How the Shutdown Is Delaying Climate Data and Undercutting Scientists
"If you want official numbers on how 2018 ranks in the annals of recent record-breaking temperatures, you’ll have to wait."
Source: NY Times, 01/16/2019
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"U.S. Lettuce Industry, Wary Of E. Coli, Wants FDA Back On The Job"
"It’s the peak of the leafy greens growing season in Yuma, Ariz., where irrigated valleys are lush and verdant amid cactus-covered mountains. .... But these are anxious times for the leafy greens industry, and the partial federal government shutdown and furloughing of many Food and Drug Administration officials has deepened the distress."
Source: Washington Post, 01/16/2019
"Senators Consider Former Lobbyist As EPA’s Permanent Chief"
"Acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler’s past lobbying work for coal companies and other industries regulated by the agency is expected to draw scrutiny Wednesday when a Senate committee considers his nomination to the position."
Source: AP, 01/16/2019
"Detroit Show Has SUVs, Horsepower, But Electric Cars Are Few"
"Automakers have promised to start selling hordes of electric cars in the next few years, but only two will be unveiled at the big Detroit auto show that kicks off this week — and those aren’t even ready for production."
Source: AP, 01/15/2019
"Too Much Salt: Water Desalination Plants Harm Environment: U.N."
"Almost 16,000 desalination plants worldwide produce bigger-than-expected flows of highly salty waste water and toxic chemicals that are damaging the environment, a U.N.-backed study said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 01/15/2019
Study Questions EPA’s Cancer Classification Of Glyphosate Weed Killer
"Researcher says the EPA has disregarded substantial evidence that the popular herbicide is linked to cancer".
Source: EHN, 01/15/2019
"FDA To Restart More Food Safety Inspections Affected By Shutdown"
"The FDA plans as soon as Tuesday to restart food safety inspections at facilities that handle riskier products like fresh-cut produce, as the partial government shutdown extends into its fourth week, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Monday."
Source: Politico, 01/15/2019
Michigan: "PFAS Response Agency Continues Without Director Or Edict"
"A multi-agency state task force assembled to tackle a ubiquitous chemical contaminant across Michigan continues to operate under the Whitmer administration, but without a director or the executive directive that created it."
Source: Detroit News, 01/15/2019
"Trump’s Executive Order Will Aggressively Cut More Forest Trees"
"The president is intent on pushing up timber sales in spite of the shutdown. He says he wants to curb wildfires. Experts say logging trees won’t help."
Source: Washington Post, 01/15/2019
"PG&E Bankruptcy Tests Who Will Pay for California Wildfires"
"Pacific Gas and Electric said on Monday that it would seek bankruptcy protection as “the only viable option” as the giant California utility faces billions of dollars in liability claims from two years of deadly wildfires."
Source: NY Times, 01/15/2019
