3M Knew About Dangers of PFOA and PFOS Decades Ago: Internal Documents
"Internal studies and other documents show that 3M knew by the 1970s that PFOA and PFOS were toxic and accumulating in people's blood."
Source: The Intercept, 08/01/2018
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"Congress Passes Flood Insurance Extension, Again Punting Reforms"
"The Senate on Tuesday passed a short-term extension of the federal flood insurance program, sending it to President Trump for his signature hours before an Aug. 1 deadline."
Source: Washington Post, 08/01/2018
"Gulf of Mexico's Low-Oxygen 'Dead Zone' 4th Smallest Since 1985"
"The summertime low-oxygen "dead zone" along Louisiana's Gulf Coast is dramatically smaller in 2018 -- 2,720 square miles, or the size of the state of Delaware -- a team of researchers announced Tuesday (July 31)."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 08/01/2018
"Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change"
"Nearly everything we understand about global warming was understood in 1979." "It was understood that action would have to come immediately." "Why didn’t we act? "
Source: NY Times Magazine, 08/01/2018
"A Toxic Tide Is Killing Florida Wildlife"
"Florida has an algae problem, and it’s big. This year, an overgrowth in the waters off the state’s southwestern coast is killing wildlife and making some beaches noxious."
Source: NY Times, 07/31/2018
Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To Halt Kids' Climate Change Case
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to put the brakes on a lawsuit filed by young activists who have accused the U.S. government of ignoring the perils of climate change."
Source: Reuters, 07/31/2018
Trump Admin: Keystone XL Would Have No Major Impact On Nebraska
"A new planned route for the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska would not have a major impact on the state’s water, land or wildlife, according to an updated environmental study produced by the Trump administration."
Source: AP, 07/31/2018
"EPA: Wheeler To Face Lawmakers In First Hearing As Agency Chief"
"Andrew Wheeler will be on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for his first congressional hearing as acting EPA administrator."
Source: E&E Daily, 07/31/2018
AEP Cancels Nation's Largest Wind Farm: 3 Challenges Wind Catcher Faced
"American Electric Power last week abandoned its plan to build the largest wind farm in the United States, a victim of a complex mix of political, regulatory and market challenges."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/31/2018
"Agreement Reached On Anaconda Superfund Cleanup"
"The parties to Anaconda's Superfund cleanup have reached an agreement in principle, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Sunday."
Source: Montana Standard, 07/31/2018
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