EPA Pulls Rule Allowing Use Of Radioactive Material In Road Construction
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn a 2020 rule that would allow a radioactive substance in some road construction."
Source: The Hill, 07/05/2021
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"Canada Battles More Than 180 Wildfires With Hundreds Dead In Heat Wave"
"Emergency responders in Canada are currently battling more than 180 wildfires in British Columbia amid an intense heat wave that has left hundreds dead in the Pacific Northwest."
Source: NPR, 07/05/2021
"Court Strikes Trump EPA Rule For Full-Year 15% Ethanol Sales"
"A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency rule change that allowed for the sale of a 15% ethanol gasoline blend in the summer months."
Source: AP, 07/05/2021
"Under Presssure, Company Cancels Tennessee Pipeline"
"Environmentalists and activists claimed victory Saturday after a company canceled plans to build an oil pipeline through southwest Tennessee and north Mississippi, and over an aquifer that provides drinking water to 1 million people."
Source: AP, 07/05/2021
"Whistleblowers Claim EPA Altered Risk Reviews For Toxics"
"Four whistleblowers in EPA's chemicals office allege officials tampered with key risk assessments and processes, according to a complaint filed by an environmental group on behalf of the agency staffers."
Source: E&E News, 07/05/2021
"Parts of US Brace For Tropical Storm Elsa's Impact"
"As Tropical Storm Elsa closed in on Cuba early Monday morning, tropical storm warnings were expanded across Florida ahead of the storm's projected U.S. landfall around midweek. Tropical storm warnings are in effect across the Florida Keys and along the west coast of the peninsula from Flamingo northward to Englewood."
Source: AccuWeather, 07/05/2021
"Utah Fireworks Law Sparks Confusion Amid Drought, Wildfire Risks"
"Fireworks bans are being enacted throughout the drought-stricken West as officials worry about wildfires—but in Utah, the situation is complicated by a law as murky as the air after a pyrotechnics display."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/02/2021
As Time Runs Out To Cut Carbon From Buildings, Industry Tightens Its Grip
"Buildings are huge generators of planet-warming gases, with fossil fuels responsible for everything from heating and cooling to cooking and charging our devices. Experts say a massive overhaul of building efficiency is imperative within the next decade to prevent catastrophic warming."
Source: HuffPost, 07/02/2021
"Drier Springs Bring Hotter Summers in the Withering Southwest"
"New research reveals a positive feedback loop with negative consequences linked to lower springtime humidity across an already parched landscape."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/02/2021
Underpaid Firefighters, Stretched Budgets: US Unprepared For Climate Fires
"On the heels of one of the worst wildfire years on record, the federal government is struggling to recruit and retain staff as firefighters grapple with low wages, trauma and burnout from increasingly long and intense fire seasons."
Source: Washington Post, 07/02/2021
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