"Lawmakers Ask For Investigation Into Aging Offshore Pipelines"
"Three Democratic lawmakers are raising concerns about the state of coastal U.S. oil and gas pipelines."
Source: The Hill, 07/10/2019
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"Oil Majors Evacuate U.S. Gulf Platform Staff Before Storm"
"Major U.S. oil producers on Tuesday began evacuating and shutting in production at their deepwater Gulf of Mexico platforms in advance of a tropical disturbance expected to become a storm this week."
Source: Reuters, 07/10/2019
"Trump’s Misleading Claims About His Environmental Record"
"President Trump made the case Monday that he has protected the nation’s air and water in a speech filled with cherry-picked statistics and misleading claims. And he failed to mention that his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord was undercutting efforts to address a fundamental threat to the planet."
Source: NY Times, 07/10/2019
"Politics: White House Won't Review Climate Science Before Election"
"The proposed White House panel that would conduct an "adversarial" review of climate science is dead for now, as President Trump grapples with negative perceptions of his environmental record at the outset of his reelection campaign."
Source: ClimateWire, 07/10/2019
"Interior Official Met 'Secretly' With Developer On Benson Project"
"The deputy Interior secretary held a secret meeting with the developer of a big Benson subdivision two weeks before a federal underling says he was pressured to reverse his tough stance on the project, CNN reports."
Source: Arizona Daily Star, 07/10/2019
23 Governors Join California’s Push For More Efficient Cars And Trucks
"Nearly two dozen governors, including several Republicans, are imploring the Trump administration to embrace more aggressive gas mileage requirements for the nation’s cars and pickup trucks, saying the White House’s effort to weaken existing requirements could hurt consumers, automakers and the environment."
Source: Washington Post, 07/10/2019
‘Cancer Alley’ Community Fights For Its Life Against A Plastics Plant
"In this Louisiana parish, residents are already surrounded by industrial plants and factories. They’re desperate to stop a new plastic company."
Source: HuffPost, 07/09/2019
"The Toxic-Gas Catastrophe Hiding Beneath Your Home"
"More than 50,000 Americans unwittingly live within 650 feet of natural gas wells, which are poorly regulated and can leak or explode."
Source: New Republic, 07/09/2019
Sanders and AOC Move To Declare Climate Crisis Official Emergency
"A group of US lawmakers including the 2020 Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders are proposing to declare the climate crisis an official emergency – a significant recognition of the threat taken after considerable pressure from environment groups."
Source: Guardian, 07/09/2019
PFOS: "New York To Set Limits For Industrial Chemicals In Water"
"New York’s health department will set the nation’s lowest allowable level for industrial chemicals that have contaminated some communities’ drinking water."
Source: AP, 07/09/2019
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