Climate To Spark Blue Crab Baby Boom. Then Predators Will Eat Them.
"A study promised a rare positive development from global warming for Maryland’s favorite crustacean. But the bad news wasn’t far behind."
Source: Washington Post, 08/02/2019
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"New EPA Lead Standards to Give Utilities Wide Latitude"
"A forthcoming EPA overhaul of standards for lead in drinking water will essentially ban partial lead pipe replacement, in which part of a lead pipe is removed but another part is allowed to remain, Bloomberg Environment has learned."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/02/2019
"Brazil President Threatens Officers Over Deforestation Data"
"President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Thursday to dismiss officers at the Brazilian agency that monitors deforestation in the Amazon over its publication of data he disagrees with."
Source: AP, 08/02/2019
"Green Group Sues EPA Over Lead Dust Rules It Says Are Too Lax"
"A group of environmental advocates filed a joint lawsuit against EPA on Thursday challenging the agency’s finalized June Dust-Lead Hazard Standards that the group says are too lax to protect families."
Source: The Hill, 08/02/2019
"EPA New Source Review Plan Gives Companies Air Permitting Relief"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Aug. 1 proposed changes to the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review permitting program, which currently requires industrial facilities to install new pollution controls each time a company adds a new facility or expands existing operations."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/02/2019
Hurricane Kept Gulf Dead Zone From Breaking Record as Expected
"Record-breaking spring rains and historic flooding in the Midwest were poised to create one of the biggest dead zones on record in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, researchers had estimated. Instead, Hurricane Barry mixed up the waters, making the dead zone smaller than expected, scientists said during a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration press conference on Thursday."
Source: CNN, 08/02/2019
Judge Blocks Rosemont Copper Mine, Overturning Forest Service Decision
"A federal judge blocked construction of a giant copper mine in Arizona’s Coronado National Forest, overturning a decision by the federal government and handing a major victory to environmental groups and tribes that have been fighting plans for the mine."
Source: Arizona Republic, 08/02/2019
"Forest Service To Change Sage Grouse Protections In 5 States"
"Plans for protecting sage grouse in five Western states are being changed in ways that will conserve habitat while allowing ranchers to maintain their livelihoods, federal officials said Thursday. ... Environmental groups blasted the plan based on the Forest Service’s three-bullet-point summary released Thursday ...."
Source: AP, 08/02/2019
Trump EPA Proposes Weaker Coal Ash Rules, More Use at Construction Sites
"Just as utilities have begun making costly plans to move toxic coal ash out of fragile storage ponds to protect waterways and aquifers, the Trump administration may be about to give them a cheaper alternative: Letting them use unlimited amounts of ash at certain construction sites."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/02/2019
"Greenland's Ice Sheet Just Lost 11 Billion Tons Of Ice -- In One Day"
"After months of record temperatures, scientists say Greenland's ice sheet experienced its biggest melt of the summer on Thursday, losing 11 billion tons of surface ice to the ocean -- equivalent to 4.4 million Olympic swimming pools."
Source: CNN, 08/02/2019
