Health Advocates Criticize Scientific Panel on New Dietary Guidelines
"More than half the members of a panel considering changes to the nation’s blueprint for healthy eating have ties to the food industry"
Source: NYTimes, 06/24/2020
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Unremediated Yukon Asbestos Mine Poses Health Hazards, Flood Risk
"An abandoned asbestos mine in a remote corner of Yukon has yet to be remediated 42 years after closing, and could pose a flood risk to anyone downstream, according to the federal government."
Source: The Narwhal, 06/24/2020
New Mexico: "Wind Power Could Become King In Corona"
"A vast sea of wind turbines is in the works for hundreds of thousands of acres near Corona and surrounding Lincoln, Guadalupe and Torrance counties that could more than double the wind power generation in New Mexico and provide enough electricity for every home in the state."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, 06/24/2020
"LNG Shipments By Rail Approved In US Amid Pipeline Battles"
"The Trump administration has taken the final step to allow rail shipments of liquefied natural gas, a new front in the movement of energy products that had been opposed by environmental groups and 15 states."
Source: AP, 06/24/2020
"DOJ Whistleblower To Allege Political Interference In Antitrust Probes"
"A career Justice Department lawyer will testify to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that political leaders in the agency's antitrust division initiated a probe of four automakers' carbon emissions agreement with California a day after President Trump tweeted criticisms of the preliminary deal."
Source: Axios, 06/24/2020
"Sahara Dust Blankets Caribbean, Air Quality Hazardous"
"A vast cloud of Sahara dust is blanketing the Caribbean as it heads to the U.S. with a size and concentration that experts say hasn’t been seen in half a century."
Source: AP, 06/23/2020
'Like Poking a Beehive': The Link Between Deforestation And Disease
"In 2013, an 18-month old boy got sick after playing near a hollow tree in his backyard, in a remote West African village. He developed a fever and started vomiting. His stool turned black. Two days later, he died."
Source: NPR, 06/23/2020
"Temperature Hits 100 F Degrees In Arctic Russian Town"
"A Siberian town with the world’s widest temperature range has recorded a new high amid a heat wave that is contributing to severe forest fires."
Source: AP, 06/23/2020
"‘Cancer Alley’ Among Worst Areas for Chemical Risks, Groups Say"
"Poor Texas and Louisiana communities, many of them Black, have higher-than-average exposures to 15 of 20 chemicals that the EPA is analyzing, groups in the two states told the agency."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/23/2020
"EPA Data Quality System Has Fallen to Wayside, Watchdog Reports"
"The EPA may be masking risks to health and the environment because its Quality System has become outdated and inaccurate, the agency’s internal watchdog reported on Monday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/23/2020
