"New York Is Killing Off Its Last Coal-Fired Power Plants"
"New York has adopted a rule to eventually kill off its last two coal-fired power plants."
Source: Bloomberg, 05/13/2019
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"Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy"
"From 1962 to 1971, the American military sprayed vast areas of Vietnam with Agent Orange, leaving dioxin contamination that has severely affected the health of three generations of Vietnamese. Now, the U.S. and Vietnamese governments have joined together in a massive cleanup project."
Source: YaleE360, 05/13/2019
"Biden’s 2020 Rivals Attack Him From the Left on Climate Change"
"Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s 2020 rivals and a group of progressive environmental organizations are attacking him as being weak on climate change, a sign of the central role global warming is shaping up to play as an issue in the Democratic primary."
Source: NY Times, 05/13/2019
"Landmark UN Plastic Waste Pact Gets Approved But Not By US"
"Nearly every country in the world has agreed upon a legally binding framework to reduce the pollution from plastic waste except for the United States, U.N. environmental officials say."
Source: AP, 05/13/2019
Mountain Pika's Survival May Say Something About Our Own Future
"Chris Ray has been tracking pikas in Montana for 30 years. Rising temperatures and dwindling snowpack appear to be taking a toll on the tiny mountain dwellers."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/10/2019
Trump Admin Following Most Of Manufacturing Group's "Wish List"
"Early in President Trump’s term, a powerful group of manufacturers delivered to his deputies a “wish list” of regulations they wanted rewritten. Two years later, the Trump administration appears to have largely followed through on those requests, according to a new report."
Source: Washington Post, 05/10/2019
"Report: Air Quality Harmed As Texas Oil Production Booms"
The production of oil and natural gas in West Texas is booming but it’s coming at a cost to residents who are regularly exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to a report issued by an environmental group."
Source: AP, 05/10/2019
"California Central Coast, Bay Area to Open for Drilling"
"A more than five-year moratorium on leasing land in California for oil and gas development will be coming to an end with a May 9 Interior Department plan to open up about 725,000 acres across the state’s Central Coast and the Bay Area for drilling."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/10/2019
"Bipartisan Agreement in House Would Extend Flood Insurance"
"The two top lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee reached an agreement to extend the National Flood Insurance Program another four months, the 11th short-term extension of this financially troubled program in less than two years."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/10/2019
"Wild Olympics Plan Unveiled -- 126,000 Acres Proposed For Wilderness"
"A sweeping plan, carefully vetted on the Olympic Peninsula, would designate 126,000 acres of mountains and forests on the peninsula as wilderness and protect 19 streams under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act."
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 05/10/2019
