetic 5 percent of normal, and the severity of the drought afflicting the state isn’t some fluke. It’s a likely consequence of climate change, specifically the rising temperatures which are intensifying many of the processes causing the state to lose water at an alarming rate."
"Environmentalists are outraged that the Environmental Protection Agency is allowing an herbicide that contains glyphosate to be used in nine more states, despite growing concerns that the chemical probably causes cancer."
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it was unlikely to approve new or expanded uses of certain pesticides while it evaluates the risks they may pose to honey bees."
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), representing Florida Department of Environmental Protection employee Barton Bibler, is calling for an investigation by the DEP's Inspector General into whether the term "climate change" is actually forbidden to be used by state employees — and whether this violates Florida's open government law.
You have to give the U.S. EPA some credit. The agency has done quite a bit to let the public know about some of the toxic chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing. EPA on March 27, 2015, published a database of nearly 700 of those chemicals, which is a good start and shows how open-source and non-governmental efforts can overcome industry efforts to hide data on toxics.
Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi has published a story detailing the unfolding of the Obama spin-control saga and the resulting uneasy standoff. Several SEJ members are mentioned, as is Tom Reynolds (pictured), Associate Administrator for EPA's Office of Public Affairs, who justified press office chaperoning of agency experts and portrayed the typical reporter as inexperienced and ignorant.
"From acres of sheeting to miles of twine, farms use billions of pounds of plastic each year. What can we do to reduce the impact?"
"Months after rural voters helped Republicans reclaim the majority in the Minnesota House, lawmakers in both parties are looking to weaken environmental laws tied to agriculture."
"Ohio's governor is set to put in place new rules that should help cut down on the pollutants feeding the algae in Lake Erie."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obama-pushes-train-veterans-solar-power
[2] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/237811-obama-pushes-to-train-veterans-for-solar-power
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hot-hands-fingerprints-climate-change-all-over-california-drought
[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/04/02/hot-hands-fingerprints-of-climate-change-all-over-california-drought/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-approves-probably-carcinogenic-pesticide-use-9-more-states
[6] http://thehill.com/regulation/237755-epa-approves-probably-carcinogenic-pesticide-for-use-in-9-more-states
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-halt-expanded-use-some-insecticides-amid-honey-bee-decline
[8] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/03/us-usa-agriculture-bees-idUSKBN0MU07420150403
[9] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/florida-employee-sues-over-right-use-c-word-climate
[10] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/fracking-chemicals-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont
[11] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/news-media-complaints-about-pio-minders-wont-go-away
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biggest-source-plastic-trash-you%E2%80%99ve-never-heard
[13] http://ensia.com/features/the-biggest-source-of-plastic-trash-youve-never-heard-of/
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/minnesota-farm-lobbyists-flex-new-political-muscle
[15] http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/03/31/farm-lobbyists
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ohio-governor-sign-new-rules-aimed-lake-erie-algae
[17] http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/EnvironmentandNature/Article_2015-04-02-OH--Lake Erie-Algae/id-7a6173d0168346bba031c7781503dd89
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3099
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3096
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3097
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3098
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3101
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3102
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3103
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3104
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4948