"Pesticides: Trump EPA Illegally Delayed Applicator Rule — Judge"
"U.S. EPA acted illegally when it delayed new regulations on the certification and training of pesticide applicators, a federal judge ruled yesterday."
Source: E&E News PM, 03/23/2018
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Judge Orders California Agricultural Officials To Cease Pesticide Use
"A judge has ordered California agricultural officials to stop spraying pesticides on public and private property to control insects that threaten the state’s $45-billion agriculture industry."
Source: LA Times, 03/01/2018
"Honeybees Help Farmers, But They Don't Help The Environment"
"Honeybees are amazing and adorable, and they suffer when people spray pesticides or mow down wildflowers. We've heard plenty in recent years about collapsing bee colonies."
Source: NPR, 01/29/2018
"Controversial Insecticides Pervasive In Great Lakes Tributaries"
"U.S. scientists found neonicotinoid insecticides in about three-quarters of samples from 10 major Great Lakes tributaries."
Source: EHN, 01/26/2018
Govt Scientists Say Controversial Pesticide Killing Endangered Salmon
"The federal government's top fisheries experts say that three widely used pesticides — including the controversial insecticide chlorpyrifos — are jeopardizing the survival of many species of salmon, as well as orcas that feed on those salmon."
Source: NPR, 01/12/2018
Trump’s EPA Could Allow Teenage Workers To Handle Dangerous Pesticides
"If the Environmental Protection Agency follows through with a reform now under consideration, teenage farmworkers and other working minors would once again be allowed to handle dangerous pesticides while on the job."
Source: HuffPost, 01/11/2018
17 Ways Trump Administration Assaulted the Environment Over the Holidays
"While visions of sugarplums danced in some of our heads, the Trump administration had a different vision—of a country unbound by rules that protect people, places, wildlife and the climate. Over the past two weeks, the administration has proposed or finalized changes to how the government and the industries it regulates respond to climate change, migratory birds, clean energy, pesticides and toxic chemicals."
Source: EcoWatch, 01/04/2018
"Trump’s E.P.A. Chemical Safety Nominee Withdraws"
"President Trump’s nominee to oversee the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical safety division on Wednesday withdrew his name from consideration for the post in the face of mounting opposition."
Source: NY Times, 12/14/2017
"An Open Door for Pesticide Lobbyists at the U.S.D.A."
"At a private meeting in September, congressional aides asked Rebeckah Adcock, a top official at the Department of Agriculture, to reveal the identities of the people serving on the deregulation team she leads at the agency."
Source: NY Times, 11/15/2017
EPA Taking More Advice From Industry — And Ignoring Its Own Scientists
"When the Environmental Protection Agency this week proposed repealing tighter emissions standards for a type of freight trucks, it cited research conducted by Tennessee Tech University but underwritten by the biggest truck manufacturer challenging the rule."
Source: Washington Post, 11/13/2017
