"Philadelphia Refinery Fire Puts Focus On Toxic Chemical"
"An explosion and fire at Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery has people concerned about hydrogen fluoride."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/25/2019
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"Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Giant Plastic Trap Put To Sea Again"
"A floating device designed to catch plastic waste has been redeployed in a second attempt to clean up a huge island of garbage swirling in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii."
Source: AP, 06/24/2019
"California Governor Proposes A $21 Billion Wildfire Fund"
"California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed helping utilities create a fund of up to $21 billion to compensate future victims of wildfires sparked by the companies’ equipment or employees, an aide said on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 06/24/2019
"Invasive Mussel Threatens Lake Powell Pipeline Project"
"An invasive mussel that has taken up residence in Lake Powell on the Colorado River is threatening Utah’s push to develop a $1.8 billion pipeline to deliver water to fast-growing areas."
Source: AP, 06/24/2019
"Hell Is High Water"
"When will the Mississippi River come for New Orleans?"
Source: Slate, 06/24/2019
"Mike Pence Repeatedly Refuses To Say Climate Crisis Is A Threat to US"
"At the end of a week in which the Trump administration rolled back Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, Mike Pence declined repeated invitations to say the human-induced climate crisis is a threat to US national security."
Source: Guardian, 06/24/2019
Court Nixes Cadiz Pipeline To Suck Water Out Of The Mojave To Sell
"A federal court has ruled that an environmental review exemption by the Trump administration for a pipeline to extract water from the Mojave Desert is illegal." "The 43-mile pipeline was approved by the Trump administration after former Cadiz lobbyist David Bernhardt became deputy secretary of the interior."
Source: HuffPost, 06/24/2019
"EPA Announces Stricter Lead Standards"
"Andrew Wheeler, administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson recently announced tighter standards for lead on window sills and the dust on your home floor."
Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 06/24/2019
"Chesapeake Bay 'Dead Zone' Could Be Largest In Decades, Scientists Say"
"An area of little to no oxygen could pose a threat to marine life in the Chesapeake Bay this summer. Ecologists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the University of Michigan predict the "dead zone" could be about 2.1 cubic miles — making it one of the largest in the past 20 years."
Source: Salisbury Daily Times, 06/24/2019
Agriculture Department Buries Studies Showing Dangers Of Climate Change
"The Trump administration has refused to publicize dozens of government-funded studies that carry warnings about the effects of climate change, defying a longstanding practice of touting such findings by the Agriculture Department’s acclaimed in-house scientists."
Source: Politico, 06/24/2019
