"Interior: Did Bernhardt Once Try To Blow Up Endangered Species Act?"
"On Aug. 7, 2012, David Bernhardt went to bat for the American eel. Theirs seemed an odd alliance — slippery, even, to some."
Source: Greenwire, 02/25/2019
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Public Health: EPA Stalls Review Of 'Erin Brockovich' Chemical: Emails
"Last July, career EPA officials were set to unveil their plan to complete a long-awaited health review of the toxic metal hexavalent chromium, but more than half a year later, the plan is still under wraps — the latest delay for the human health assessment of the anti-corrosion chemical made infamous by the 2000 film 'Erin Brockovich.'"
Source: Greenwire, 02/25/2019
"Bayer Faces Second Trial Over Alleged Roundup Cancer Risk"
"Bayer AG is set to face a second U.S. jury over allegations that its popular glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup causes cancer, six months after the company’s share price was rocked by a $289 million verdict in California state court."
Source: Reuters, 02/25/2019
Grand Jury Probing Whether Zinke Lied To Federal Investigators
"Prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury in Washington in their probe of whether former interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied to federal investigators, according to two individuals briefed on the matter."
Source: Washington Post, 02/25/2019
White House To Set Up Panel To Counter Climate Change Consensus: Sources
"The White House plans to create an ad hoc group of select federal scientists to reassess the government’s analysis of climate science and counter conclusions that the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming the planet, according to three senior administration officials."
Source: Washington Post, 02/25/2019
"Turning Salt-Damaged Fields into Marshes Could Save Maryland Farmland"
"As sea levels rise, saltwater is entering farms near the bay, damaging crops and releasing legacy nutrients into already-polluted waterways. "
Source: Civil Eats, 02/22/2019
Arctic Bogs: Another Global Warming Risk Could Spiral Out of Control
"As warming brings earlier spring rains in the Arctic, more permafrost thaws, releasing more methane in a difficult-to-stop feedback loop, research shows."
"Increasing spring rains in the Arctic could double the increase in methane emissions from the region by hastening the rate of thawing in permafrost, new research suggests.
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/22/2019
"Owners Close 100-Year-Old Coal Plant, Blame Obama Rules"
"Operators of a century-old coal plant in Alabama say Obama-era environmental rules are behind their decision to close the facility, which first started churning out electricity in 1917."
Source: EnergyWire, 02/22/2019
"Forget The Green New Deal, The Future Is Batteries"
"Insufficient battery technology is the greatest impediment to a clean energy present and future. Despite what the Green New Deal says or Tesla claims, we cannot transform our electricity generation until we see a revolution in battery technology."
Source: Forbes, 02/22/2019
"Salton Sea Money Demand Clogs Up Colorado River Drought Plans"
"California’s Salton Sea is a complicated place that’s not well known outside the Golden State, but its imperiled status has helped clog progress negotiating drought protection measures with water users along the Colorado River."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/22/2019
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