"Chamber Ramping Up Attacks on Ozone Rule"
"The business lobby is ramping up efforts to sack a controversial air pollution rule from the Obama administration."
Source: The Hill, 08/12/2015
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"Parasite yet Another Threat to Already Troubled Amphibians"
"Scientists have identified a new problem for amphibians, which are already shrinking in numbers: A parasite is infesting tadpoles worldwide."
Source: AP, 08/12/2015
"Rio Water Pollution Suspected as Cause of 13 U.S. Rowers' Illnesses"
"RIO DE JANEIRO - Thirteen rowers on the 40-member U.S. team came down with stomach illness at the World Junior Rowing Championships - a trial run for next summer's Olympics - and the team doctor said she suspected it was due to pollution in the lake where the competition took place."
Source: AP, 08/12/2015
"OSHA Seeks To Reduce Exposure To Highly Useful, Highly Toxic Metal"
"After failed attempt in 1975, agency tries again on beryllium, which can trigger potentially deadly diseases".
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 08/12/2015
"EPA Chief Apologizes as Anger Mounts"
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy apologized Tuesday for a mine spill in Colorado that her agency caused last week and planned to travel to the area Wednesday, amid increasing criticism from lawmakers about the EPA’s response."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 08/12/2015
"When Dams Come Down, Salmon and Sand Can Prosper"
"When people urge the removal of dams they say are strangling rivers in the West, it’s usually fish they’re worried about. Studies of dam-removal projects show that migratory species like salmon respond quickly to improved conditions once a dam is removed. But the removal of a dam on the Elwha River in northern Washington State — the largest such project in the United States — is demonstrating that there can be another beneficiary: the beach."
Source: NY Times, 08/11/2015
"In California, An Unsatisfying Settlement on Pesticide-Spraying"
"The EPA touted its only preliminary finding of discrimination in a civil-rights case, but the complainants were less than thrilled with the outcome".
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 08/11/2015
"Australia Unveils Emissions Reduction Target Ahead of Paris Talks"
"Conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday announced cuts to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions that were immediately criticized by environmental groups and opposition politicians for lagging behind other advanced economies."
Source: Reuters, 08/11/2015
"EPA Orders More Air Quality Tests for Homes Near Superfund Sites"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a new round of air quality tests for a South Bay neighborhood after detecting a variety of contaminants inside homes near two federal cleanup sites."
Source: LA Times, 08/11/2015
"9th Circuit Orders EPA To Act on Neurotoxin Ban"
"Blasting the Environmental Protection Agency for "egregious" delay in the face of an acknowledged threat to human health, a U.S. appeals court has given the agency an Oct. 31 deadline to issue a full and final response to environmentalists' 2007 petition to take the neurotoxin chlorpyrifos off the market."
Source: Reuters, 08/11/2015
