"Chemicals: Frustrated By EPA, States Blaze Ahead On PFAS"
"EPA's action plan on toxic chemicals found in drinking water did not satisfy several states that plan to push forward with their own policies."
Source: Greenwire, 03/05/2019
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"Oil And Gas: Deadly Pipelines, No Rules"
"Delaney Tercero, 3, was sitting on her family's couch with her father and sister that summer day. Her mother was doing laundry. They didn't know a pipeline with a dime-sized hole a few yards from their front door was filling their mobile home with raw natural gas."
Source: EnergyWire, 03/05/2019
Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater at 91% of US Coal Plants, Tests Show
"An analysis of water monitoring reports found unsafe levels of toxic substances near hundreds of coal ash sites, many of them in the Midwest and Southeast. "
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/05/2019
"Pressed by Climate Activists, Senate Democrats Plan to ‘Go on Offense’"
"Facing a showdown vote as early as this month over the embattled “Green New Deal,” Senate Democrats are preparing a counteroffensive to make combating climate change a central issue of their 2020 campaigns — a striking shift on an issue they have shied away from for the past decade."
Source: NY Times, 03/05/2019
"Ocean Heat Waves Are Threatening Marine Life"
"When deadly heat waves hit on land, we hear about them. But the oceans can have heat waves, too. They are now happening far more frequently than they did last century and are harming marine life, according to a new study."
Source: NY Times, 03/05/2019
Huge Mola Sunfish Washes Up In Northern Waters For 1st Time In 130 Years
"A giant sunfish has washed up on a beach in California, the first time this particular species of the animal has been sighted in the northern hemisphere in 130 years."
Source: Guardian, 03/04/2019
"Grounded Ship Leaks 80 Tons Of Oil Near Pacific UNESCO Site"
"An environmental disaster is unfolding in the Pacific after a large ship ran aground and began leaking oil next to a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Solomon Islands, Australian officials said Friday."
Source: AP, 03/04/2019
Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater at 91% of US Coal Plants, Tests Show
"An analysis of water monitoring reports found unsafe levels of toxic substances near hundreds of coal ash sites, many of them in the Midwest and Southeast."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/04/2019
"Disputed US Oil And Gas Lease Sale In Wyoming Nets $88M"
"A disputed federal oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming that ended Friday was among the biggest recently in the state, bringing in almost $88 million amid environmental groups’ concern that drilling the public land could imperil migrating wildlife and a ground-dwelling bird."
Source: AP, 03/04/2019
Washington's Inslee Puts Climate Change At Center Of Presidential Bid
"Washington Governor Jay Inslee launched a longshot bid for the U.S. presidency on Friday with a vow to fight climate change and promote policies to make the country more prosperous and inclusive."
Source: Reuters, 03/04/2019
