"Courts: D.C. Girds For Exxon Climate Battle"
"The District of Columbia's top lawyer is preparing for a potential courtroom fight against one of the biggest oil companies in the world."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/19/2019
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Storms May Boost Colorado River Reservoirs; Drought Deal Still in Play
"Winter storms have covered the Rocky Mountains with snow from Wyoming to northern New Mexico, leaving a bounty of runoff that should boost the levels of the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs this spring and summer."
Source: Arizona Republic, 03/19/2019
Pentagon Pushes for Weaker Standards On PFAS Chemicals In Drinking Water
"Facing billions of dollars in cleanup costs, the Pentagon is pushing the Trump administration to adopt a weaker standard for groundwater pollution caused by chemicals that have commonly been used at military bases and that contaminate drinking water consumed by millions of Americans."
Source: NY Times, 03/19/2019
Fears For 500,000 People As Cyclone Destroys 90% Of Mozambique City
"Fears are growing for more than 500,000 people in the Mozambique city of Beira, after aid agency officials warned that 90% of the area had been 'destroyed' by Cyclone Idai."
Source: CNN, 03/19/2019
"'Frankenfish' Is Coming, But Opponents Vow To Fight On"
"If all goes as planned, a Massachusetts biotechnology company will soon begin importing salmon eggs from a Canadian hatchery to its plant in Indiana, where they'll grow into the first genetically modified salmon ever produced in the United States."
Source: Greenwire, 03/18/2019
From Himalayas to Arctic, Herders Share Knowledge To Cope With Climate
"Yak, reindeer and entire ways of life in the “Third Pole” and Scandinavia face new threats in a warming world."
Source: Ensia, 03/18/2019
Geoengineering: U.S. Blocks Global Resolution On Efforts To Cool Earth
"The United States joined Saudi Arabia to derail a U.N. resolution that sought to improve the world's understanding of potential efforts to lace the sky with sunlight-reflecting aerosols or use carbon-catching fans."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/18/2019
"Jay Inslee Is Running For President To Fight Climate Change"
"Democratic candidate says other issues matter, but America cannot afford to have another leader who does not have climate change as their top priority".
Source: Guardian, 03/18/2019
"Minnesota Cities Look To Reduce Chloride From Water Plants"
"Some Minnesota cities are grappling with how to reduce the amount of chloride being released from their wastewater treatment plants into lakes and streams, threatening aquatic life."
Source: AP, 03/18/2019
"EPA’s Pruitt Faced Hill Pressure on Glider Truck Rule Repeal"
"The EPA’s yearslong, tenuous effort to ease air pollution limits on trucks with rebuilt engines can be traced back to a day early in Scott Pruitt’s tenure as administrator."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/18/2019
