Search results

Moving Forward Together: A Public Session of the Environmental Health Matters Initiative

The Environmental Health Matters Initiative (EHMI) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, July 11, in Washington, DC and via webcast to explore some of the ways that EHMI can work with a range of stakeholders from various sectors—government, industry, research, foundations, NGOs, and others—to improve environmental health.

"As Arctic Warms, Reindeer Herders Tangle With New Industries"

"FINNMARK PLATEAU, Norway/OSLO - When he’s not out on the Arctic tundra with his 2,000 reindeer, his dog and Whitney Houston blasting through his headphones, Nils Mathis Sara is often busy explaining to people how a planned copper mine threatens his livelihood.

Along with other Sami herders and fishermen, the 60-year-old is in a standoff with the mine owners, Norwegian officials and many townspeople that is, after six years, coming to a head.

Source: Reuters, 07/09/2018

Tribes Seek To Rename Yellowstone Peak Honoring Massacre Perpetrator

"Mount Doane is a 10,500ft peak in Yellowstone national park, named for Lt Gustavus C Doane, a US army cavalry captain and explorer. In January 1870, he led a massacre that killed around 175 Blackfeet people, and he continued to brag about the incident throughout his life."

Source: Guardian, 07/09/2018

"Tropical Storm Chris Set To Become Hurricane Monday, Beryl Weakens"

"A tropical storm that formed off the North Carolina coast early on Sunday was forecast to become a hurricane on Monday, forecasters said, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl looked set to bring heavy rain to Puerto Rico."

Source: Reuters, 07/09/2018

"Zombie Coal Plants Show Why Trump's Emergency Plan Is No Cure-All"

"Two old Virginia power plants already operate under federal emergency authority. They don't meet pollution standards, and one failed and has been offline for weeks."

Source: InsideClimate News, 07/09/2018

"The Rural South’s Invisible Public Health Crisis"

"When Pamela Rush flushes her toilet, the waste flows out the back of her sky blue mobile home through a yellowing plastic pipe and empties just a few yards away in a soggy pit of mud, weeds, and dead grass."

Source: Southerly, 07/09/2018

"Sources: EPA Blocks Warnings On Cancer-Causing Chemical"

"The Trump administration is suppressing an Environmental Protection Agency report that warns that most Americans inhale enough formaldehyde vapor in the course of daily life to put them at risk of developing leukemia and other ailments, a current and a former agency official told POLITICO."

Source: Politico, 07/09/2018

"DuPont’s Museum of Disastrous Chemistry Continues to Spread Its Poison"

"Covered with storage tanks, smoke stacks, and holding pools, the old Chambers Works manufacturing site in southern New Jersey is an eyesore. From the bridge crossing the Delaware River, the industrial zone looks like a burnt patch, a brown splotch in the otherwise green of the river’s eastern shore. But the real problem with Chambers Works isn’t as visible."

Source: The Intercept, 07/09/2018

"Inside Scott Pruitt’s Tumultuous Final Months as EPA Administrator"

"Many members of his inner circle apparently couldn’t stand their boss."

"On April 11, a top Environmental Protection Agency official texted me that something strange was happening.

Moments before, the source told me, Administrator Scott Pruitt had strolled into the office “just to say hi.” “It’s been too long since we’ve caught up,” Pruitt told the source. “I just wanted to thank you for always working hard.”

Source: Atlantic, 07/09/2018

"‘Super Polluting’ Trucks Receive Loophole on Pruitt’s Last Day"

"In the final hours of Scott Pruitt’s tenure as administrator, the Environmental Protection Agency moved on Friday to effectively grant a loophole that will allow a major increase in the manufacturing of a diesel freight truck that produces as much as 55 times the air pollution as trucks that have modern emissions controls."

Source: NY Times, 07/09/2018

Search results

Pages