"Nurdles: The Worst Toxic Waste You’ve Probably Never Heard Of"
"Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardous".
Source: Guardian, 11/30/2021
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"EPA Wins Appeal Over Release of Pesticide Policymaking Records"
"The EPA can shield some records regarding a former official’s role in pesticide policymaking from a conservation group, a divided Second Circuit ruled Monday. Messages between staff about how the agency should communicate its policies are protected by the deliberative process privilege, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/30/2021
"Lawsuit Takes Aim At Trump-Era Rule Expanding Hunting Grounds"
"Environmentalists on Monday accused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of imperiling hundreds of vulnerable species when it expanded hunting and fishing on 147 national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries under President Donald Trump."
Source: Reuters, 11/30/2021
"Defections, Morale Grip EPA Forensics Lab: ‘We Can’t Function’"
"At least a third of the scientists and staff at EPA’s specialized forensics lab have quit or retired over the past five years, an exodus that threatens the unit’s central role in solving some of the nation’s most difficult environmental crimes."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/30/2021
Biden Gulf Oil Sale Means More Drilling Within Legacy Chemical Dump Site
"The Biden administration’s oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico last week doesn’t just lock in decades of future drilling and greenhouse gas emissions, it also opens up more extraction in an area where chemical companies dumped tons of hazardous industrial waste."
Source: HuffPost, 11/30/2021
"Climate Crisis Pushes Albatross ‘Divorce’ Rates Higher – Study"
"Albatrosses, some of the world’s most loyally monogamous creatures, are “divorcing” more often – and researchers say global heating may be to blame."
Source: Guardian, 11/29/2021
"Australia’s Barrier Reef Erupts In Color As Corals Spawn"
"Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes."
Source: AP, 11/29/2021
"Iran Forcefully Clamps Down on Protests Against Growing Water Shortages"
"The crackdown came after the protests spilled over to at least one other city and a major protest on Friday loomed. Weather experts say 97 percent of the country is dealing with water scarcity issues."
Source: NYTimes, 11/29/2021
Norilsk, in Russian Arctic, One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth
"A smelting company has poisoned rivers, killed off boreal forest and belched out more sulfur dioxide than active volcanoes. Now it wants to produce more metal for the “green economy.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/29/2021
"EPA’s Regan Vows To Help Hard-Hit Areas, But Residents Have Doubts"
"ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. — As white smoke wafted from a massive oil and gas refinery that sits near his backyard, Michael Coleman reminisced about the sweet days of his childhood, before sugar cane fields that stretched for miles were sold and replaced by chemical companies that wiped out the “nice little community we had here.”
Source: Washington Post, 11/29/2021
