"EPA Watchdog Gets Some Budget Love"
"Congress is providing a little more budgetary heft to EPA's inspector general, which has been fighting with the agency's leadership over access to staff and information."
Source: Greenwire, 12/18/2019
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Coal Baron Funded Climate Denial as His Company Spiraled Into Bankruptcy
"As his coal mining company hurtled into bankruptcy, Robert E. Murray, the former chief executive, paid himself $14 million, handed his successor a $4 million bonus and earmarked nearly $1 million for casting doubt on man-made climate change, new court filings show."
Source: NY Times, 12/18/2019
Earth's Hottest Decade on Record Capped by Years of Storms and Wildfires
"Deadly heat waves, wildfires and widespread flooding in 2019 punctuated a decade of climate extremes that, by many scientific accounts, show global warming kicking into overdrive."
Source: InsideClimate News, 12/18/2019
"Eastern States Introduce a Plan to Cap Tailpipe Pollution"
"A coalition of twelve mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday released a draft plan for an ambitious cap-and-trade program to curb tailpipe emissions from cars, trucks and other forms of transportation, tackling what has fast become the largest source of planet-warming gases."
Source: NY Times, 12/18/2019
"Feral Pigs Roam the South. Now Even Northern States Aren’t Safe."
"HELENA, Mont. — Ranchers and government officials here are keeping watch on an enemy army gathering to the north, along the border with Canada. The invaders are big, testy, tenacious — and they’ll eat absolutely anything. Feral pigs are widely considered to be the most destructive invasive species in the United States."
Source: NY Times, 12/17/2019
'That's Genocide': Ancient Tribal Graves Threatened By Trump Border Wall
"A historic graveyard in Texas lies within the barrier’s 150ft ‘enforcement zone’ the government has said it plans to raze".
Source: Guardian, 12/17/2019
Australian Firefighters Warn Of Uncontrollable Blazes As Conditions Worsen
"Firefighters in Australia warned on Tuesday they would not be able to contain some of the 100 fires still ablaze in the country before conditions are expected to deteriorate later this week."
Source: Reuters, 12/17/2019
"A Methane Leak, Seen From Space, Proves to Be Far Larger Than Thought"
"The first satellite designed to continuously monitor the planet for methane leaks made a startling discovery last year: A little known gas-well accident at an Ohio fracking site was in fact one of the largest methane leaks ever recorded in the United States."
Source: NY Times, 12/17/2019
"EPA Would Get $9 Billion Budget for This Fiscal Year"
"The EPA would get $9.06 billion in the current fiscal year ending next September under a spending bill that Congress will vote on this week.
The agency would receive $208 million more in fiscal 2020 than the current $8.8 billion budget. That’s nearly $3 billion more than President Donald Trump’s budget request, but less than the $9.53 billion offered in the House bill that passed the chamber in June. It’s similar to the levels in the Senate-passed bill."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/17/2019
"‘Iconic’ Florida Keys Primed For $100 Million Restoration"
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants to restore seven reefs along the Keys reef tract from Key Largo to Key West."
Source: Tampa Bay Times, 12/17/2019
