"Lawmakers from New York and Connecticut have joined environmental groups in ramping up efforts to block the federal government from selling a mysterious piece of land in Long Island Sound that for years has housed a government animal disease research facility."
"The administration’s push to relax Obama-era regulations threatens to reverse years of federal efforts to reduce property damage, contamination and human suffering."
"Hurricane Florence has moved on, but rivers continue to rise in the Carolinas, and their aging dams are beginning to feel the strain."
"Veteran Energy and Commerce Republicans vying to hang on, an Iowa GOP lawmaker who appeared recently with acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and two Democratic challengers with clean energy business backgrounds are among the candidates in this year's top energy and environmental House races."
"Aerial photographs show widespread devastation to farms and industrial sites in eastern North Carolina, with tell-tale trails of rainbow-colored sheen indicating potential contamination visible on top of the black floodwaters."
"Detroit public schools tested drinking water on the majority of its campuses and found that samples in 57 of 86 schools had copper or lead levels in excess of legally acceptable limits."
"Thousands of acres throughout the flooded Carolinas are heir’s property, a form of land ownership that leaves residents vulnerable to speculators."
"Florida Gov. Rick Scott was chased away from a campaign event by demonstrators criticizing him for the toxic algae bloom that, for many months, has been killing marine life and apparently triggering respiratory issues among some residents."
"Ten months after taking over as EPA air chief, Bill Wehrum yesterday signed off on a recusal letter in which he formally pledged to avoid participation in 'any particular matter' involving several dozen companies and trade groups that he previously represented as an attorney in private practice."
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) top internal watchdog is resigning after eight years in the position."
