"Government Ranks 18 US Volcanoes As ‘Very High Threat’"
"Scientists have classified 18 US volcanoes as “very high threat” because of their activity and proximity to people."
Source: AP, 10/26/2018
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"Mining: 'Pioneering' Plan For Scarred Idaho Tract May Rock Industry"
"YELLOW PINE, Idaho — Twenty-five miles out, the road turns to gravel and follows a creek to the closest thing to a speck of a town in what might be the most remote place in the Lower 48."
Source: Greenwire, 10/26/2018
Trump DOI OKs Plan To Drill For Oil In Alaska’s Federal Waters - A First
"Interior Department officials announced their approval Wednesday of a company’s plan to drill for oil six miles off the Alaskan coast in the shallow waters of the Beaufort Sea."
Source: Washington Post, 10/26/2018
EPA Continues to Approve Toxic PFAS Chemicals Despite Wide Contamination
"Even as the Environmental Protection Agency has been trumpeting its efforts to find and clean up contamination from industrial chemicals known as PFAS, it has been allowing new chemicals in this class to enter into commerce, according to data from the agency."
Source: The Intercept, 10/26/2018
"Trump’s Air Pollution Adviser: Clean Air Saves No Lives"
"Last spring, air pollution researchers from around the world gathered to discuss their latest findings. Among them were scientists who led landmark studies linking smog and soot to deadly health problems. So it was shocking when one speaker essentially told everyone in the room that they were wrong."
Source: Reveal, 10/25/2018
"Drinking Water: Group Pushes For Action On Lead"
"An advocacy group is asking EPA to collect more data on lead in drinking water following the agency's continual delay in revamping its Lead and Copper Rule."
Source: E&E News PM, 10/25/2018
"European Parliament Approves Sweeping Ban On Single-Use Plastics"
"The European parliament has overwhelmingly backed a wide-ranging ban on single-use plastics in an effort to tackle pollution in seas, fields and waterways."
Source: Guardian, 10/25/2018
"Ban Entire Pesticide Class To Protect Children's Health, Experts Say"
"Evidence that an entire class of pesticides threatens the health of children and pregnant women is now so arresting that the substances should be banned, an expert panel of toxicologists has said."
Source: Guardian, 10/25/2018
"Trump Switches Out Energy Commission Chairman"
"President Trump named Neil Chatterjee to be the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Wednesday, replacing previous chairman Kevin McIntyre, who cited unspecified “health issues” in stepping aside."
Source: The Hill, 10/25/2018
"How the Farm Bureau’s Climate Agenda Is Failing Its Farmers"
"That agenda has left farmers ill-prepared to cope with effects of climate change—droughts, heat and storms—while neglecting a key climate solution."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/25/2018
