"America Isn’t Ready for the Lanternfly Invasion"
"A bizarre pest from Asia is spreading fast and putting billions of dollars’ worth of resources at risk."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/03/2018
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"Ex-Koch Engineer To Lead EPA Office On Scientific Research"
"A former Koch Industries chemical engineer will soon be leading the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) main office for scientific research."
Source: The Hill, 10/03/2018
"Death by Fertilizer"
"Nitrogen fertilizer is a disaster. Abandoning it would be a bigger disaster. Now a dozen billionaires are funding an alternative."
Source: Grist, 10/03/2018
Senate Panel Backs LWCF Reauthorization, Mandatory Funding
"A Senate panel today [Tuesday] approved 16-7 a bipartisan bill to permanently reauthorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund."
Source: Greenwire, 10/03/2018
Trump FWS Abruptly Ends Key Law Enforcement Program At Wildlife Refuges
"The Trump administration is abruptly ending a decades-long program that trained national wildlife refuge managers with law enforcement capabilities to police often remote spots of public land."
Source: The Hill, 10/03/2018
"What Went Wrong With Indonesia’s Tsunami Early Warning System"
"In the aftermath of the Friday earthquake and ensuing tsunami that destroyed thousands of homes and killed more than 1,200 people on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, officials are beginning to sort out what went wrong with the country’s early warning system for tsunami detection."
Source: NY Times, 10/03/2018
Three Environmental Rollbacks Could Result In 13,900 More Deaths a Year
"A key data point has been buried in the back-and-forth over the Trump administration's rollback of former President Obama's climate legacy: EPA's own research has found that lifting public health protections on air pollution could kill thousands of Americans."
Source: ClimateWire, 10/03/2018
"EPA Chief Defends Rule Rollbacks While At Children’s Health Event"
"Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Andrew Wheeler on Monday emphatically defended his agency’s environmental policy rollbacks as he argued that the EPA is significantly contributing to children’s health."
Source: The Hill, 10/02/2018
"Death Toll From Indonesia's Quake, Tsunami Up To 1,234"
"The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has risen to 1,234, from 844, the national disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 10/02/2018
"Protesters Interrupt EPA Sole Hearing On Weaker Power Plant Rules"
"CHICAGO - Two dozen activists stormed a public hearing on Monday hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency to rail against its plan to lift Obama-era carbon limits on power plants, causing agency officials to leave the room until the demonstration ended."
Source: Reuters, 10/02/2018
