"California Recommends Restrictions For Popular Pesticide"
"California regulators recommended new restrictions Thursday on a widely used pesticide blamed for harming the brains of babies."
Source: AP, 11/16/2018
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"Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Green New Deal’ Becomes Flash Point for Pelosi"
"Nancy Pelosi is facing an unexpected flare-up on climate change that is complicating relationships among House Democrats ahead of crucial leadership elections."
Source: Politico, 11/16/2018
"EPA Watchdog Questions Safety of Sewage Used as Fertilizer"
"The Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t know if the treated sewage sludge that farmers use as fertilizer is safe, according to a report from its internal watchdog."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/16/2018
Over 600 Now Missing, 63 Dead in California's Deadliest Blaze
"PARADISE, Calif. - A search for victims of a catastrophic blaze that reduced a northern California town to ashes intensified on Thursday, as authorities expanded to 630 the number of those reported missing in the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history."
Source: Reuters, 11/16/2018
"Claws Out: Crab Fishermen Sue 30 Oil Firms Over Climate Change"
"For the fourth-generation crab fisherman John Beardon, the warming of Pacific waters off the coast of California has meant toxic crabs, shortened fishing seasons and a near decimation of his livelihood as a crab boat captain. Now he would like to see the industry he says is responsible pay for the damage."
Source: Guardian, 11/15/2018
"Male Insect Fertility Plummets After Heat Waves"
"For years, insect populations have been dropping worldwide without a clear explanation. A new paper suggests male infertility is at least one factor behind that decline, as warmer-than-usual temperatures take a disproportionate toll on males of some insect species."
Source: NY Times, 11/15/2018
"The Interior Department Is Sidelining Environmental Justice"
"In early September, the DOI quietly rescinded two memos that provided guidance on protecting vulnerable communities and Native American sacred sites."
Source: The Nation, 11/15/2018
"Landowners Fight the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Court"
"Under the United States Constitution, can private fossil fuel companies legally seize private property to build oil pipelines? Do private oil pipelines that threaten sensitive ecosystems provide a real service to the public, or do they simply pad the profit margins of fossil fuel companies and their wealthy investors?"
Source: Truthout, 11/15/2018
"Houston Skyscrapers May Have Worsened Hurricane Harvey Rain"
"Humans helped make recent devastating U.S. hurricanes wetter but in different ways, two new studies find."
Source: AP, 11/15/2018
"Part of the Answer to Climate Change May Be America’s Trees and Dirt"
"When people think of potential solutions to global warming, they tend to visualize technologies like solar panels or electric cars. A new study published on Wednesday, however, found that better management of forests, grasslands and soils in the United States could offset as much as 21 percent of the country’s annual greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: NY Times, 11/15/2018
