"2nd Suit Seeks To Keep Former Weapons Plant Closed To Public"
"A Colorado town near a former nuclear weapons plant has filed a lawsuit to keep part of the site from opening to the public as a wildlife refuge."
Source: AP, 07/16/2018
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"Army Corps Resumes Flushing Water From Lake Okeechobee"
"Goopy green water flowed Friday from both sides of Lake Okeechobee, carrying toxic algae toward Florida’s coasts."
Source: AP, 07/16/2018
"Environmental Group Files Lawsuit Over Genx Emissions"
"A North Carolina environmental group has filed a lawsuit asking the state to order Chemours to immediately halt all discharges of GenX."
Source: Winston-Salem Journal, 07/16/2018
"Cummings Demands EPA Subpoena For Pruitt’s Public Records Policy"
"The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is pressing Chairman Trey Gowdy to subpoena EPA and force the agency to release information about how Scott Pruitt's aides scrutinized politically sensitive documents before releasing them."
Source: Politico, 07/16/2018
Nat Reed, Florida Co-Author Of The Endangered Species Act, Dies At 84
"Nathaniel "Nat" Reed, 84, a Hobe Sound resident whose childhood ardor for Florida’s natural wonders led to him becoming a tireless crusader for the environment, died in a Quebec hospital Wednesday, according to his family."
Source: Tampa Bay Times, 07/13/2018
"Can A Tiny Fern Help Fight Climate Change and Cut Fertilizer Use?"
"Scientists have sequenced the entire genome of the tiny fern species Azolla filiculoides, a wunder-plant that played a pivotal role in cooling our planet 50 million years ago. Among its many properties, the Azolla can capture CO2 and nitrogen from the air and has genes that provide insect resistance."
Source: YaleE360, 07/13/2018
8 Black Lung Indictments Allege Coal Mine Managers Lied About Safety
"Former Kentucky miners described being pressured to cover up coal dust monitors meant to protect them. New research shows a resurgence in black lung disease."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/13/2018
Dusky Gopher Frog Will Be Next Supreme Court's First Environmental Test
"Six years ago, the Obama administration tagged 1,500 acres of private Louisiana land as “critical habitat” for the dusky gopher frog, one of the world’s most-endangered animals. ... In July 2017, Weyerhaeuser, a timber company, petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn this decision."
Source: Popular Science, 07/13/2018
"Why Decommissioning Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant Could Take Decades"
"Ohio’s Davis-Besse nuclear plant is scheduled to close within three years, but decommissioning could take up to 60 years, and after that a regulated radioactive fuel storage facility will remain on the site indefinitely."
Source: Midwest Energy News, 07/13/2018
Pennsylvania Battles Invasive Spotted Lanternfly
"The spotted lanternfly, a brightly colored red and black moth-like insect and one of the latest invaders, landed in Pennsylvania’s Berks County around 2012 and has munched its way across 13 counties, threatening grapes, orchards and hardwood trees. State and federal officials want to stop it, and they’ve spent about $20 million this year on research and eradication efforts."
Source: StateImpact PA, 07/13/2018
